Facebook Twitter Pinterest Before (as a warehouse c1850) … and after (as the privately owned public space, Granary Square). “It’s extremely worrying,” said Moylan, who has warned of a “democratic deficit” in the governance of pseudo-public space. Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty ImagesOn a recent visit to a number of different pseudo-public spaces in London, the Guardian found that this was true. I’m not interested in using the issue of privately-owned public spaces as a surrogate for a larger political argument. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesFor Anna Minton, however, the aesthetic appeal or otherwise of pseudo-public spaces misses the point.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2017 06:22 UTC