{"id":9684,"date":"2024-01-25T23:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/choose-a-public-or-pseudo-public-area-in-a-local-city-a-section-of-moody-street-or-harvard-square-for-instance-or-even-a-space-on-campus-to-write-about-spend-as-much-time-as-you-can\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T23:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T23:57:52","slug":"choose-a-public-or-pseudo-public-area-in-a-local-city-a-section-of-moody-street-or-harvard-square-for-instance-or-even-a-space-on-campus-to-write-about-spend-as-much-time-as-you-can","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/choose-a-public-or-pseudo-public-area-in-a-local-city-a-section-of-moody-street-or-harvard-square-for-instance-or-even-a-space-on-campus-to-write-about-spend-as-much-time-as-you-can\/","title":{"rendered":"choose a public or pseudo-public area in a local city\u2014a section of Moody Street or Harvard Square, for instance, or even a space on campus\u2014to write about. Spend as much time as you can observing how the space is used\u2014observe it for a minimum of an hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

In her book, <\/span>The Death and Life of Great American Cities<\/i>, Jane Jacobs writes: \u201cCity sidewalks\u2014the pedestrian parts of the streets\u2014serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians. These uses are bound up with circulation but are not identical with it, and in their own right they are at least as basic as circulation to the proper workings of cities\u201d (29). In her book, Jacobs considers how and why people make use of public and private spaces in ways that differ from, circumvent, or appropriate their planned functions.<\/p>\n

For this assignment, choose a public or pseudo-public area in a local city\u2014a section of Moody Street or Harvard Square, for instance, or even a space on campus\u2014to write about. Spend as much time as you can observing how the space is used\u2014observe it for a minimum of an hour (but more and on repeated visits if possible). Pay attention to small details:<\/p>\n