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Research has found that most bonus plazas in front of Manhattan office buildings are barren, uninviting spaces. But there has been little study of why that is so. Existing explanations suggest this is incidental to other causes—architects slavishly reproducing modernist architectural styles, or developers too cheap to build usable public space. Such explanations are found to be unsupported by the facts. This study of 291 Manhattan bonus plazas and the development process in New York, including site observations, analysis of newly available plaza data, and interviews of architects, planners, and building managers reveals that spaces were made uninviting intentionally, and that it was building developers who wanted the plazas to be inaccessible. Implications for the study and creation of public space are discussed. |
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| Smithsimon, Gregory. "Designs on Public Space: Exclusion and the Creation of Bonus Plazas" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 11, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104230_index.html> |
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| Smithsimon, G. , 2006-08-11 "Designs on Public Space: Exclusion and the Creation of Bonus Plazas" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104230_index.html |
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Abstract: Research has found that most bonus plazas in front of Manhattan office buildings are barren, uninviting spaces. But there has been little study of why that is so. Existing explanations suggest this is incidental to other causes—architects slavishly reproducing modernist architectural styles, or developers too cheap to build usable public space. Such explanations are found to be unsupported by the facts. This study of 291 Manhattan bonus plazas and the development process in New York, including site observations, analysis of newly available plaza data, and interviews of architects, planners, and building managers reveals that spaces were made uninviting intentionally, and that it was building developers who wanted the plazas to be inaccessible. Implications for the study and creation of public space are discussed. |
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| Designs on Public Space: Exclusion and the Creation of Bonus Plazas Greg Smithsimon Barnard College gs228@columbia.edu Abstract Research has found that most bonus plazas in front of Manhattan office buildings are barren uninviting spaces. But there has been little study of why that is so. Existing explanations suggest this is incidental to other causes— architects slavishly reproducing modernist architectural styles or developers too cheap to build usable public space. Such explanations are found to be unsupported by the facts. |
| in “Plazas Nice for Strollers Give Builders Problems ” New York Times August 24 1969 sect. 8 (Real Estate) pp. 1-8. 28 Tom Wolfe From Bauhaus to Our House (New York: Pocket Books 1981) pp. 7 9. 29 David A. Crane Planning and Design in New York: A Study of Problems and Processes of its Physical Environment (report to Study Group on New York Housing and Neighborhood Improvement Edward J. Logue Chairman also advisory group to Instit. of Public |
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