The Right to the City Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space DON MITCHELL & ‘THE GUILFORD PRESS New York LondonMSO 200} png Se, New York, NY 10012 recon ‘a igh ve Nop sok yb ep aad, tore Stes il owopymg eee eran” ‘otc et waarn Poms fom te Re” ‘ied nh Used Sates of Ameren “is bok pied on ak epee Lt dgie pine mumber 9-87 654321 bay of Congres Ca Mae, Do, 1961- "i Cy: sd je nd he ht rp Don Michell ms ee gin Pubiation Dat tnd bloga reece and iad. ON LsToeNra Gok ae ape Paice ned Suet 5 ona oe Ste, 2p el ae He reine Suns 3 Un geogapy Unie? Sata 11 iin aces) 7 sarieonrieen aoonissos2 Acknowledgments ‘prompted by my own polis jvolvements and a tsk st for me by Bob Lake in fis geminaton locational conflict, have been thing ad ‘hrkng about public space for more than 10 years now. Wve alo been Pilling up deb upon intellectual debe as my ideas have developed and eetfomaed. {cant begin to thank everyone who has had « hand {tingly or not) in this book, but here is start. Thanks to Bob Lake for helping spur this interest in the fist place and for continuing to ask extremely prodictive and insightful questions; and ‘Nal Smith for encouraging my work erly on and shaping «im more ‘ways than I probably know, ‘il the veviewers—anonyamous and evaled—who suffered throught “any drafts of ese Chapter a they worked their way Into print as Journal icles, especialy Sali Marston, who was an ery, demanding ad vary suppomive reviewer, and who remains ao; and Nick Blomley, ihe as sea and supparively etiqud almost everything L have wet anon publi space and on law, and who in addon read through and (provided innumerable helpfl comments on the whole book man serie. ‘art Hannah, who also read the whole mansseript and provided = ceplytnsghtfl commentary, some of which Inspired changes im the setae, but tauch of which {hope wil bea frat later, not only {8 my ‘wn work but in Mattoo Rich Van Deusen and Clayton Resa, who resd throxgh the whole manuscript in an efloct—perhaps in vain—to improve my English and to keep me from making a foo! of myself (Rich additionally tacked1 Aloowiedgnents ‘down illustrations; and Reecia Orzek, wih tracked down last-minute references. all have become comrades and have made the Peoples Palace great place 1o be, lynn Stachel, who asa eolaboretor and fiend has pushed my eas In new directions, and who has only occastonaly complained tthe research wine T spilled allover he in San Diego. Peter Wssoker, who commissioned book fm me sometime last ‘century and who left The Guilford Press before seeing the rest te yeas of advice, gentle prodding, and coffe, Kristal Hawkins, ‘who has taken over for Petr and figured out how to tar up the hest -evough so Laccully dd finish the book; KK, Waering, Je, who did an coutcanding job of copyediting, and Ania Nelson, who sew the hook through production My parents, Jim and Bunny, and my brother, David, and his wife, ‘Nora, wo all provided information and collected newspapers for me ring the 1991 Berkeley rots and who then tool the ime to dsigree ih my interpretations ‘Ann and Bob Millar, who have once more provided a genial and comfortable place in the west of Scodand to put the final touches ona ook The geography departments at Glasgow University and the Univer ‘iy of Oslo, which provided both resources and comradeship when 1 ‘ms inthe lst stages of writing this book And, especialy, Susan Millar, who has questioned me, supported ‘ay work, and Kept me sane in the midst of dhe madness tht ls Our ev yy es, Contents Intedcton “The Fight for Fob Space: What Has Changed? 1 Chupter1 To Go Aan to Hyde Park Pale Space Ribs, 13 Chapter 2 i Chapters and Social Justice Pub Space andthe Right tthe Cty 17 Making Dissent Safe for Democracy: 2 Violence, Oner, andthe Leal Geography of Publi Space ‘Babe Laws Atston Rights a the Lega Content of Pale Space 3 Regine Pubic Space «7 Valence, Ore, andthe Conraiions abi pce St. Dir Vile adhe Lal Cnsttn of Pe Sere ere Wood War St ning Dest Seo Denooney 58 Raguing Pa Forum Coca 1 ‘rom Free Speech to Peoples Parke 8 Locational Conflict and the Right to the City Nosamerniss, Aarts, nd Camis: ree Spent o Beriley 83 ‘rom Fee Speech to Couto: Urban Reveal ‘the Bale or Peele’ Pat 305,