Right to the City

The article The End of Public Space? is an article about the fight over what some call a national land mark. Peoples Park is piece of land in danger of being replaced with buildings that would become an extension of the University of California. The Chancellor of the University has proposed to build dormitories on the property that they legally own. However Peoples Park has become home to many homeless people who are scared that the place they feel free to roam will be taken away. Others argue with the school saying that by making the park no longer public you are taking away part of the community's freedom.

Favorite Quotes

- "...defenders of the park were zealous in their determination that no new structures be built there and that some of the traditional structures -- such as the stage and the 'free box' be preserved at all cost."

I chose this quote because it really hit home to how these people feel about the park. Not only would they hate for anything to change Peoples Park but they want the park to be preserved forever.

-"... not that it was a dangerous or out-of-control place but rather that it was working as it should." 

This quote is relevant because the park is and always has been working completely fine and has not disturbed the community and in many was has probably saved the community a lot of trouble because without the park there would be no place for the homeless to go.