CenterintheSquareprovidesamarketableimageforthecityandreportedlyhelpsattracthundredsofthousandsofvisitorsandbringinmillionsofdollarsannually.Inthisprocessofredevelopment,however,thenon-aƒuentweremarginalizedorexcluded.
This space was produced not just by the structures that were built but also by the way the participants of the downtown were editted out.
Inpractice,however,teachersfrequentlyhave`vagueorlimitedlearninggoals’for®eldtrips
The city created an arena, teachers are providing setting and activity yet little, if any, learning is happening. What is the missing ingredient that skate parks have that field trips don't?
AsLo ̄and(1998:97)notes,suchsettingsnow`appear(whatevertheactualintentionoftheircreators)tohavebeenbuilttodiscouragepleasuresofaninterac-tionalsort’.`Public’settings,asonceunderstood,havebecome`progres-sivelylesspublic...moreexclusivethanatanytimeinthepast100years
Construction of space that deconstructs a community.
Thisde®nitionofyoungpeopleaspeoplewho`don’thavemuchtodo’inpublicre ̄ectsthedryingupofsafe,unprogrammedoutdoorsettingsandcommunity-regulatedinteriorsaccessibletokids,andtheirreplacementbyenclosedspaceswithstrongborderscontrolledbyinstitutionscentredoutsidetheneighbourhood.
Is this similar to treatment of skaters and the creation of their "world in a box?" Although skaters edited the socially produced space, did creation of skateparks edit the neighborhood by creating boundaries for skaters?