Via 99% Invisible listener Ben Potrykus: Those metal spikes adjacent to the doorway of the apt building were installed to ensure that homeless people cant lie down there. Its worth listening to this episode of 99% Invisible as well: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-51-the-arsenal-of-exclusion/. It highlights some of the less apparent ways cities actually design public spaces to redirect and exclude undesirables. We live in a world that sees homeless folks as a nuisance at best or criminals at worst, and that needs to change before we can make any real progress. Thanks, Ben!
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:02:20 +0000
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