Privately Owned Public Space

Reading around I found some cool links which document the extent and location of privately owned public space throughtout NY and LA. There are also some intersting discussions.



I have been meaning or some time to document the extent of POPOS in Brisbane city, and also cataloguing their methods of governance and their behavioural exceptions as a result of city ordinances.

One such example is the Queen Street Mall, and whose operation exists under seperate legislation entitled The Local Government (Queens Street Mall) Act 1981 and is subject to management ordinances not found elsewhere in the city.
Similarly South Bank Parklands is entirely owned by The South Bank Corporation, operating under the auspices of the South Bank Corporations Act.

Some rules and regulations surrounding behaviour in these public places have since been repealed by the new Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000.

The results of this can be seen in discussions within the parkour community, and in Maps they have generated for comunicating places of potential (desire), and places of conflict (fear).

The POPOS in the photo described above was the first place in Brisbane to 'ban' parkour and 'parkour-like' activities: Mincom Plaza.

Again, we find hidden terrains of desire and fear imbedded deep within our city.