In the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, leading planers and social scientists examine public space today and freedom of assembly. The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the physical manifestation of the First Amendment rights to freedom of assembly. Where and how can people congregate today? Forty social scientists, planners, architects, and civil liberties experts explore the definition, use, role, and importance of public space for the exercise of our democratic rights to free expression. The book also discusses whose voice is heard and what factors limit the participation of minorities in Occupy activities. This foundational work puts issues of democracy and civic engagement back into the center of dialogue about the built environment.Beyond Zuccotti Park is a collaborative effort of Pratt Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, City College of New York School of Architecture, New Village Press and its parent organization, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. The book is part of an open civic inquiry on the part of these organizations. The project was seeded by a series of free public forums, Freedom of Assembly: Public Space Today, held at the Center for Architecture in response to the forced clearance of Occupy activities from Zuccotti Park and public plazas throughout the country. The first two recorded programs took place on December 17, 2011 and February 4, 2012.

DEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSFOREWORDMICHAEL KIMMELMANINTRODUCTIONLANCE JAY BROWN and RON SHIFFMAN1. OCCUPY!Occupying Public Space, 2011: From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park KAREN A. FRANCK and TE-SHENG HUANGOccupy Wall Street, Social Movements, and Contested Public Space BENJAMIN SHEPARD "A Stiff Clarifying Test Is in Order": Occupy and Negotiating Rights in Public Space GREGORY SMITHSIMONBeing There WENDY E. BRAWER and BRENNAN S. CAVANAUGH Politics Out of Place: Occupy Wall Street and the Rhetoric of "Filth" JULIAN BRASHTo Occupy SASKIA SASSENThe Office of the People GAN GOLANSome Unresolved Constitutional Questions ARTHUR EISENBERG2. EMPLACING EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Making Public, Beyond Public Space JEFFREY HOU Freedom Corner: Reflections on a Public Space for Dissent in a Fractured City MINDY THOMPSON FULLILOVE with TERRI BALTIMORE Occupying Dissent: A Conversation with Maya Wiley RON SHIFFMAN Whose Voice: The Limited Participation of People of Color in the Occupy Movement ROLAND V. ANGLINEmplacing Democratic Design MICHAEL RIOS3. REIMAGINING PUBLIC SPACEThe Sidewalks of New York MICHAEL SORKINRadical Imagination CARON ATLASRoom to Grow Something PAULA Z. SEGAL Openhearted Cities LYNNE ELIZABETHLife and Death in Public Places NIKKI STERN4. PUBLIC SPACE OVER TIMEThe Grass Is Always Greener: A Brief History of Public Space and Protest in New York City and London LISA KELLERThe Romance of Public Space MARSHALL BERMANPlaces that Matter: Zuccotti Park Before / After / Now ALEXANDER COOPERPublic Space and Its Disconnects RICK BELLPublic Space Then and in the Future LANCE JAY BROWNPushing Back Boundaries: How Social Movements are Redefining the Public Space SADRA SHAHAB and SHIRIN BARGHI 5. RESPONSIVE CHANGE 5.1. Public Sector Agents of ChangeOccupy and the Provision of Public Space: The City's Responsibilities PETER MARCUSEIs "Public Space" Possible? DAVID BURNEYMaking Places-and Governing Them-for Democracy BRAD LANDER and MICHAEL FREEDMAN-SCHNAPPMaking Cities Work JANETTE SADIK-KHAN5.2 Designers and Developers as Agents of ChangeBlurring the Boundaries to Keep Public Space Public PAUL BROCHESWhen Domestic Space Meets Civic Space: A Case for Design Populism MICHAEL PYATOKShaping Public Space, Shaping Our City SUSAN CHINPublic Space: Opening Streets and Sidewalks JONATHAN MARVEL Designed to Be Occupied SIGNE NIELSENPOPS, Out of the Shadows: A Designer's Perspective THOMAS BALSLEY Developing the Public Realm: A Conversation with Jonathan RoseRON SHIFFMANProgramming Public Space: A Conversation with Carlton BrownRON SHIFFMAN with ANASTASSIA FISYAKA CALL FOR ACTIONSRON SHIFFMAN and JEFFREY HOUCONTRIBUTORSINDEX