{"id":61612,"date":"2017-07-24T13:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T06:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/revealed-the-insidious-creep-of-pseudo-public-space-in-london\/"},"modified":"2017-07-24T13:44:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T06:44:58","slug":"revealed-the-insidious-creep-of-pseudo-public-space-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/revealed-the-insidious-creep-of-pseudo-public-space-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: the insidious creep of pseudo-public space in London"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPseudo-public space \u2013 squares and parks that seem public but are actually owned by corporations \u2013 has quietly spread across cities worldwide. As the Guardian maps its full extent in London for the first time, Jack Shenker reports on a new culture of secrecy and control, where private security guards can remove you for protesting, taking photos … or just looking scruffyExplore the map \u2013 and tell us what we\u2019re missingA Guardian Cities investigation has for the first time mapped the startling spread of pseudo-public spaces across the UK capital, revealing an almost complete lack of transparency over who owns the sites and how they are policed.Pseudo-public spaces \u2013 large squares, parks and thoroughfares that appear to be public but are actually owned and controlled by developers and their private backers \u2013 are on the rise in London and many other British cities, as local authorities argue they cannot afford to create or maintain such spaces themselves. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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