ABSTRACT
Any resistance to privatization, any attempt to preserve and enhance what belongs to the public, benefits from an understanding of how the interplay of private and public spaces can make a city tolerant, just, and cosmopolitan. Limitations on access to a public park or the constriction of the right to assembly weaken the city as a place of inclusion and difference. The way that public and private activities intersect at a particular moment and in a particular place is essential for how we experience the city.
