Acconci suggests, however, that space may rendered public in two ways: either designated by “right,” that is, permitted by city authorities, or “made public, a place where the public gathers precisely because it doesn’t have the right—a place made public by force.” Like the derelict waterfront, this latter kind of space is “a place in the middle of the city but isolated from the city.”52 The idea of public space is not in itself exclusionary, he argues, since both legislated and appropriated spaces can be conceived of as public. All public space, whether cruised or not, is inherently sexual,
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