Blog2: What Makes A Good Public Space?

What makes a good public space are the necessities combined with entertainment. These necessities are anywhere from restrooms, trash cans, tables and chairs, security, parking, and a sense of welcome. Necessities are vital for public spaces because it is what creates a public space public. Without the fundamentals of these necessities the space would fail as a good public space. Entertainment is also another important generality because of how it is what draws people toward the space. Entertainment can be anywhere from movies, open park, shopping stores, restaurants, music, sports, and much more.

For a public space to be able to function it must have an openness welcome feeling. A good public space accomplishes this by adding items that provide the public a sense of welcome and happiness. Some of these items are trees, plants, fountains, fish, lights, or even music. With all these items people feel welcomed to the space and not as if they should not be there. Another important part of a public space is security. Security is important because people should feel safe while at a public space. A good public space provides good security by supplying security guards. Security balances with openness by having the security guards also giving off a welcome feeling. This is done by the way security guards present themselves.

Today society marks off a public space by how good it accomplishes by being a public space. People return to public spaces because they have fun and are drawn back to it. If i am with my friends we will always typically hang out at places where we have heard or been too that generates a good time. Some preventions that make people not drawn back to a public space would be a lack of the necessities, entertainment, and the balance between security and openness. Without one or more of these important fundamentals of a good public space the public space is not a good one.

Security guards wear suits that give off a welcome feeling