The prevailing issue with city designs is that attention to children’s design needs is only considered in formally acknowledged ‘child’ places such as public parks, playgrounds, and school areas. In reality, children occupy a far more extensive range of places beyond these restricted allocation of ‘child specific’ spaces (Freeman & Tranter, 2011; Tranter, 2012 & Whitzman, Worthington & Mizrachi, 2010). A lack of recognition for the needs of children in the design of third spaces is demonstrated across several images (Group 1, Photograph 2; Group 1, Photograph 3; Group 1, Photograph 5; Group 2, Photograph 2 & Group 4, Photograph 3). They respectively depict the restrictions of apartment complexes for children, children exposure to liquor stores, to adult entertainment, segregation of a child play area within a shopping mall, and children exposures to homeless people on Queen street. Children’s fear of strangers, specifically homeless people in inner cities and their vulnerability to negative adult influences such as alcohol and sexuality promotion can constrain their independent mobility (Carroll, Witten Kearns & Donovan, 2015).…