Through walking the plus 15 system it was clear that it was a very inclusive and discriminating environment. This contradicts the City of Calgary’s definition of the walkway where they say that its “a public pedestrian walkway system that … provides alternative routes for pedestrians to numerous and varied destinations”. Through walking at both the street level and the plus 15 level strong contrasts began to arise between the two supposedly “public spaces”. Differences in areas such as interaction, status of individuals, security, and design of the space became prominent.
Even though the plus 15 system is said to be a public place it still shows social exclusion based on status much like the Greek agora or roman forum. Although the Greek …show more content…
It consisted of those with power, standing, and respectability” (Don Mitchell, 116). This relates to the exclusion of select individuals from the plus 15 system such as adolescents and people who do not work in the business sector. The shift from public to private space is becoming more common as told by Sharon Zukin “[the] definition of who should have access to public spaces has changed, public cultures have steadily become more inclusive and democratic” (Sharon Zukin, pg 136). Through walking in the skyway network it was clear that this was private space and that I did not fit in with the vast majority of individuals I was walking past. Being that the plus 15 system connects mostly business buildings downtown the vast majority of the people were business men and women walking quickly through the interconnected pathways. Setha M. Low describes how the upper classes tend to separate themselves from the rest of society “residents of middle-class and upper-class neighborhoods often cordon themselves by building fences” (Setha M. Low, pg 18). This separation from the lower classes is not only due to the …show more content…
The spatial barrier between the street level and the plus 15 walkway enables exclusion to occur. As said by Ali Madanipour “The physical organization of space, using elements from the natural or the built environment, has been socially and symbolically employed to put visible and strict limits on our spatial practices” (Ali Madanipour, 191). This shows that the segregation between the upper and lower classes may have been strategically imposed by the plus 15 system. As the walkway was built to provide an alternate route throughout the city, the expansion ultimately segregated downtown which is explained by Ernest W Burgess’ quote “In the expansion of a city a process of distribution takes place which shifts and sorts and relocates individuals and groups by residence and occupation” (Ernest W. Burgess, 166). This explains that through expanding the city through connecting the buildings in the downtown core that this exclusion of the lower class was bound to happen. The spatial design of the walkway also relates to the function of the plus 15 system. The plus 15 system serves strictly as a walkway for people to get from building to building. The stores and services that line this designated pathway often relate to routine activities business people preform such as getting lunch and coffee which is different from the street level where the design is not to just move people
Even though the plus 15 system is said to be a public place it still shows social exclusion based on status much like the Greek agora or roman forum. Although the Greek …show more content…
It consisted of those with power, standing, and respectability” (Don Mitchell, 116). This relates to the exclusion of select individuals from the plus 15 system such as adolescents and people who do not work in the business sector. The shift from public to private space is becoming more common as told by Sharon Zukin “[the] definition of who should have access to public spaces has changed, public cultures have steadily become more inclusive and democratic” (Sharon Zukin, pg 136). Through walking in the skyway network it was clear that this was private space and that I did not fit in with the vast majority of individuals I was walking past. Being that the plus 15 system connects mostly business buildings downtown the vast majority of the people were business men and women walking quickly through the interconnected pathways. Setha M. Low describes how the upper classes tend to separate themselves from the rest of society “residents of middle-class and upper-class neighborhoods often cordon themselves by building fences” (Setha M. Low, pg 18). This separation from the lower classes is not only due to the …show more content…
The spatial barrier between the street level and the plus 15 walkway enables exclusion to occur. As said by Ali Madanipour “The physical organization of space, using elements from the natural or the built environment, has been socially and symbolically employed to put visible and strict limits on our spatial practices” (Ali Madanipour, 191). This shows that the segregation between the upper and lower classes may have been strategically imposed by the plus 15 system. As the walkway was built to provide an alternate route throughout the city, the expansion ultimately segregated downtown which is explained by Ernest W Burgess’ quote “In the expansion of a city a process of distribution takes place which shifts and sorts and relocates individuals and groups by residence and occupation” (Ernest W. Burgess, 166). This explains that through expanding the city through connecting the buildings in the downtown core that this exclusion of the lower class was bound to happen. The spatial design of the walkway also relates to the function of the plus 15 system. The plus 15 system serves strictly as a walkway for people to get from building to building. The stores and services that line this designated pathway often relate to routine activities business people preform such as getting lunch and coffee which is different from the street level where the design is not to just move people