Public Space Research Group

Public Space Research Group The PSRG is a research group based at the Graduate Center, CUNY, which focuses on studying the relationship between people and public space.

The Public Space Research Group (PSRG) was founded in 1995 by Professor Setha Low and doctoral students at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). The objective was to create a center for ethnographic research, theory, and policy that focuses on the relationship of public space to people and communities within the context of legal, political and economic forces. The PSRG off

ers an integrated framework for examining the social processes that transform spaces into places, the conflicts that emerge over access and control of space, and the values and meanings people attach to places. We address local cultural and spatial resource problems and their evaluation, remediation, and revitalization through social policy, urban planning, management strategies and environmentally-sensitive design. The PSRG has rapidly grown in size and scope as faculty, graduate students and community associates research city parks, urban national parks, plazas, beaches, market areas, tourist areas, gated communities, co-operative housing, and historic preservation sites.

07/03/2022

Originally recorded for WUF 9 in Kuala Lumpur, but still relevant to the challenges of public space implementation in the New Urban Agenda.

New paper out by Javier Otero Grau, Setha Low and colleagues, on the association between park use and the environment of...
04/20/2021

New paper out by Javier Otero Grau, Setha Low and colleagues, on the association between park use and the environment of parks and neighborhoods.

Physical and social environments of parks and neighborhoods influence park use, but the extent of their relative influence remains unclear. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between the physical and social environment of parks and both observed and self-reported park use in low-in...

Dear Public Space Colleagues and Friends,In an effort to stay connected and share experiences from around the world, we’...
03/28/2020

Dear Public Space Colleagues and Friends,

In an effort to stay connected and share experiences from around the world, we’re inviting you to send us your observations of public social life in the era of social distancing. While we need to be staying indoors and practicing sheltering-in-place, there may be necessary moments when we need to venture out for food, supplies, and basic exercise. Or you may be able to observe public life right outside you window. Please feel free to reflect upon these moments and share with us what your public spaces and daily lives are like right now. You can email your observations and commentaries to [email protected] or [email protected] with “Public Life During Social Distancing” in the subject line and we’ll post them to the our website under a new COVID-news tag we created. Each time we post one to the website a link to it will be automatically tweeted () by the PSRG. If you haven’t subscribed to our google group, there is a subscribe link on our website.

We thank you for considering this way of keeping in touch and hope you are safe and healthy and, when the time is right, able to reunite with your favorite public space. In the meantime, we can engage with each other and public space virtually.

Best, Setha, Erin and Javier (part of the PSRG team)

06/06/2017

Retweeted Javier Otero Peña ():

Now, presenting webdocumentary about things left at Sandy Hook tragedy memorial https://t.co/05JOgbu4hV

04/27/2017

Next PSRG Conference 5/4: Urban Agriculture in NYC: Social Justice, Disparities and Gentrification w/ great speakers https://t.co/2aZLHVG8HL

Cory Tamler is presenting"Human Histories, Inhuman Landscapes" https://t.co/JxfxDCTZrC
03/30/2017

Cory Tamler is presenting"Human Histories, Inhuman Landscapes" https://t.co/JxfxDCTZrC

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Kendra Sullivan is presenting "Never Open, Never Closed: A Storefront on Pausr and Other Layered Spaces" https://t.co/...
03/30/2017

Kendra Sullivan is presenting "Never Open, Never Closed: A Storefront on Pausr and Other Layered Spaces" https://t.co/poG1RGlru3

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Claire Bishop gives us a historic review of art creation in public https://t.co/J43VHzm7RF
03/30/2017

Claire Bishop gives us a historic review of art creation in public https://t.co/J43VHzm7RF

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Joshua Brown, Cory Tamler, Kendra Sullivan and Claire Bishop will talk in the last panel of https://t.co/zXygAPgqy2
03/30/2017

Joshua Brown, Cory Tamler, Kendra Sullivan and Claire Bishop will talk in the last panel of https://t.co/zXygAPgqy2

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