{"id":7673,"date":"2015-04-13T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T08:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=7673"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T09:02:50","slug":"april-2015-reimagining-public-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/2015\/04\/april-2015-reimagining-public-space\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2015 &#8211; Reimagining Public Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With its skyscrapers and dense urban neighbourhoods, Hong Kong can seem claustrophobic at times &#8211; the only places people can gather to spend their leisure time or socialise tend to either require consumption or are overly restrictive. In this issue of Periscope, <em>Varsity<\/em> takes a look at how we conceive of and use public space in our city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=7676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 79 days of the Occupy Movement opened Hongkongers eyes to the possibility of busy urban streets without cars, and to alternative uses of public space. Here <em>Varsity<\/em> takes a look at public space as a venue for the exchange and expression of ideas and a platform of communication between the government and the public.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=7666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Did you know there are a number of spaces open for public enjoyment in private developments? They are part of a policy to improve urban land use started in the 1980s. But many of them are poorly managed, hard to access and inconspicuous to the public.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/?p=7724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The government is planning a law to introduce on-the-spot fines for street obstruction to clear the streets of unauthorised dining tables and retail activities. But critics say the move could strip neighbourhoods of distinctive local features. <em>Varsity<\/em> visits some street obstruction &#8220;blackspots&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its skyscrapers and dense urban neighbourhoods, Hong Kong can seem claustrophobic at times &#8211; the only places people can gather to spend their leisure time or socialise tend to either require consumption or are overly restrictive. In this issue of Periscope, Varsity takes a look at how we conceive of and use public space in our city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,1963,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-april-2015-reimagining-public-space-2","category-issue-136","category-periscope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7673"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21205,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7673\/revisions\/21205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}