期刊名称：Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies (JCGS)
电子版ISSN：2040-8498
出版年度：2012
期号：5
出版社：Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies
摘要：I write from Prague, where, unlike in most urban formations, the main city street plays an iconic role; it references a history of political protest. However, before elaborating on the protest iconography of the Prague street, Vaclavske nam, I want to locate the ways in which the design of urban space is actualized in everyday life in the cities of the world. Three functions stand out; the first involves dwelling, the second seeing, and the third moving. With respect to the first function ¨C dwelling ¨C the design partitions and coordinates residential, commercial and leisure functions. At times these are organized to segregate different classes (Robert Moses' redesign of much of New York stands out with respect to the segregation function). With respect to the second function ¨C seeing ¨C the design of urban space is allegiance-inspiring; it involves sightlines that afford urban dwellers and visitors views of iconic buildings and statues, which reference key founding moments in the past and/or authoritative political functions in the present (Here, L'Enfants design for Washington DC stands out as exemplary. Its manifest intention was to make the buildings housing executive, legislative and judicial functions visible from many vantage points). Rarely are the streets themselves iconic. Their dominant role is involved with the effectuation of movement
