Are Public Spaces Really for the Public?
The New Yorker · 26 Sep 2026

Are Public Spaces Really for the Public?

Sean Basinski, a semi-retired lawyer who heads the group, was at the center of a recent local kerfuffle: Guastavino’s, a seven-thousand-square-foot event venue situated under the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge, had been treating a small park out front as its private property—roping it off and shooing


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