Nonspecialized public space necessarily mixed diverse persons together

Evidence

The Spatial Integration of Persons. If, as we have seen, so many activities in the preindustrial city occurred in relatively nonspecialized public space, it is hardly surprising that this same space should contain within it a great mix of persons. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 218

Categorization

• XREF: This spatial integration of persons contrasts directly with Lofland’s later thesis of the modern city’s categorization of strangers - the mix required no sorting because setting conveyed little. — connects to: Urban space mediates how diversity and racialization play out differently — Sivamohan Valluvan, Conviviality and Multiculture: A…, 67; The public sphere is a third, egalitarian conversational arena beyond work and family — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 121