Public space requires no purchase of goods or persona to enter

Evidence

True public spaces, the most obvious examples being parks and libraries, are places for—and thus the spatial underpinnings of—“what we will.” A public, noncommercial space demands nothing from you in order for you to enter, nor for you to stay; the most obvious difference between public space and other spaces is that you don’t have to buy anything, or pretend to want to buy something, to be there. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 79

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines public space as spatial underpinning of ‘what we will’ — the core positive alternative to commercial attention.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s ‘Grafting & Growth’ piece on infrastructure: parks as underused civic infrastructure parallel trees as underused worldbuilding. — connects to: Common goods must be appropriated before they can serve anyone — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 35; The commons are unowned and require no money to access. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1360
• ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘On Sacrifice’ concern with what genuine civic goods give us that commerce cannot — public space as a non-transactional ground.