public space

noun

public place

Meanings

nounpublic space (plural public spaces)

plural public spaces

  1. public place

    The statiob will be redeveloped, while a public space will be created outside the current station building that will improve links between the bus and railway stations.

    2020 April 8, “Network News: £14.5m redevelopment plan at Motherwell station”, in Rail, page 21
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    Civicizing public spaces is an antidote to marginalization and exclusion, and it requires that we restore linkages between municipalities, social networks, cultural institutions and communities.

    2023, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up, page 60

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public space. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20space

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“public space.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20space. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public space,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20space.

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