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My latest blog post, "Tracing the History of Documenting and Sharing Images of Graffiti & Street Art" buff.ly/414Ihfg #graffiti #streetart #apps #photosharing #publicspace #urbanpublicspace #wallwriting
February 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The #Johannesburg botanical gardens is a sunny, lush & vast green space running through the suburb of Emmarentia, not far from soulful Melville. It’s also a great example of a vibrant, chilled-out & well-run #UrbanPublicSpace - so needed in a badass bustling city like ours 🤩. #SouthAfrica #Nature
April 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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My latest blog post, “The Used Car Lot Next Door” jeffreyianross.com/the-used-car... #car #noise #publicspace #urban #urbanincivilities #urbanpublicspace #usedcar
The Used Car Lot Next Door
Living beside a used car lot can teach you about noise, boundaries, and the limits of goodwill. Years ago, I lived in a low-rise apartment in Toronto’s Little Portugal, right next to a small lot that ...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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My latest blog post, "Why Paying Attention to the Streets Can Change How You See the City“ jeffreyianross.com/why-paying-a... #city #observation #publicspace #semiotics #street #streetculture #streetlife #urban #urbanlife #urbanpublicspace #urbananthropology #urbangeography #urbansemiotics
Why Paying Attention to the Streets Can Change How You See the City
Most of us move through cities on autopilot. We commute, run errands, scroll our phones, and mentally prepare for the next task. It’s functional. But in the process, we miss more than the visual land...
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August 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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My latest blog post, “Ways of Knowing the City,” buff.ly/4awbi6x #berlin #bikeshare #urban #urbanexploration #urbanmodalities #urbanspace #urbanpublicspace
May 26, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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My latest blog post, “Why Shoveling Your Car out of the Snow Doesn’t Create Parking Rights (But Feels Like It Should)” jeffreyianross.com/why-shovelin.... #cars #parking #propertyrights #publicspace #snow #snowshoveling #urbanspace #urbanpublicspace #vernacularjustice
Why Shoveling Your Car out of the Snow Doesn't Create Parking Rights (But Feels Like It Should)
After heavy snowfalls in American cities, people dig out their parked cars, and some try to “hold” the cleared space with lawn chairs, trash cans, traffic cones, etc. The logic is familiar: I did the ...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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My latest blog post, “ Does Street Culture Travel?” buff.ly/3W7iiD4 #publicspace #street #streetculture #urbanculture #urbanpublicspace
April 21, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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My recent blog post, “Inner city hospital emergency department waiting rooms as places of power and contestation" buff.ly/3TGovTL #emergencyrooms #inequality #medicalcare #power #publicspace #urbanpublicspace
Inner city hospital emergency department waiting rooms as places of power and contestation
Similar to bustling transportation hubs, concert venues, and sporting arenas, the waiting rooms of large inner-city hospital emergency departments in the United States, and many other advanced industr...
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March 31, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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To learn more about the interlinkages between urban public spaces, cultural ecosystem services , and residents’ wellbeing, click here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Health and wellbeing in cities - Cultural contributions from urban form in the Global South context
Urban public spaces, both natural and built, contribute to the liveability of urban spaces. Evidence shows that natural urban spaces can improve both …
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May 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM