mapping boston's public space with 75,000 instagrams
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MappingThe Privatizationof Public Space
Evidence from 75,000 Instagrams
Yunjie LiMDesS 16’, Harvard Univ +Chaewon AhnSMarch 15’, MIT
GeoDev Meettup Boston 2014
SOCIAL SPACE
PUBLIC SPACE...privately owned public space...privatized public space
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Private space
virtual space (webpages, apps...)
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PUBLIC REALM
connection of people
Face to face interaction
virtual connections (friend, follows, ...)
Term Definition
Third space
First space
Second space
Evidence from social media
LegendKernel density of postsPercentile
Top 10%
10-20%
20-40%
40-60%
60-80%
80-100%
CENSUS BLOCKS
´0 0.5 10.25
Miles
Geo-tagged Instagrams
Cases of Public Space
Kernel density map of Instagram posting locations
“Privatization” of land use?
24-Hour Volume Study
Open social
Conditional social
Private social
1 Boston Common 2 Copley Square 3 Newbury Street
4 Charles Street 5 Prudential Center 6 Faneuil Hall
7 Government Center 8 South Station 9 Beach St, Chinatown