“…They serve as sights for promenading (Domosh, 1998), the underground economy as well as permitted street vending (Blomley, 2007b(Blomley, , 2011Duneier, 1999), political activity (Mitchell, 2003), sitting and sleeping (Amster, 2004), outdoor café seating, and, of course, movement (Blomley, 2011), including just drifting about the city with no discernable purpose (de Certeau, 1984;Wilson, 1991). In many neighborhoods, they function as extensions of front yards (Loukaitou-Sideris & Ehrenfeucht, 2014).…”