public square
C447
concept
A public square is an open, communal urban space where people gather for social interaction, events, commerce, and civic activities.
Observed surface forms (17)
- courtyard ×39
- public space ×34
- city square ×26
- quadrangle ×14
- public market ×13
- plaza ×11
- garden square ×8
- public plaza ×7
- town square ×7
- open-air market ×6
- square ×6
- market square ×3
- ancient Roman public square ×2
- open public space ×1
- pedestrian plaza ×1
- public field ×1
- urban square name ×1
Instances (312)
- Church Square, Pretoria
- Wrigley Square
- Yonge-Dundas Square
- Plaza de Bolívar
- Dam Square
- East Front via concept surface "public plaza"
- Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza via concept surface "public plaza"
- Tiananmen Square
- Dealey Plaza
- Place Masséna
- Syntagma Square
- St. Peter's Square
- Lincoln Square
- Grüner Markt via concept surface "market square"
- Eastern Market via concept surface "public market"
- Palmer Square via concept surface "town square"
- Pemberton Square, Boston
- Parliament Square
- Plaza de Armas
- New Haven Green via concept surface "town square"
- Plaza Mayor de Lima
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Copley Square, Boston
surface form: Copley Square
- Longacre Square via concept surface "square"
- Hötorget
- Red Square
- Chapman’s Court via concept surface "courtyard"
- Place de la Concorde
- Pioneer Courthouse Square
- Plaza de la Revolución
- Praça do Comércio
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Union Square
surface form: Union Square (San Francisco)
- Jetée des Eaux-Vives via concept surface "public space"
- Reading Terminal Market via concept surface "public market"
- Italian Market via concept surface "open-air market"
- Trocadéro
- Yale University’s Beinecke Plaza via concept surface "public plaza"
- Piazza Navona
- Trinity College quadrangle via concept surface "courtyard"
- Pantiles food and craft markets via concept surface "open-air market"
- Tahrir Square
- Spui via concept surface "square"
- Plaza Mayor
- Martyrs’ Square
- Puerta del Sol
- Eakins Oval via concept surface "public space"
- Western Wall Plaza
- Hachiko Square
- Place du Luxembourg
- Trafalgar Square
- Muntplein via concept surface "square"