Use, not design, counts in spaces

Trafalgar Square: a “designed” space.

The assertion (News April 20) that the public wants space not style is just nonsense. I have no doubt that a commissioned survey could back up his claim, but then I have no doubt such a survey could back up a claim that most people believe the earth is flat ...

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