
A Field Guide to the 'Weapons' of Hostile Architecture in NYC - pseudolus
https://gothamist.com/2019/08/14/hostile_architecture_nyc.php
======
ng12
Skateboarders destroy things. They wax concrete edges and repeatedly grind
them with metal trucks -- it doesn't take long at all for the edge to be worn
away. If you've skated for any period of time you can pretty easily pick out
where skateboarders have been. Additionally these edges usually exist in
pedestrian areas, I can't tell you how many times I've almost been knocked
down in front of Borough Hall.

I don't know if I'd term anti-skater deterrents as "hostile" but they are a
necessity.

~~~
ceejayoz
Stuff like [https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jF72Sp-
wh/](https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jF72Sp-wh/) aren't for skateboarders,
though.

------
thinkingemote
There was a great blog by a PhD student called Architectures of Control that
listed many of these.

------
clockfan24
Walk through there on your way home from work at 9pm and tell me if you change
your mind.

~~~
sterkekoffie
Do you think all the people taking these photographs just go home to the
suburbs at night? This is a difference in worldview, not life experience.

