Protecting Public Space by Banishing People
Here is the latest in Jeff Zupan's photo series on security barricades and their effect on New York City street life:
By
Jeff
1:30 PM EDT on July 12, 2006
Here is the latest in Jeff Zupan’s photo series on security barricades and their effect on New York City street life:

Penned-in pedestrians on Wall Street across from the New York Stock Exchange
(Photo: Jeff Zupan)
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