And if you’re NYC, and building developers, looking at what happened at Zuccotti Park will cause a re-evaluation of these kind of public/private parks going forward, and we may well see fewer of these public spaces, or far more restrictive uses of these public spaces to prevent the kind of encampment as seen at Zuccotti Park.

In other words, we might see a whole lot more explicit restrictions on hours and what kind of activities can be held at such places.

Note too that NYC public parks are generally considered open from dawn to dusk, and that visitation after dusk is in violation of city law and punishable by a fine. It’s usually overlooked by cops who are looking for other crimes to deal with so it’s low on the priority list, but there it is.