Le Corbusier was serious when he suggested that “a truly modern street will be as equipped as a factory. On this road the best equipped model is the most completely automated and without people except the operating machines. In the city of the future, cafes and leisure places [public space] will no longer be the fungus that devours [the city's] sidewalks, asphalt will belong only to traffic” (see Figure 1). This comment seems drastic, although as the modern world develops into a more introverted and private society, these spaces of public display and freedom may one day transform into those imagined. Throughout history, public space has constituted the backdrop to public life, accessible to all, both for commercial and social exchanges. Although public spaces can take many forms, the common ground on which they rest is general. It is the place where people have gathered for centuries through the presence of music, art, food, discussions and festive celebrations or simply a place where a person can purely exist. Whether public space comes in the form of streets, squares, parks or public buildings, it is in these places that the drama of community life and human social exchange takes place (Slessor 2001, Perrem, 2011 & Carr, 1992). The needs for these types of spaces have manifested themselves throughout history and their existence has defined and shaped cities at the center of their social organization (Cuthbert 2003 & Slessor, 2001). Today, private places of work, home life, and technological advances in movement and communication are consuming the essential counterpart of private existence (Cuthbert, 2003). Society lives in a nine-to-five characterization that has created a wide separation between public and public. private sphere... half the paper... on the whole society. When public space for public life is neglected, people become isolated, eroding any sense of community spirit and cohesion in a community (Slessor 2001). Excessive negligence can create this vision. However, as our cities and lifestyles change, so too do our definitions of public space. The original concepts of form and function are being replaced as we reclaim every available corner in the public sphere, is it possible to find new ways to spend our free time in the public urban environment? (Gaventa 2003). It is evident from further research that recent attitudes towards public space are beginning to change. Expressed by AEJ Morris “In urban planning terms [public space] represents the purest and most immediate expression of man's struggle against being lost in a gelatinous world, in a disordered mass of urban dwellings'' (Perrem 2011).