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The Negative Space Created by the Regulations Surrounding Las Zambrita

The shape of Los Ambrita is exactly the negative space created by the various regulations and bureaucracies of everything else surrounding it. The reason this screen is bolted to a bus pole instead of a fixed to the ground where people are in the first place has to do with the tough not of regulations around how the public right of way is used, says CNN's John Sutter. "I don't think it's very dignified having to sort of hide from the sun in these accidental shady spaces on the street," he adds.

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