Public Space
Leeds city centre has four main public squares being Park Square, City Square, Armouries Square and Millennium Square.
Smaller squares do exist, including Dortmund Square, St Peters Square, Central Square, Queen Square, Woodhouse Square and Hanover Square. While the rest of Leeds has large open parks, this is something the city centre lacks and most free recreational space is contained within these squares. Since 2000, both City Square and Millennium Square have been redeveloped with hard landscaping. In an interview with Martin Wainwright, the northern editor of The Guardian, architect Irena Bauman, praised City Square for being a well designed and well used public space, however she criticised The Plaza Tower development for its lack of public space, stating that the only space made available was for service vehicles.
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