How San Diego’s reliance on ‘hostile architecture’ reflects our abandonment of public space

How San Diego’s reliance on ‘hostile architecture’ reflects our abandonment of public space

Bus benches with dividers on Second Avenue. (Photo by Calista Stocker/Times of San Diego) In 2017, the Metropolitan Transit System spent $1.4 million upgrading bus stop benches throughout the county. In addition to improved water drainage and material updates, the new benches came with dividers, which their contractor refers to as “vagrant bars.” That was a year after the city of San Diego raced to install jagged rocks downtown under Interstate …