Ordinary Places Are Not Empty Places

The phrase ordinary place is often used as though it described an absence. A location is called ordinary when it lacks architectural distinction, historical relevance, social prestige or an obvious reason to be photographed. It is a place without a recognised claim on attention: a side wall, a service entrance, a corridor, a waiting area, a municipal staircase, a vacant shopfront, the rear of a building or the strip of ground between two functions.

Yet such places are not empty. They are simply free from the burden of having to represent themselves.

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