Now, smokers in some places face smoking bans in certain public and private spaces, and unspoken -- and sometimes overt -- hostilities.
Many of the private spaces can be reserved, whether for group or individual work, while others are left open for immediate access.
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In its variety, its superficiality, its solitary night walkers and its jumbled juxtaposition of public and private spaces, you could argue that it is the beating heart of Englishness.
"The best way to break away from the tourist experience and enrich your connection to a place is to interact with real people in their own private spaces, " said Guy Michlin, co-founder of EatWith.
Its distinctive feature: separation of public and private spaces.
Both IBM and Intel have developed private collaboration spaces in Second Life.
Facebook added another acquisition to its belt today: Sharegrove, a small service that provides private online spaces where family and close friends can share content in real-time.
The white paper's approach to this dilemma is likely to involve giving local authorities the power to charge motorists for the use of roads, and to tax private parking spaces for businesses.
Walking with the illustrator Maira Kalman let me see the elegance in a couch placed incongruously among garbage bags and highlighted the kinds of personal, private and public spaces we navigate in the city.
Adherents demand such concessions as special treatment for them and their faith in public spaces, private corporations, schools, communities and government at every level.
Private online communities offer secure spaces for customer intimacy programs, product innovation summits, and peer-peer idea exchanges.
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Factor in the gardens, outdoor living spaces, and private beachfront and the total jumps to 26, 909 square feet.
The 8, 400-square foot six bedroom home has a private dock and beach, as well as a pond, is very private, features large grand spaces, huge porches, sweeping views and a wonderful gourmet kitchen.
Having a closet that doubles as a grown-up lounge space offers a private, adult retreat from open family living spaces.
Several feature private hot tubs, private balconies and private gardens, but for my money, the best spaces at Anglers are the rooms with personal rooftop terraces.
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Working outside is becoming easier as the city and private organizations offer more free Wi-Fi in parks and green spaces.
But the Spaces product seems to place Posterous more in the realm of private photo sharing app Path, founded by former Facebook executive Dave Morin.
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The site enables users to search for spaces, filtering them by the type of workstation available (private office, meeting room, event space, etc.) and the duration of the rental.
Cambridge, for example, believes it can get no further with controlling traffic within the city by strict limits on public parking because uncontrolled private non-residential parking now accounts for more than 85% of the available parking spaces within the city.
As Chicago prepares to replace its aging sewer and water systems, and routine construction continues on roads and public spaces, the city now wants to grant low or no cost access for private companies to expand networks right along side that construction.
Campbell McKellar, who runs a website called Loosecubes where people can find spaces to work, says that 65% of the 2, 800 workplaces available are inside small, private companies with desks to spare.
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