In the discourse on urban life, there is always a risk of a constant emphasis on loss – the open and colorful city life in public spaces being privatized, commodified or segregated in new ways. Putting aside the urban imaginary and perceptions of the modern city (Donald 1999), the mere fact of urban densification inevitably leads to shrinking public spaces. While public spaces are always under threat, a diachronic perspective enables us to see how some areas and meeting places are enclosed or disappear while others are born. In a constantly changing cityscape, there are restrictions imposed but also new emerging potentials for claiming collective space. This transformation is additionally burdened by the demographic changes particularly noticeable in last decades. Cities have always been the hallmark of diversity and we must take into account this social fact.