Before we begin to unravel the small part of this complex chain that is of concern here, two comments are in order. First, in attempting to account for the change to the dominance of spatial ordering in the public space of the modern city, it is important to bear in mind that the key word is dominance. As we have seen, some elements of the spatial order already existed in the preindustrial city (just as, as we shall see, some elements of the appearential order remain in the modern city). The latent possibilities for its emergence, that is, were histori-

DEFINE: Clarifies that 'dominance' in spatial ordering means one ordering is prominent, not exclusive — older elements persist.

Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order a…, loc. 304