'It's all very Orwellian': readers on creeping pseudo-public space

From problems with poor disabled access to restrictions against photographers, readers describe mixed experiences of privately owned public spaces in London following a Guardian Cities investigation

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John Law was photographing Canary Wharf at night when he was threatened with arrest. The problem, he was told by security guards, was that he was using a tripod. In truth, it was because he was standing on privately owned land.

A Guardian Cities investigation into pseudo-public spaces in London - open areas which look and feel like public space but are actually privately owned and subject to private restrictions - has prompted widespread disquiet and debate among city residents.