In fall 2025, I used my special assigned leave to conduct ethnographic research on public space in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. My project focused on parks, public squares, art, architecture, and the relationship between public and private space. My talk will explore one park in depth, a small memorial park located in front of my apartment building in central Sarajevo, one of 25 such parks in the city that honors soldiers who died during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. For five months, I observed the people, activities, and nonhuman species in this park and was surprised at the kinds of diversity I saw. I use the park as well as other public spaces as a lens to understand larger political, economic, and social transformations at work in the city, including but not limited to, remnants of imperialism, socialism, war and a developing capitalist economy. Public spaces in Sarajevo are reflective of these historic and contemporary assemblages but they are also productive; they are active generators of feelings, practices, and social change.