As we kept our distance from one another, our public spaces revealed their new uses FacebookTwitterEmail 1of7 Vendors sell goods at Akoma Outdoor Market in a converted empty space rebranded as Liberation Lot across the street from Eastmont Mall in Oakland.Alison Yin / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of7 Nina Woodruff-Walker and her children, Brooklyn, 9 (left), and Brooke, 7, visit Akoma Outdoor Market in East Oakland.Alison Yin / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of7 Open spaces such as the Devil’s Acre bar parklet along Columbus Avenue provided an alternative place to gather.Josie Norris / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less