Integrating the principles of cultural diversity in all public policies, mechanisms and practices, means to consider the cultural differences and to know the needs and capacities of town citizens to �absorb� a certain vision for development, as well as involving the local population in decision making. In modern heterogeneous communities there are groups with different interests and that is why it is insufficient for urban development planning to solve only physical problems, but should also take into account the socio-cultural elements, part of the so called �soft infrastructure� � traditions, lifestyles and necessities of the communities directly affected by the plan. Markets are diverse and the �residents� of the Ladies� Market seem to want to change the statute of the market space. But on a more fundamental ontological level, the proprietors seem to try to change the ownership of the territory, to make it their own again. The contraction or disappearance of public spaces like the Ladies� Market and the related lack of dialogue and �places� for negotiation is not only a geographical or urban development problem. It has worrying social and anthropological consequences as it leads to alienation and indicates a deficit of the offered resources and mechanisms for active participation in society�s life. In the current model of intercultural coexistence on the Ladies� Market there are weaknesses and disadvantages on which one could and should work.