Park(ing) Day
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Send Us Your Park(ing) Day Pics!
A quick Flickr search for "Park(ing) Day 2011" this afternoon turned up this excellent rug-based parking spot reclamation all the way down under in Adelaide, Australia. So far, nothing from NYC, arguably the birthplace of the Park(ing) Day concept (though the San Francisco partisans will have something to say about that).
September 16, 2011
Submit Your Park(ing) Day Application Like, Now
A brief reminder that Park(ing) Day 2011 is coming up in a few weeks. This year's street reclamation goodness will go down Friday, September 16. If you'd like to host a space of your own, you may want to hop to it. Applications are due today.
August 26, 2011
Ad Nauseam: Nissan Goes Car-Free for NYC Promo
It looks like one car maker has figured out an intriguing way to market its product to a city audience: Just don't show it at all. In fact, try to sell it by appealing to the innate desire for the very qualities your product squeezes out of city neighborhoods.
April 2, 2010
Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day NYC 2008
As Park(ing) Day participants set up and enjoyed 50 mini-parks on New York City streets, the Streetfilms crew -- Clarence Eckerson, Jr., Chris Read and Robin Urban Smith -- fanned out across the boroughs to catch the action on video.
September 22, 2008
Park(ing) Day: More From Manhattan
The folks at HR&A Advisors set up an outdoor office in their Columbus Circle Park(ing) spot, complete with wi-fi and business attire.
September 19, 2008
Kid-Friendly Park(ing): Fingerpainting on Cortelyou
These pics, courtesy of Sustainable Flatbush, come from the Park(ing) spot on Brooklyn's Cortelyou Road, where fingerpaint and crayons are all the rage.
September 19, 2008
More Park(ing) Pics: The Art of Sitting in the Street
Members of Community Boards 2 and 4 chat up visitors to their spot on 8th Avenue and 14th Street.
September 19, 2008
First Park(ing) Day 2008 Photo: Sod on Eighth
This pic came in to the Streetsblog Flickr pool a few minutes ago from the Park(ing) spot on Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street.
September 19, 2008
It’s Park(ing) Day All Over America
This morning, street reclaimers across the country are settling into their Park(ing) spaces -- more than 450 spots in 80 cities, according to the latest count. For our readers outside New York City, check out the Trust for Public Land's Google map to find a spot near you. TPL also has a great round-up of Park(ing) Day media coverage and the beginnings of a Flickr pool.
September 19, 2008
How Will You Spend Park(ing) Day?
Tomorrow New Yorkers will lay claim to the city's most undervalued real estate, unfurling sod and setting up seating, trees and public art for Park(ing) Day 2008. From Transportation Alternatives, here is a sampling of planned spots:
September 18, 2008