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Title: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: Desmostro on September 19, 2008, 01:41:55 PM http://www.parkingday.org/ SEPT. 19th 2008 Green Hooliganism [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup] (Because cars suck!)
They are all over the city/ country / world now. I hear there is one in North Beach. I'm going to go check it out. Invented by REBAR Group, Inc. - the crazy art/ designers who take on urban challenges. The idea: put parks, as in places to sit in the grass, in parking spaces, as in places to put a car. We did a huge one last year in the middle of a gang infested neighborhood. See images. It's a response to the over developing of pavement, and the eradication of places to chill out anywhere in a city without having to buy something while doing it. 75% of the surface of San Francisco is devoted solely to moving and parking cars. This is actually good compared to places like Phoenix and Huston which are upwards of 80 - 85% streets and parking lots. Really sick [puke] [bang] Ingredients: Trees, grass, a parking spot. (Put $ in the meter) Rock band, BBQ. (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2870498011_8a7c173757_b.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/2870498087_e144b899df_b.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2871329368_241827a574_b.jpg) Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: sugarcrook on September 19, 2008, 01:50:15 PM Talk like a Pirate Day is still my favorite Sept 19th celebration.
Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: mbalmer on September 19, 2008, 01:57:42 PM Aarrr! Shiver me timbers! (this is where I would put the pirate smiley).
Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: enzo on September 19, 2008, 04:26:28 PM My firm participated:
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/enzo76/parkingday.jpg) Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: Blake on September 19, 2008, 09:56:53 PM Gotta love S.F. All you freethinkers over there. Here's to keeping it outside the box. [thumbsup]
Later Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: ducnymph on September 20, 2008, 06:08:23 PM My firm participated: (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/enzo76/parkingday.jpg) Ha ha! Very cool! I like the idea -transforming streets into parks for a day. Something to consider for sure... Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: Desmostro on September 20, 2008, 07:26:11 PM My firm participated: Nice [thumbsup] + scooters. extra [thumbsup] Title: Re: PARK(ing) day! tooooday. I love this Post by: MendoDave on September 22, 2008, 11:49:56 AM http://www.parkingday.org/ SEPT. 19th 2008 Green Hooliganism [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup] (Because cars suck!) 75% of the surface of San Francisco is devoted solely to moving and parking cars. This is actually good compared to places like Phoenix and Huston which are upwards of 80 - 85% streets and parking lots. Really sick [puke] [bang] That has to be just ground surface. They must not account for all of the floorspace in S.F. which has to be considerable since almost every building has at least 2 floors & it seems like most everything North of Market has at least 3. |