2007 National Park(ing) Day Announced
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced that September 21 will be National Park(ing) Day, where metered parking spots in major cities will be transformed into public parks. The goal is to promote the need for more parks in cities, and confirmed participating cities include New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston and San Francisco.
“TPL, a national conservation nonprofit founded in 1972, is sponsoring National Park(ing) Day 2007, a concept created by San Francisco art collective Rebar (www.rebargroup.org). In 2005, Rebar created its first ‘PARK(ing)’ project by transforming a metered parking spot into a temporary public park, briefly expanding the public realm and improving the quality of urban human habitat (at least until the meter ran out).”
For ideas on how to decorate your park(ing) space, visit the Park(ing) Day website to see pictures from previous years. This is the first year that the event will be going national. If you decide to participate, remember to take only pictures and leave only footprints while your meter is running.
