It is once again time to start gearing up for Park(ing) Day NYC— get out your benches, roll out your sod, ready your great ideas!
Park(ing) Day NYC is September 19th, and parking spots across the city are just waiting to be rescued, turned for a day into the Park(ing) Spots that will get everyone thinking about our scarce public space and how we use it. Don't dawdle, apply to host a Spot and receive a mini-grant now!
Check out the Park(ing) Day 2007 video on StreetFilms!
Latest from the Park(ing) Day Blog
Reason #3 to make a PARK out of a PARK(ing) space
#3—Design Constraints, part deux Probably no one needs convincing about the design constraints involved in remaking a streetside parking space into a Park(ing) place. But to highlight a few: • Impossibly small size, especially in comparison with the remaining road space; • Asphalt as hot as the late summer sun beating down on its heat-absorbing surface; • Automobile traffic whizzes or [...]
Reason #2 to make a PARK out of a parking space
#2—Design Constraints, Part 1 The most satisfying, interesting creations spring from constraint. Time, money, materials, space, energy, and people shortages are always lurking somewhere behind brilliant works of art. Such constraints become an important part of the artistic process, and lead to innovation, or design “solutions” that artists summon out of the unique availabilities of the [...]
