Above: BQE BYO: Park(ing) Day After Party!

Thank you Park(ing) Day organizers for all of your hard work and participation in Park(ing) Day NYC 2010! Your enthusiasm and creativity are what makes this day a success year after year. As we traveled from the Upper West Side to Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn we saw so many creative spaces including Park(ing) Spots encouraging children to re-imagine their streets, others demanding more community space, and organizations and students promoting sustainable practices such as composting and green design. And all the spaces in between gave us a place to relax and enjoy some good conversations about public space with you.

We really hoped you enjoyed Park(ing) Day as much as we did and will participate next year. If you had fun out on the streets please consider hosting a space next year. Again, all that you do makes this day an eye opener for New Yorkers and an opportunity to show the potential for building up our communities.

And thank you to Architecture for Humanity, Design Trust for Public Space, DoTank: Brooklyn, Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project, and all the volunteers who made the BQE BYO: Park(ing) Day After Party such a success. And be sure to check out next months Public Space Potluck courtesy of Design Trust for Public Space, http://designtrust.blogspot.com/, to continue the dialogue about creating more public spaces in our neighborhoods.

Here is some press coverage of the event and check Flickr for photos of spaces across the city:
Flickr photos

New York Times The Local Coverage

Columbia Spectator

Columbia Spectator Video Coverage

DNA Info: Upper West Side

Alt Transport Blog

Gothamist

Upper West Side on Streetsblog:

Queens Coverage on Streetsblog:

L Magazine Coverage of the Time’s Up Garden Space @ Bloombergs

L Magazine Coverage of BQE BYO: A Park(ing) Day After Party

Gamma Blog Video of Lower Manhattan Park(ing) Spots

Your work has helped greatly in opening the minds of New Yorkers to the possibility of reclaiming their streets from the private automobile!
Thanks again and we’ll see you on the streets next year!