National Park(ing) Day 2007

Landscape Architecture Urban Design Studio of Ball State University - Map

New Brunswick, NJ

New York City

In New York City, more than twenty parking spots in the five boroughs will be transformed into lawns for lounging, gardens for growing, and other community minded purposes. Park(ing) parks will show up in areas of Times Square, Rockefeller Center, and Penn Station. Map

Organizations:
TPL- For more information contact: Chad Hoeppner
Transportation Alternatives

Time's Up! and Green Map
This Park(ing) spot in front of Birdbath Green Bakery in the West Village from 8AM-6PM will have chairs, shade, and lemonade. Map
Time's Up! Celebrates Park(ing) Day 2007

Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY
An urban hangout with grass, plants, seating, and games. - Map
Organizations:
Sustainable Flatbush, Transportation Alternatives, and The Open Planning Project

Flushing, NY
The Design Department of NYC Parks and Recreation will plant Park(ing) spaces at the Olmsted Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park as vegetated drainage swales, or raingardens. The catch basins will be stenciled with "Drains to the Bay." - Map
Organization
Design Department of NYC Parks and Recreation

Park(ing) Day NYC - Video by Streefilms.org
Parks on a Lark - New York Times Sunday Editorial
Putting It in Park, So to Speak
New York Times
Dozens Of Parking Spaces Turned Into Mini Parks For One Day - New York One News
Parking spots converted to 'pocket parks' - amNewYork
Video: Instant Parks - for A Quarter - Sprig.com (Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive)
Finding a park in space - The Brooklyn Paper
PARKing Day Redux in Park Slope! - Video by Streetfilms.org

Northampton, MA

Turning Parking Spaces into Parks (includes video)

Oakland, CA

Pomona, CA

Organization
Cal Poly Student Chapter of ASLA - Map

Portland, ME

The Bayside Neighborhood Association set up a small park in a parking lot and spoke to passersby about a planned trail and possibilities for public space in the neighborhood.

Portland, OR

In Portland, one parking space will be turned into an "outdoor break room" with a Northwest flair, complete with coffee service, seating, and native plants.
What's tiny, green and has a meter running? - The Oregonian

Organizations:
William Wilson Architects-For more information contact: Kristin Wells - Map
MCM Architects
MacDonald Environmental Planning

Providence, RI

A group of local artists are transforming 4 parking spaces in downtown Providence to highlight the ways we use land. Planned installations include:
Bike Park: Free bicycle parking with a mobile bike repair unit.
Portable Picnic: This picnic lasts for two hours and then moves to another meter. Bring your lunch!
Parquet Park: Illustrating how much space a car uses, stop by this parquet-patterend park made from astroturf.
Urban Farming: Check out the number of healthy plants that you could grow in a parking spot. Learn more about urban gardening.

Raleigh, NC

Organization
NCSU College of Design
Sponsors: DixonWeinstein Architects, Great Outdoors Provision Company, Dickenson Restoration.

The Park(ing) park in Raleigh will be located along Hillsborough Street. Students and friends of NC State University College of Design will help create this shady spot to sit. Bike repair and maintenance tips and tricks will be offered at the site throughout the day.

Laura DeMink
This Park(ing) park, close to Hillsborough and Logan Court, will include evergreen trees.

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento's park will have live local musicians with a place to play chess, in a space that is plentiful with plants and shade from an umbrella; perfect for enjoying the end of Sacramento's hot summer days, and encouraging those passing by to "Sit here...And dream big."

Organization:
LJ Urban-For more information contact: Linsey Payne and Nancy Mathison
Eco-friendly city branding - Sacramento on-the-verge of becoming green

St. Louis, MO

Parking Spots Turn Into Parks In St. Louis(includes video) - KSDK-TV St. Louis
Scenes from St. Louis' National Park(ing) Day (Urban Review STL)

Organization
City of St. Louis-Map- For more information, contact Rollin Stanley

St. Paul, MN

In St. Paul a Park(ing) park will appear in the Frogtown neighborhood, where local parks are hard to come by.
Mini-parks to highlight need for open space - Twin Cities Pioneer Press

Organization
TPL-For more information contact: Melissa Constantine

San Diego, CA

Organization
Uptown Partnership - Map

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco's Park(ing) parks will include a wireless hotspot, a sidewalk plaza, and a Parkcycle designed by Park(ing) Day originators, Rebar.

Organizations:
TPL - For more information contact: Jacob Gilchrist - Map
ReBar - Map - For more information contact: John Bela and Matt Passmore, info@parkingday.org
Public Architecture
Robin Levitt - Valencia St. between 19th & 20th - Map -This PARKing Paradise spot will feature a sandy beach with a swimming pool, plastic, pink flamingos, some lounge chairs, palm trees and other gizmos.

40 Below's Public Arts Task Force - For more information or to volunteer contact Paul Mercurio.
This PARK(ing) spot will be installed at 7:30AM Friday on the 300 Block of South Salina Street. The park will move to a new spot at 9:30AM, 11:30AM, 1:30PM and 3:30PM in accordance with local parking laws, but will remain on the 300 Block of South Salina Street throughout the day. Volunteers who assisted on the project throughout the day are invited to celebrate Park(ing) Day at The Gear Factory (200 South Geddes Street) at 6PM.

Temporary parks dominate parking spaces across the U.S. - C-NET
Photos from C-NET blog
Park(ing) Day 2007: Reclaiming Urban Space With Barnyards, Beautiful Chickens SF Weekly
"News to me" introduces a few artists who'll show you how the grass is greener on the other side -- of your car. Video - CNN.com

Sanford, FL

Organization
Sierra Club of Central Florida - Map

Seattle, WA

Two mobile Park(ing) parks will first be sited at the Seattle Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park - each complete with grass, a Hawthorne tree, and a bench - and through the day they'll move down 1st Avenue to ultimately swap locations. In addition, there will be a stationary park along the waterfront next to the Seattle Aquarium.
National Park(ing) Day greens up Seattle's asphalt
Parking spaces become park spaces on National Park(ing) Day - Seattle Times
Fake parks fun, but how will Seattle pay for the real thing? - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Organizations:
TPL -For more information contact: Laura Whorton

Seattle Aquarium
Pier 62/63--on Alaskan Way between Virginia and Stewart St. - Map

Seattle Art Museum
Locations: - Map
1st Ave between Union St and University St.
1st Ave between Pine St and Stewart St.
Western Ave at Broad St on the SW corner

Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park
Locations: - Map
Western Ave at Broad St on the SW corner
1st Ave at Battery St (just north of Battery St.)
University St between 1st Ave and 2nd Ave.

Berger Partnership
Republican Street between Terry Ave. N. and Westlake Ave. N. - Map

Syracuse, NY

Organization
40 Below Public Arts Task Force

Tampa, FL

Organizations:
TPL -One sod-filled parking space will be surrounded by a white picket fence, some chairs and a chess table, and a few dogs to demonstrate the many different ways people can enjoy downtown parks. - Map - For more information contact: Anne Nelson
Downtown Tampa Partnership
Mayor's Beautification Program

Public + parking = public parking - Tampa Bay.com
Tampa to celebrate the greening of downtown - Tampa Bay Business Journal

Vancouver, WA

This Park(ing) park will have plants, seating, hopscotch, and goodies. - Map

Organization
PUSH4Art

Washington, D.C.

Organizations:
TPL -For more information contact: Peter Harnik

Waukegan, IL

The (Park)ing park in downtown Waukegan will feature grass, flowers, plants, benches, park signage, and children's playground equipment.
Downtown green welcome -- but fleeting - Lake County News-Sun (Waukegan, IL)

Organizations:
City of Waukegan - For more information contact Robin Schabes
Waukegan Park District
Waukegan Main Street

West Palm Beach, FL

Photo: Lisa Welch

Organization
TPL - Map - For more information contact: Lisa Welch
The City of West Palm Beach
Carey O'Donnell PR Group
Design Within Reach
Downtown Development Authority
Glatting Jackson
Stiles Landscaping, Inc.
Starbucks

Palm Beach Daily News
Clematis Street parking spaces go green (includes video)

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Bringing the park to the city - Times-Leader (Pennsylvania)

Original Parking Day concept, name and logo copyright ©2005 by REBAR. Used with permission.

Updated 11/6/2007