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Video and Photos from National Park(ing) Day 2007

In 2007, we were thrilled to receive links to wonderful photos and videos capturing much of the creative activity from National Park(ing) Day.

This page includes links to Photos, Video, and News from 2007. Click here for a recap of National Park(ing) Day 2007.

Photos
Visit the National Park(ing) Day Photoset on Flickr.

Video

Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Grow

News
Coverage from 2007 National Park(ing) Day listed below (some links include video).

Why Protesters Are Playing Ping-Pong in Your Parking Space- Wall Street Journal
Blog postings related to this article -- over 2,000 and counting!

Park(ing) Day Celebrates, Promotes City Parks - Architect Magazine
Temporary parks dominate parking spaces across the U.S. - C-NET
Improvisan parques sobre el asfalto para denunciar escasez de zonas verdes - South Florida Sentinel
"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
Unpave Paradise - Plenty Magazine
Please Park on the Grass-Charleston City Paper
Instant Park Appears on Milwaukee Avenue - City of Chicago
'Temporary public park' turned some heads - Honolulu Advertiser
HPHC Creates Fitness Park for National Park(ing) Day - Los Angeles
'Parks'? An in-your-space move (includes video) - Los Angeles Times
Video: Louisville, KY Park(ing) Day Installation
People asked to keep cars at the curb today - Louisville Courier Journal
Petite park highlights need for green - Miami Herald
Mini-parks to highlight need for open space - Twin Cities Pioneer Press
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
Turning Parking Spaces into Parks (includes video) - Northampton, MA
What's tiny, green and has a meter running? - The Oregonian
Eco-friendly city branding - Sacramento on-the-verge of becoming green - Sacramento, CA
Parking Spots Turn Into Parks In St. Louis(includes video) - KSDK-TV St. Louis, MO
Scenes from St. Louis' National Park(ing) Day - St. Louis, MO
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
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
Public + parking = public parking - Tampa Bay.com
Tampa to celebrate the greening of downtown - Tampa Bay Business Journal
Downtown green welcome -- but fleeting - Lake County News-Sun (Waukegan, IL)
Palm Beach Daily News
Clematis Street parking spaces go green (includes video)
Bringing the park to the city - Times-Leader (Pennsylvania)

For more information, contact Matthew Shaffer, matthew.shaffer@tpl.org, (415) 495-4014.

Creating a Park(ing) Park
Organizing National Park(ing) Day activities in your city
Sponsoring a Park(ing) Day Park
A list of 2008 National Park(ing) Day Cities, Participants, and Maps

San Francisco art collective REBAR first created "PARK(ing)" in 2005 to re-imagine the potential of the metered parking space. In 2006, in collaboration with TPL, REBAR founded "PARK(ing) Day": a global exploration of the creative potential of streets.

Updated 5/2008