Highlights From Park(ing) Day Around the Globe
Today is Park(ing) Day — a day to demonstrate how scarce street space can do so much more than store parked cars. Around the world, people are setting up camp in parking spots and turning them into public spaces.
Here are some of the fun and creative installations we’ve come across on social media. Just for fun, vote for your favorite at the bottom.
Cambridge
Washington
#ParkingDay #AgentsofCompass #Compass #DCRealEstate #LoganCircle #DC #WashingtonDC #Realtor @compass A photo posted by Sethy T (@ssturner4h) on
Franklin, Tennessee
Live on the Square in Downtown #FranklinTN: #WillCoMoves #PARKingDay with the @cityoffranklintn
A photo posted by Williamson, Inc. (@williamson_inc) on
Champaign, Illinois
#ParkingDay A photo posted by WJMonahan (@wjmonahan) on
Philadelphia
#parkingday is dedicated to bringing awareness to the lack of green spaces in the city. So #spiezlearch architectural group decided to create a human scale battleship, where we are planting parks instead of sinking ships. Come to 13th and sansom and win a potted plant!! #parkingdayphl A photo posted by Matt Imperato (@philimatt) on
Columbia, South Carolina
A photo posted by Landscape Architects (@landscapearch) on
Baltimore
If you’re in downtown Baltimore today stop by the corner of Commerce & Pratt Streets between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm and take a picture in our dock! #PARKingDay @americanplanningassociation. . . . #parkingday2016 #downtownbaltimore #proudlyurban #aslapd16 @landscapearch #thisislandarch #bmoreparkingday A photo posted by Design Collective, Inc. (@designcollectv) on
Singapore
Wild snorlax appear! Si bei duo sia! #parkingday #pokemon #snorlax #pokeball #CP9999999999
A photo posted by Robin Oh (@lobinns) on
Brisbane
The things you can do with cardboard! #parkingday #brisbanecitycouncil A photo posted by Victoria Laird (@victoria_laird) on
Honolulu
2015 #PARKingDay #tbt #ASLAPD16
A photo posted by HHF Planners (@hhfplanners) on
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