(PARK)ing Day - Sept. 16
Feet First is hosting the national, annual PARK(ing) Day tomorrow - an event encouraging us to rethink the way we develop and use land in our cities.
A parking-space-turned-park from years past
For the 4th year in a row, Feet First is hosting the Annual PARK(ing) Day - tomorrow (Friday, September, 16), from 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. all throughout Seattle!
Posted by Megan Risley
September 15, 2011
Almost 28 percent of public land in Seattle is used for automobiles - and this doesn't include paved parking lots! PARK(ing) Day, the annual worldwide event, which Feet First sponsors in Seattle, invites us to reconsider how we're using our land by turning some of these paved parking spots throughout our city into temporary public parks.
In Seattle, that means that fifteen street parking spaces, from Rainier Valley to Fremont, will be taken up by PARK(ing) Day participants. As people pass by, the sight of a parking space being used as a park will encourage them to imagine what city life would be like if there was more green space for the public to enjoy.
Natalie Ross, a landscape designer who is participating in PARK(ing) Day for the first time, is planning a park made entirely out of recyclable materials. Along with her architecture, landscape, planning and interior design firm, WATG, Ross wants "people to have fun at our park and get inspired to think creatively when it comes to being environmentally conscious."
For more information about PARK(ing) Day, contact Jack Bennetto, (PARK(ing) Day Organizer by emailing jack@feetfirst.org or calling 206-652-2310. Be sure to walk around these neighborhoods and visit the many temporary parks community members have set up! Take a look at the 2011 PARK(ing) Day map for Seattle here.
