PARK(ing) Day – Parking Spots become Parks for a day – Friday, September 19,2008

September 17, 2008 · by Lindsay · in ,

Thanks to both BikePGH and PopCity media for writing about Park(ing) Day. Friday is Park(ing) Day in Pittsburgh. Park(ing) day is a one day event where ordinary parking spots are turned into pop-up parks for the day. The event started in San Francisco in 2005 and has become an annual event. Last year there were over 200 Parks created on Park(ing) day. I love this idea – definitely a creative way to get the community to think about how we are using our cities.

Here is a list of Pittsburgh Park(ing) Day locations:

  • ARL Wildlife – Copeland Street in front of Starbucks, Shadyside
  • Pashek Associates – 619 E. Ohio Street, North Side
  • REI – S. 27th Street in front of REI, South Side Works
  • Greater Pgh Arts Council – 7th Avenue near Penn Ave., Downtown
  • The Pillow Project – Forbes Avenue in front of Coffee Tree Rosters, Squirrel Hill
  • Riverlife, Mon Wharf Park – William Penn Way near 6th Ave, Downtown
  • Allegheny Commons Initiative – Cedar Ave (N. & E. Ohio Street) at the Farmers market, North Side
  • Venture Outdoors – East Ohio Street, North Side
  • Mattress Factory – East Ohio Street, North Side
  • Children’s Museum – East Ohio Street, North Side
  • Manchester Craftsman Guild – East Ohio Street, North Side
  • Chatham University – Fobes Avenue/ Murray Ave. in front of Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill
  • Sean Derry – Craig Street, Oakland
  • PA Resources Council – 1400 E. Carson Street in front of Starbucks, South Side
  • Mayor Luke Ravenstahl – 4th Avenue Next to City County Building, Downtown
  • City Councilman Patrick Dowd – 4th Avenue Next to City County Building, Downtown
  • Land Trust Alliance – 10th Street and Penn Avenue Parking Lot, Downtown
  • Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy – Schenley Plaza, Oakland

Both of these websites have tons of info and how to guides for putting the park back in parking space.

Parking Day Website – http://www.parkingday.org
Pittsburgh Parking Day Website – http://pghparkingday.wordpress.com/

Photo: The Berger Partnership, PS

About Lindsay


Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh for as long as she has been blogging - but fortunatly there are lots of great things about Pittsburgh to share. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon. Lindsay is also working on BlogLocal which is building a map of blogs with local content.

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