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Sept. 17 – Happy Park(ing) Day Pittsburgh!

September 16, 2010 – 9:23 PM

Image by IheartPGH via Flickr I have been stuck at home all week – fighting off what I hope will be the first and only cold of the fall season.  I have been catching up on bad tv and blog reading and one of the events that has been receiving much attention in the blogosphere and beyond – it was actually a friend who I saw on the bus last week more

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Some Park and Parking History & Friday is Park(ing) Day in PittsburghParking

September 16, 2009 – 6:38 AM

Image by JessyeAnne via Flickr This is a neat event that is another creative way to think about our city, transit and how cars fit into the urban landscape.   It fits well into the conversation we have been having about if you need a car in Pittsburgh on the post about Zipcar. Last year, I posted about Parking Day 2008 and recieved this interesting more

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Radio Round Up – September 19, 2008

September 19, 2008 – 2:57 AM

ALCOSAN Open House Saturday, September 20, 2008 9 – 4 A one day celebration of the science of sewage tours of the treatment plant, science experiments galore AND photos with Frankie the Fish Park(ing) Day 2008 One day event where parking spots are turned into mini parks for the day 18 locations around Pittsburgh – downtown on 4th next more

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

September 17, 2008 – 9:41 AM

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) more

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