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

September 16, 2009 Lindsay

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 comment that I wanted to share – which puts some historical perspective of how cars have fit into Pittsburgh over the past centruy or so. I have a nineteenth century “History of Pittsburg” which lists the… Read the rest

Filed Under: Green PGH, History, Outdoors Tagged With: cdcp, History, mattress factory, Park, park(ing) day, parkingday, parks, rebar

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

September 17, 2008 Lindsay

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… Read the rest

Filed Under: Events, Green PGH Tagged With: Carnegie Library, park(ing) day, parking day 2008, parkingday, Schenley Plaza

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