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September 16, 2008
Closing Bell: Park(ing) Day
Think parking's a pain now? Wait 'til Friday, when 200 spaces will be transformed into "engaging public spaces" for a day. Fifty cities participate in the annual Park(ing) Day, and our local greening is courtesy of New York City Streets Renaissance, which gave grants for folks to shift these spaces from parking to parks. In Williamsburg, a Bedford Avenue spot will be a meditation garden; a kiddie pool and snacks will be on hand at a Court and Atlantic spot; and Courtelyou and Argyle will have kids' art projects. For a full list of park(ing)s, click here. Perhaps some will be encouraged to give up their cars in favor of lawn chairs?
Parking Day 2007. Photo by Sustainable Flatbush.
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I'm still having trouble following the new signs. One block has Monday on the left and Thursday on the right. The next has Friday on the left and Tuesday on the right. It has induced a kind of parking dyslexia into my short term memory. I can never remember which side has to move in which part of the week, because it varies.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 16, 2008 4:09 PM
A kiddie pool filled with toddlers in the street? Next to speeding traffic, at one of the more dangerous intersections in Brooklyn? That's not a good idea.
Posted by: buttermilk channel at September 16, 2008 4:31 PM
I should say it varies based on which block you are on, not that it varies over time. I expect some of you will slam me for the belated onset of my parking illiteracy, but I am something of a creature of habit and the new pattern is giving me fits. Sorry to bore this noble site twice with my petty grievances, and enjoy Park(ing) Day.
Posted by: slopefarm at September 16, 2008 4:34 PM
200 parking spaces is a drop in the bucket in a city with hundreds of thousands. If parking's a pain on Friday it'll have precious little to do with this event.
Posted by: grvsmth at September 16, 2008 11:02 PM
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