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City Paper Park(ing) Day Challenge
City Paper Park(ing) Day Challenge
Filed Under: Greenstorming
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Around here at City Paper, we do love us some Park(ing) Day — the holiday when various environmental, sustainability, etc. groups take over parking spaces and convert them into miniature parks for the day. CP's Catherine Grubb told you all about it in this week's paper. You can find more info at the Parking Day Philly web site where there's an interactive map and a printable one. You can, of course, follow along on the Twitter at twitter.com/parkingdayphila. And please upload any photos you take to the World Parking Day Flickr group.
We're going to get as many photos of Park(ing) Day parks up here as we can, starting with these:
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| The American Planning Association, Pennsylvania Chapter, Southeast, with help from Greener Partners and Skunk Hollow Community Farm demonstrates how much food can be grown in the space it takes to park one car; most of the signs on the produce say things like "10 times the amount here". (Chestnut Street and Juniper) |
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| Photo | Brian Howard's Android |
| 350 Philly is part of a global movement aimed at reducing — and get ready for a little high school chemistry here — the parts per million of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere from 390 to 350, a level many scientists, climate experts and progressive governments have deemed as the safe upper limit. There'll be a 350 rally in Philly Oct. 24. Hit them up on the Web or on their Facebook. (Chestnut Street west of Broad) |
Many more photos after the jump
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| Photo | Brian Howard's Android |
| Zip Car set up a little cafe that I'd have investigated further were I not in imminent danger of being run over. (Chestnut Street) |
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| Photos | Brian Howard's Android |
| The folks from SMP Architects and Viridian Landscape Studio were just assembling their .004 Acre Woods when I passed this morning at 8:45. The materials came from NRI, and one of the architects told me cheerily that the exhibit will be recycled into woodchips that will then somehow be turned into the firm's Christmas ornaments. (16th and Walnut). See pictures of the finished installation, and many more spaces, at dragonballyee.com. |
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| Photos | Brian Howard's Android |
| The people at PostGreen, the folks behind the 100k House, were setting up a beanbag toss. Not sure what this corn holing is all about. (Second and Market) |
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| Photo | Carolyn Huckabay |
| Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, who're responsible for the sustainable Environmental Education Eenter in Gladwyne, set up shop on Walnut Street between Ninth and 10th, drawing with crayons, playing mini-golf and laughing amid the insane midmorning traffic. |
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| Photo | Carolyn Huckabay |
| Graceful Gardens owner Grace Wicks kindly donned her gardening hat for a quick herbaceous photo shoot. She says that later this afternoon, she'll do edible landscaping demonstrations at her Park(ing) Day spot, just over the Schuylkill at 30th and Walnut. |
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| Photo | Carolyn Huckabay |
| Trophy Bikes shared a space with Graceful Gardens in West Philly, displaying all sorts of two-wheeled car alternatives. They did not put on gardening hats, however. |
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| Photo | Carolyn Huckabay |
| The lovely ladies at Free Books Park at Liberties Walk told me that, if I were to show up in the afternoon, there would be many more free books up for grabs. Piazza at Schmidts residents (we're looking at you, Mr. Danza), take note. |
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| Photos | Dominic Mercier |
| AIA's Park(ing) space, 1218 Arch Street. |
Wow. I absolutely love this idea!
I loved these photos especially because there was no time for me to get to see them in person. The first picture is of the APA/PA SE section installation not Skunk Hollow Farm. Greener Partners, a group which sponsors that farm, joined us by providing the hay bales, compost tumbler and rain barrel. I hope you are able to correct this error. Thanks
Grace Wicks' park is the cutest. Edible ornamentals = pretty and practical!
My apologies, Cheryl, and thanks for pointing out the error. I'll correct it immediately.
Thanks for correcting this so promptly, Brian!
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