Tag: park(ing) day

August 6, 2014

Got a Park(ing) Day idea? City accepting applications this month

For one day in September, Seattle residents and businesses will transform parking spaces around the city into little parks. PARK(ing) Day is an international event for people to be creative and re-imagine the urban space usually reserved for car storage. It is September 19 this year, but you gotta get your application into the city…
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August 14, 2013

City now taking Park(ing) Day applications

Park(ing) Day is an annual celebration of the power and potential of public space. For one day, people turn an on-street parking space into a tiny park. Let your imagination run wild: What would you like to see in your city? The application for a spot is not the easiest thing in the world, but…
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August 29, 2012

Register your Park(ing) Day spot by September 4

Park(ing) Day is coming up September 21. Have you registered for free with SDOT yet? For those not familiar with Park(ing) Day, it’s a world-wide event where people reclaim public spaces currently reserved for car parking and turn them into mini parks. Creativity is encouraged, and “park” can mean whatever you want it to mean.…
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September 16, 2011

Happy Park(ing) Day!

We only have a certain amount of public space, and yet we use so much of it to park our cars. For just one day, people all over the world take back urban space one parking spot at a time, turning them into tiny urban parks. In Seattle, the day is organized by Feet First.…
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September 16, 2010

Squeaky chain? We’re helping to give free light tune-ups on Park(ing) Day

We’ll be at the People’s Parking Lot’s Central Park for Park(ing) Day tomorrow. Belltown Pull-Apart will be bringing a bike stand and some tools to give free light tune ups and small fixes. So all you riding around with squeaky chains and brakes, it doesn’t have to be that way. Stop by and chat and…
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