PARK(ing) Day Providing temporary public open space . . . one parking spot at a time.
August 31, 2016
PARK(ing) Day is an annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public places. The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) Day has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals (operating independently of Rebar but following an established set of guidelines) creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world.
The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat … at least until the meter runs out
The City of Columbia is partnering with the South Carolina chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and One Columbia for Arts and History to facilitate this event. Last year, ASLA and the City hosted a pilot program event, with participation from One Columbia and Richland County Library. This year, we have 9 participants around the city. From 10:00AM-4:00PM on Friday, September 16, stroll through City Center and beyond to see the interventions that illustrate how we could creatively use metered parking spaces.
For more information, see links below. You may contact Lucinda Statler in the Planning Division if you have any questions, at 545-0229.
Parking Day information: http://scasla.org/event/asla-parking-day/
Map of Columbia, SC participants for 2016: Park(ing) Day Columbia, SC 2016
