Surfing the net I found this curious initiative. PARK [ing] Day is the name of an event during which individuals or groups of people transform parking spaces, parking spaces and other parking spaces for motor vehicles in public areas or micro gardens to the congregation and enjoy after habérselo taken (legally and peacefully) for motor vehicles.
Park (ing) day in New York. Photo: Flickr
The procedure is simple, you pay the meter of the chosen square. Subsequently occupies the space the way you want to finally use it as a place of social life.
This initiative began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art collective became a common parking space, an area of \u200b\u200bthe city with a deficit of open space in a small temporary public park. Later it became a creative exploration project as it is distributed and used in public spaces. For example, 70% of the public space belongs to the "downtown" San Francisco is for the vehicle, while only a fraction of this space is allocated to the enjoyment of pedestrians. Paying the meter of a parking space we have the opportunity to enjoy for a short period of urban public space. The question is what are the possible activities to do in this small space of time?
This project has become a global phenomenon, independently created by artists, activists and citizens whose purpose is to reprogram the traffic space into a swap space, recreation and artistic expression, returning to the city which has always been theirs.
Photos: Flickr
