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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...

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Register your Park(ing) Day spot by September 4

A park in the Park(ing) Day Central Park in 2010 (formerly the People’s Parking Lot, now a huge building) Park(ing) Day is coming up September 21. Have you registered for free with SDOT yet? For those...

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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...

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

Cathy Tuttle of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways plays putt-putt golf in South Lake Union. PARK(ing) Day 2013 For one day in September, Seattle residents and businesses will transform parking spaces...

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Micro parks and temporary bike lanes will dot the city for Park(ing) Day Friday

Cascade set up a protected bike lane on 2nd Ave last year. Park(ing) Day is not just for little parks anymore. The day started in San Francisco in 2005 and quickly grew worldwide. In essence, people...

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Friday’s Park(ing) Day will be Seattle’s biggest yet: Over 50 pop-up parks...

Last year, some parks got a little bigger and more ambitious, like this pop-up protected bike lane on 9th Ave in South Lake Union by Cascade Bicycle Club Park(ing) Day is one of my favorite holidays....

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Park(ing) Day 2016 will span two days, applications now open

Park(ing) Day in Columbia City, 2015. Park(ing) Day is one of my favorite days of the year. I just bike all over the city visiting dozens of new tiny parks that pop up in parking spaces for just a few...

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Happy Park(ing) Day 2016!

It’s Park(ing) Day! Today is basically tactical urbanism Christmas, a day when 50 new parks and temporary street improvement ideas pop up around Seattle. And if you haven’t been able to get to the...

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Friday is Park(ing) Day + Map of your local one-day mini parks – UPDATED

UPDATE: You can follow my adventures to parks around town below. Park(ing) Day 2017 is tomorrow (Friday). For one day, neighborhoods across the city will have new mini parks, constructed and activated...

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Park(ing) Day 2019 is today! Here’s a map of all the temporary mini-parks...

It’s Park(ing) Day! Go enjoy one (or many) of these temporary mini-parks and spend some time thinking about all the ways city space can do so much more than simply store some cars. Some parks will...

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