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PARK(ing) Day is an annual, international event in which artists, activists, and regular old citizens transform metered spaces into little parks, or "parklets." This year's event took place over the weekend, with some cool little parklets that even had Foosball tables and a tiki vibe.
The event's mission is to draw attention to the civic potential these small spaces have, and how much city space is used for parking. Although it might not like feel like it when you're actually hunting for a spot in the city's jammed commercial and certain residential neighborhoods of L.A., there are a lot of spots in which to sit back, relax, and watch the traffic go by, as Streetsblog L.A. found on Saturday. Here are some of the highlights.
Fairfax Avenue rocked a tiki vibe:
At Faifax #ParkingDay #parkingdayla site pic.twitter.com/bjWENbKN91
— StreetsblogLA (@StreetsblogLA) September 18, 2015
Eagle Rock turned up for PARK(ing) Day on Colorado Boulevard:
#ParkingDay pop-up parklet on Colorado Blvd brought life and music to the street #ParkingDayLA #eaglerock pic.twitter.com/BeU7ZPR30d
— Walk Eagle Rock (@walkeaglerock) September 20, 2015
Mid City West had a Foosball table. Wonder if the people in Eagle Rock were jealous about that:
Thanks to @DistrictLaBrea for bringing out the #fooseball for #parkingdaymcw #ParkingDay #parkingdayla pic.twitter.com/jQMPJHm0hw
— Mid City West CC (@midcitywest) September 19, 2015
Some even had some kids' playing areas:
Metered spaces transformed for Park(ing) Day in L.A. http://t.co/sWzp26BBQy @parkingday @midcitywest pic.twitter.com/RGnuw7xFN2
— Beverly Press (@BeverlyPress) September 18, 2015
#SquadGoals on Melrose Avenue:
At @MelroseAveLA #ParkingDay #parkingdayla parklet pic.twitter.com/QmEl86BeeQ
— StreetsblogLA (@StreetsblogLA) September 18, 2015
Don't know if these guys would agree with you, but yes, it looks nice!
Looks so much better than my car parked there. #ParkingDay #parkingday2015 #parkingdaymcw #parkingdayla pic.twitter.com/8yVIFFo2Nh
— Better Cities Film Festival (@BetterCitiesFF) September 18, 2015
And finally, here's a time lapse video of the Melrose Avenue parklet, from construction to tear-down:
