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Park(ing) Day!

Jackie published on September 20, 2009 in art and zeitgeist. 4 Comments Tags: , .

temple-disco-park

(pic via Inhabitat)

Taken directly from the source:

Originally created by Rebar, San Francisco art and design collective, PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently but simultaneously temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.

How great is this? One less idling engine and more space for fun and play! Imagine if we had these instead of parking spaces in every city and the roads reduced to extra wide bike paths.

Rebar is also the people responsible for the PARKcycle.

Being in New York City, I find that the parks we have here really offer a little slice of nature and a place for everyone to relax. Parks WIN!

LURVE

jackie

Bicycle + Car + Park: PARKcycle!!!

jackson published on July 14, 2008 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .

It’s a car!
It’s a bicycle!
It’s a… grassy field?

It’s the PARKcycle!

Built by San Francisco based artist collective REBAR, the PARKcycle was a special creation for Parking Day, a yearly event that turns public spaces into parks.

And when Andrew and I were in SF, we found it treeless, parked and unoccupied.

And then we took it for a ride.

Such fun! Amazing to sit on the front of it and zoom down the street, using no power save for Andrew and Chris Ray’s pedaling. The PARKcycle must weigh at least half a ton, but is so beautifully balanced that it moves like a floating carpet, and the boys barely broke a sweat.

Here’s some video of the PARKcycle in action, on Parking Day.

Fun! Fun! Sustainably fun!

Hope this inspires you as much as it did us.

Here’s the REBAR site.
The PARKcycle site.
And, the Parking Day site.

Love to All,

Team SuperForest.