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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Parking Goes Green, For a Day

Drivers from NY to LA find lawns in place of their favorite spots

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(Newser) – Signs of a movement to highlight the need for more urban green space sprouted in cities across the US today, the LA Times reports, turning parking spaces into bite-sized parks. The second annual Park(ing) Day may prove an inconvenience to commuters from San Francisco to New York, but that’s the point, one organizer says.

“It'll get people to think about how much space is used to park cars and how much of that space we could use for parks,” Emily Craig tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

In this photo provided by The Trust For Public Land, people are shown enjoying a 2007 Park(ing) Day park in San Francisco%u2014which included free wifi.
In this photo provided by The Trust For Public Land, people are shown enjoying a 2007 Park(ing) Day park in San Francisco%u2014which included free wifi.   (AP Photo)
At a past Park(ing) Day event in San Francisco, a temporary park receives a temporary visitor.
At a past Park(ing) Day event in San Francisco, a temporary park receives a temporary visitor.   (AP Photo)
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I thought it was a unique way to get people living in cities and urban areas thinking about how the space could be used. - Cynthia Shaffer,
Pittsburgh Park(ing) Day proponent

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