Parking Day
The full Park(ing) Day gallery is up.
You can see the full gallery here. If you were a participant in Park(ing) Day and see some photos in the gallery that you like, I would be happy to send you a few in full size and water-mark-free. The gallery took me an insanely long time to edit, write, and build; which didn’t leave me time to... »
Park(ing) Day Photos. (for Kelley, who was complaining there weren’t enough.)
If you would like to see the full photo essay go to the galleries at cojourn.net. If you were part of Park(ing) Day and would like a few high qualitiy versions, email me at scottsands@cojourn.net. »
Park(ing) Day – underway
Today’s the day, and now’s the time to enjoy the one-day park at Pine and Belmont. If your in the area, Office Nomads, is providing a free WiFi signal. Forrest Baum has a recorder in a tent where you can make annonymous confessions that he will play on his internet radio show at hollowearthradio.com Seattle Arts &... »
Designing oases for urban deserts.
At least 14 mini parks will transform the lot at Belmont Avenue and Pine Street, Friday, into a one-day-only, public park. Also, many parking spots from 85th and Greenwood in Ballard, to Rainier and Ferdinand in Columbia City, will become car-sized parcels of pedestrian-friendly, public land, for Seattle’s 3rd, and the 5th anual Park(ing) Day,... »
A mini-park on Evening Magazine tonight. But will there be sod tomorrow?
King 5’s Evening Magazine reporter, Meg Coyle interviewd Keith Harris Wednesday morning, in the “Cental Park” lot, where at least 14 mini-parks will be set up on Friday. Cameraman Darrell Benedict shot footage of the croquet game set up by Harris and members of Feet First, an advocacy group that promotes walkable communities. Harris said the interview... »
Park(ing) Day: A park for people, not cars.
If you’ve passed the corner of Pine and Belmont lately, you may have noticed a large sign attached, geurilla style, to two, long-unused, notice-of-proposed-use-action-sign posts. The large, prime-real-estate parcel of land behind it has gone (mostly) unused and without proposition for a year now. After it’s brief use as a parking lot last summer, it’s... »