Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Park(ing) Day

The Park(ing) Day Ride: Downtown Santa Monica to Downtown L.A.

By Damien Newton | Sep 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

The Park(ing) Day Map thus far. For an updated map go here. While parks continue to be added to the Park(ing) Day map for the big day on September 18, there are enough parks listed that we can begin to sketch out the route for the Park(ing) Day ride. The point of this ride is […]

Streetscast: Alfredo Hernandez, East Hollywood and Park(ing) Day

By Damien Newton | Aug 21, 2009 | 5 Comments

Last year’s Park(ing) Day space in East Hollywood. Photo: LA Streetsblog/Flickr Alfredo Hernandez is one of those Angelenos who makes this city a better place to live but manages to fly under the radar of most people’s consciousness. Professionally, Hernandez works with the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, a non-profit that works with low and […]

Announcing the “Parking Day Ride”

By Damien Newton | Jul 27, 2009 | 15 Comments

Recycled Movie Celebrates Park(ing) Day in East Hollywood in 2008 Mark it down on your calendar, September 18 is the date for this year’s Park(ing) Day LA. While some people find the event, ahem, a little nerdy; for Livable Streets advocates Park(ing) Day falls somewhere between their birthday and Halloween in their list of favorite […]

Park(ing) Day Recap

By Damien Newton | Sep 22, 2008 | 10 Comments

Photo from Ubrayj 02’s Park in Front of the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop Well, Park(ing) Day has come and gone and for at least another year, the urban jungle known as Los Angeles will be a little less green than it was for one glorious day last Friday. However, Park(ing) Day isn’t just about temporarily […]

Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day NYC

By Damien Newton | Sep 22, 2008 | 2 Comments

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, it’s probably no surprise that Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckeson was out and about in New York City on Friday on his bike shooting film just as I was on my bike taking pictures. Eckerson reports that Park(ing) Day NYC had: …over 50 parking spaces temporarily reclaimed throughout the […]

Happy Park(ing) Day, LA!

By Damien Newton | Sep 19, 2008 | 3 Comments

The First Park I Actually Made It To on the Corner of Heliotrope and Melrose I hope everyone had as great a Parking Day. Here at Streetsblog we spent the day documenting as many of the parks as we could. You can see the efforts from New York, here, here, here, here, and here. In […]