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- Valet proposes a prefab parklet system for Milans roads Tue, 4 May 21, 1:30amIn a bid to rethink public spaces, Milan-based architecture studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners has collaborated with PRR Architetti and Lorenzo Noe to develop Valet, a city development strategy to turn parking spots into...
- Mini Gabion Parklet pops up in a Brazilian neighborhood Thu, 3 Mar 16, 7:30amParklets are hands down one of our most favorite types of urban interventions, and they’ve started to catch on down south in Brazil as well. Brazilian architecture studio Quadra Estúdio recently installed the Gabion Parklet,...
- Portable ParkedBench parklet injects a breath of fresh air in London Tue, 1 Dec 15, 1:00amSupported by the Transport for London Future Streets incubator fund, ParkedBench was installed at Tooley Street near the London Bridge, where it was unveiled November 20, 2015...
- PHOTOS: Amazing Park(ing) Day 2015 parks pop up around the world Sat, 19 Sep 15, 7:30amHappy Park(ing) Day everyone! This week we asked you to send in photos of the most amazing pop-up parks taking over parking spots near you - and today we're publishing them for all the world to see...
- PHOTOS: The most amazing Park(ing) Day 2015 parks from around the world Sat, 19 Sep 15, 5:04amHappy Park(ing) Day everyone! This week we asked you to send in photos of the most amazing pop-up parks taking over parking spots near you - and today we're publishing them for all the world to see...
- 12 Inspiring mini parks created in street parking spaces Fri, 18 Sep 15, 7:19amOne of San Francisco's newest claims to fame, the "parklet" - a mini public park or "sidewalk extension" created from reclaiming two former metered parking spaces...
- World’s smallest park was started by a guerilla gardener over 65 years ago Fri, 29 May 15, 11:00pmMill Ends Park in Portland, OR, is officially the world's smallest park. The tiny 2-foot-wide space is well-loved city landmark and rumored home to a leprechaun colony!
- The Parkolation Project helps special-education kids and brings green spaces to Boston Thu, 26 Mar 15, 5:30amTeaching fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Wilhelmina Peragine, pulled together a team of students, volunteers, city officials and several nonprofits in order to transform two parking spaces in Boston into a...
- New shipwrecked parklet is an urban oasis in San Francisco Sat, 14 Feb 15, 9:00amRight outside of a popular coffee shop in San Francisco’s Mission District, passersby might be surprised to see what looks like a wooden shipwreck washed ashore on the curb...
- Park(ing) Day 2014: The Most Amazing Pop-Up Parks From Around the World! Tue, 23 Sep 14, 4:20amThis past Friday parking spots across the States and around the world turned over a green leaf as pop-up public parks for Park(ing) Day 2014! This annual celebration of public space is one of our favorite events of the year...
- Park(ing) Day 2014: The Most Amazing Pop-Up Parks From San Francisco and Beyond! Sat, 20 Sep 14, 10:00amHappy Park(ing) Day everyone! Today's the day when parking spots across the States and around the world turn over a green leaf as pop-up public parks. This annual celebration of public space is one of our favorite events...
- Urban Reef Encourages Summertime Street Lounging in Vancouver Wed, 13 Aug 14, 6:00amEach summer Vancouver works to create vibrant pedestrian spaces to help people make the best of the good weather and sunshine. The VIVA Vancouver program supports parklets, hosts concerts and events and also closes down the...
- Park(ing) Day 2013: The Best Pop-Up Parks Across the States! [PHOTOS] Sat, 21 Sep 13, 7:59amSan Francisco, CA -- Interstice Architects go big every Park(ing) Day - and this year's park was no disappointment! The Park-a-licious Public Bubble is a huge inflatable structure filled with balloons and bubble gum...
- Today is Park(ing) Day 2013 – Send Us Your Photos! Fri, 20 Sep 13, 10:00pmWe want to see your Park(ing) Day photos! Today is Park(ing) Day and we're on the hunt for the coolest pop-up parks reclaiming parking spaces along our global streets...
- Deconstructed 1940s Citroën H Van Transformed into a New Parklet for San Francisco Tue, 26 Feb 13, 3:00amRead the rest of Deconstructed 1940s Citroën H Van Transformed into a New Parklet for San Francisco Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bikes, citroen, Citroen van, Cycle Club San Francisco, cycling,...