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May 22, 2006

"We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted." --Theodore Roosevelt

Temporary Urban PARK(ing)

Feed your parking meter and that space is yours for a certain period of time. While most will park their cars in that public space, a group of activists known as Rebar had a different idea -- convert it into a park! Yes, a park. Last November 16 was the first PARK(ing) project, from noon to 2PM in San Francisco. While 70% of the city's downtown outdoor space is for private vehicles and only a fraction is allocated to the public realm, on that day 24,000 square-foot-minutes were available for all. Check out their site, and click on the picture of the PARK(ing) in the top right to see a video of them in action.