PARK(ing) urban art project

By at 9:36 am Tuesday, Dec 20

Last month, San Francisco art collective Rebar converted a downtown parking space into a temporary public park for the day. They installed grass, a bench, and a tree for shade right on the street. From the artists statement:
Projects Parking Photos Src Parking 11...More than 70% of San Francisco's downtown outdoor space is dedicated to the private vehicle, while only a fraction of that space is allocated to the public realm.

Feeding the meter of a parking space enables one to rent precious downtown real estate, typically on a 1/2 hour to 2 hour basis. What is the range of possible occupancy activities for this short-term lease?

PARK(ing) is an investigation into reprogramming a typical unit of private vehicular space by leasing a metered parking spot for public recreational activity...

By our calculations, we provided an additional 24,000 square-foot-minutes of public open space that Wednesday afternoon.
Link (via Laughing Squid)

David Pescovitz

Collector of anomalies, esoterica, and curiosities.

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