Cambridge PARK(ing) Day 2014

When:
Friday, Sep 19, 2014 8:00a -
7:00p

Where:
Various locations
All over Cambridge
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Date Idea, Festivals & Fairs, Social Good

Event website:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2014/08/parkingday.aspx

PARK(ing) Day is an annual international event where residents, artists and activists come together to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public places. The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) Day has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world.


The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat … at least until the meter runs out!


Source: http://parkingday.org/about-parking-day/.


Original concept by Rebar: www.rebargroup.org.

Who's Participating and Where


Harvard Square
Harvard University, Office for Sustainability: Contemplating Your Impact
Longfellow House, Washington's Headquarters NHS: Longfellow's Garden
Metro Pedal Power: Local Human Based Transportation for our Cities
MassRides: Commuting Sustainably
Cambridge Police Department: Meet the new bomb dogs!


Central Square
The Door Store: Yard Games!
Cambridge Elections Commission: Voter Registration
Fletcher Maynard Academy: Peace Couch
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Energy Efficiency Fun
Community Development Department, Housing Division: Micro House
Green Cambridge: Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
City of Cambridge Mayor's Office: Food Pantry Donation
MassBike: Bike Parking and Art
Boston Cyclists Union: A Bike-Friendly Smoothie Cafe
Central Square Business Association: The Central Square Cultural District Putt Putt (5 spot course!)
CCTV: NeighborMedia Outdoor Newsroom by CCTV
UMass Lowell: Baby Got Bounce
SHED(x)change + Cambridge Resident's Alliance: C3 in C2


Upper Broadway (Inman Street to Cambridge Public Library)
MIT Media Lab, Social Computing Research Group: Bike Inlet
Hubway: #HubwayEveryday
Harvard Urban Planning Organization: Studio Park
Cambridge Health Alliance, Department of Family Planning: "Protect your health. Protect the planet.


Inman Square
CPCU Credit Union: Prize Wheel
Department of Public Works, Recycling Division: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Compost!
Community Development Department, Community Planning: Playful Planning
Community Development Department, Economic Development: Take the Inman Square Survey!


Kendall Square
Community Development Department, Environmental and Transportation Planning: Get with the sustainability game!
Cambridge Bicycle Committee: Decorate a bike and play our bike-packing game!
Charles River Transportation Management Association: Check out the EZRide Shuttle!
Cambridge Bicycle Committee/Urban AdvenTours: Free Bicycle Safety Tune-ups


Other Locations
Friends of the Tobin: Maria Montessori's Backyard (Vassal Lane, near the Tobin School)
Cambridge in Motion / Cambridge Public Health Department: Celebrating Healthy Markets and the Men's Health League (Windsor Street at Main Street)
Cambridgeport School: 89 Elm Street

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