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Monday, November 6, 2006

Parking Spot Squat

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on November 6, 2006

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In June 2006, Transportation Alternatives volunteers staged a "Parking Spot Squat" in Brooklyn's busy Park Slope neighborhood. The volunteers "liberated" two parking spaces, providing amenities that allowed residents to sit and relax.

The demonstrations created a temporary, but much-needed public space.

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The event caused many to question traditional notions of the way public space is reserved for automobiles, and why that space is turned over to drivers at such a low cost. Many similar events have followed, and REBAR sponsored an amazing display of public space reclaimation in San Francisco.

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Last comment by StreetFilms » PARK(ing) Day NYC 2007
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    Streetsblog » Pedestrians Fighting Over the Scraps

    [...] to most people that it's the cars that are hogging all of our public space.Fortunately, another reclamation of curbside parking space is on the way. September 21 has been set as the date for International Park(ing) Day 2007. [...]

    May 17, 2007 at 11:04 am Link # 1
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    Streetsblog » Alternative Uses for Curbside Parking Space, Circa 1941

    [...] would we call this scene today? Art installation? Political demonstration? Nuisance? This striking color photograph was snapped on Broome Street near Baruch Place (a [...]

    May 18, 2007 at 6:13 pm Link # 2
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    » StreetFilms » Parking Spot Squat

    [...] StreetFilms » Parking Spot Squat “If you do the math, at $0.25 for a half an hour, one parking space is $150 a month… this beats rent, we ought to live here for $150 a month. It’s bigger than my apartment.” [...]

    August 24, 2007 at 2:55 pm Link # 3
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    sustainableflatbush.org » Blog Archive » Park(ing) Day is on!

    [...] Planning Project and Transportation Alternatives. Streetfilms also has a video on last year’s Parking Spot Squat in Park Slope. [...]

    September 20, 2007 at 8:51 am Link # 4
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    Streetsblog » Belated Park(ing) Day Parking Spot Squat in Brooklyn

    [...] Streetfilms footage of last year's Parking Spot Squat [...]

    October 10, 2007 at 9:47 pm Link # 5
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    StreetFilms » PARK(ing) Day NYC 2007

    [...] StreetFilms: T.A. Parking Spot Squat (June 2006) Rebar PARK(ing) Day 2006 (September 21, [...]

    February 9, 2008 at 4:07 pm Link # 6