PARKing Day 2009 NYC
This year we took it down a notch. After covering PARK(ing) Day events for the past three years, we figured it was about time we got to relax a little and enjoy the space and - frankly - not get dehydrated from bicycling about all day. Oh, that and the fact we were trying out the new-ish FLIP cameras to evaluate whether or not you can pull off a good-looking video with them. I think the result speaks for itself.
So sit back and enjoy. This year over twenty countries participated. New York City featured about 50 spaces filled to the gills with people, sod, chairs, food, fun, games, and in one case - bubbles galore! You'll also get a look at "Hex Pack Patio" the POP.Park winning design from Samina Iqbal.
The video from the Flip looks pretty jerky. Does it record at a lower frame rate or something?
Focus and contrast are also not great.
Probably OK in a pinch but I wouldn't recommend it for a whole streetfilm.
Wow, does everyone use Macs in NYC? Kinda weird...
this has got to be the dumbest liberal nonsense i've ever seen. you block parking spaces causing cars to circle streets with nowhere to park causing more fumes to be put into the air. just like when critical mass does their tactic of blocking intersections causing traffic jams, trapping emergency vehicles, and sending more fumes from idling cars into the air. good job knuckle heads. great way to be "green." maybe you should have moved to the suburbs if you wanted some grass and trees... oh wait, you guys are from there and not from new york....i get it! that's ironic hip! how quirky and indie film like you guys are. forcing yourself to see the cool in the obviously mundane.