{"id":11746,"date":"2015-09-16T14:46:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=11746"},"modified":"2015-09-16T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:46:47","slug":"parking-day-2015-rochester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2015\/09\/parking-day-2015-rochester\/","title":{"rendered":"Park(ing) Day 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe following is a guest post submitted by Sara Jenks, Young Urban Preservationists<\/a>. Submit your story today<\/a>.<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n

Over the past year I\u2019ve been itching to move downtown (\u201cOh, you live really downtown\u201d is the common response upon mentioning my address). This past spring I finally ripped the bandaid and moved out of my mom\u2019s house. In the month between choosing where to live and moving in, I scoped out my new neighborhood nearly every day. It was always obvious that surface parking lots dominated the usable land in the St. Joseph\u2019s Park neighborhood, or as I like to call it, St. Joseph\u2019s Parking Lot. What shocked me was one particular lot that never saw a car. Morning, noon, and night I drove by the lot on the Northwest corner of the intersection at Franklin & Pleasant Streets \"external<\/a>. Every time there sat only a rusty chain and two cones across the entrance…<\/p>\n

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\nI soon came to consider this surface lot \u201cmy park.\u201d When I finally moved to the neighborhood in May, I dreamed of what could happen there, since it was not necessary in its intended purpose. I yearned to see the lot serve as a functional public space. At that point I called on Caitlin, co-founder of The Landmark Society\u2019s Young Urban Preservationists (YUPs, for short) for help.<\/p>\n

At the very least I hoped it could serve as a connector between St. Joseph\u2019s Park and Schiller Park, the two existing (and underutilized) public spaces in my neighborhood. At best, it would become something completely novel \u2014 how many shipping containers could we fit in the lot?!<\/p>\n

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\nBut for now, we\u2019ve set our sights to a more manageable level and will be hosting PARK(ing) Day 2015 there this Friday, September 18th. PARK(ing) Day \"external<\/a> is an annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform parking spaces into \u201cPARK(ing)\u201d spaces: temporary public places. Devoted Rochester Subway readers are, I\u2019m sure, all too aware of the preponderance of surface parking lots and parking garages in our downtown core (see our 2014 Parking Madness win for evidence<\/a>). So, the YUPs want to reignite this discussion. We want to ask\u2013what might better serve our community? <\/p>\n

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\nFor one day, we\u2019ll reclaim this patch of asphalt from the weeds. We\u2019ll have mini-golf (borrowed from our friends at the Inner Loop Country Club \"external<\/a>), lawn games, lunchtime yoga (led by yours truly at noon), and we\u2019ll be joined by Writers & Books \"external<\/a> and Rochester Greenovation \"external<\/a>. Join the Facebook event \"external<\/a> and spread the word.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter a couple of rounds of mini-golf downtown, finish off your golf game at 1090 Culver Road \"external<\/a> in the Triangle of North Winton Village. NeighborWorks\u00ae Rochester will be taking over a parking lot for the Triangle PARK(ing) Day Pop-Up Park. Eat Me Ice Cream and Ugly Duck Coffee will be on-hand, and you can take in the scenery while relaxing on some bus cubes courtesy of Reconnect Rochester \"external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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