First Park(ing) Day Event

Künstler aus San Francisco riefen den Park(ing) Day 2005 ins Leben. Seitdem findet er jeweils am dritten Freitag im September statt. Ziel ist, gegen die massive Platzverschwendung durch Parkflächen für Autos in den Städten zu protestieren. 2015 fanden nach Angaben der Organisatoren über 1.000 dieser "Kunstprojekte" auf allen Kontinenten statt.

PARK(ing) Day is a annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate 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 (operating independently of Rebar but following an established set of guidelines) creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world.