PARK(ing) Day 2009
PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently but simultaneously temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks. I had been wanting to check it out for a year or so and this year I got to.
I was hoping there'd be one in the CBD but at the end of the day, it really made sense to do this in The Q, where there's a concentration of green and outdoor themed stores.
The shaved ice guy saved our life, or at least it seemed like it at the time.
Learning how to ride a Segway, surprisingly, you control it mostly through your feet, just like a motorcycle.
Eric from Green Drinks Mason gave us some excellent lessons, and had us riding like pros in minutes.
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Another GRREAT eye for pics to be taken Bob! LQQK forward to visiting the Schw4r7z blog
ReplyDeleteOk, I am not ashamed to admit that I never heard of PARKing day.
ReplyDeleteSome great photos and I enjoyed the lessons on the Segway.
Cincinnati should pay you for the blog you do for the Queen City. :)
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI should be on somebodies payroll right?
I lov this idea! I wish I woud have known about it. I was at Media Bridges all morning ad would have lved to participate afterwards.
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ReplyDeleteYes, or at least get a job doing GOOD NEWS & Taste/View of Cincinnati for a human interest story on local news. With all the black eyes this city has seen both in local and national media, your blog just screams I LOVE CINCINNATI and why you do.
But heaven forbid, news broadcasts run a fun LOCAL on going series on the news. Can't be sharing positive stuff can we? Gotta go with the media made reputation. (insert sarcasm here) Or local heartbreak stories..sigh.
Man, I saw folks posted up in parking spaces last week and I had no clue what for. This is pretty cool, have to participate in this next time.
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