Some PARK(ing) Day History
Although Rebar, the interdisciplinary studio based in San Francisco, is the original inventor of the current worldwide movement that is called “PARK(ing) Day” they were not the first organization to repurpose the metered parking space for other uses.
The practice dates back to at least the 1930′s, when citizens of Oklahoma City set up card tables, dropped a few coins in the meter and played bridge in parking spaces to protest the very creation of parking meters themselves!
You can read more about the history behind the parking meter and the public response to their installation in the article titled When Parallel Parking Was New and Meters Seemed Un-American
About PARK(ing) Day
PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots to help promote creativity, civic engagement, critical thinking, unscripted social interactions, generosity and play.
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