Park Location Maps and Themes
UPDATE: Due to difficulties obtaining permits, PARK(ing) Day DC will occur at ONE GIANT location: Garden District’s future home at 14th & S Street NW. More info here.
Permits are in and park design is underway! In an effort to keep things manageable, we’ve requested 4 park locations in the following neighborhoods: Georgetown, U Street, Adams Morgan, and Gallery Place. A lot of you have already signed-up to volunteer and hopefully now that we’ve decided on these locations, many more will feel like stopping by and helping out for a little.
The themes are the same as what we tried to outline on the “About” page earlier this month BUT we’re still accepting your ideas for how to make each park better:
Georgetown
Join us for a civilized game of croquet and horseshoes, as well as ice-cold lemonade. We’ll probably have other sand, grass, or bar games set up, and wouldn’t the day be incomplete without delicious frozen yogurt?
U Street
14th and U is alive with artists and music, so what better way to honor our beloved corridor with a day of Jazz, local musicians, poetry readings, and possibly cupcakes?
Gallery Place
Step up to our soccer themed park, have a sip of some local coffee, and score a goal in support of the district’s plans for a new soccer stadium.
Adams Morgan
Animals greet you with delicious snacks and implore you to put your mark on the nearby asphalt. Get your picture taken doing an impression of your favorite creature and learn more about animal rights.
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Add to our theme ideas and let us know if you want to help at a specific location. Costumes, music, edibles, animals, crafts, pillows, all of those things would make parks comfortable, memorable and fun!
Brandon said on September 8th, 2009 at 11:22 am[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by chrisloos, Brandon Bloch and parkingdaydc. chrisloos said: RT @parkingdaydc: locations and themes have been posted. Check and see if there’s a park being planned in your ‘hood http://digg.com/u1CC0t [...]
Tweets that mention Park Location Maps and Themes « Park(ing) Day DC — Topsy.com said on September 9th, 2009 at 12:06 pm[...] Georgetown, U Street, Gallery Place, and Adams Morgan—check the website for specific space loc… [...]
September 18 is Park(ing) Day DC—Does That Mean Anything to You? - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper said on September 10th, 2009 at 5:17 pmThere should be 100 park(ing) spaces around the city — not just 4! More MUST be done next year!
Stephanie said on September 17th, 2009 at 8:39 amStephanie - actually we’ve had to scale back even more owing to the permit process. We’re doing one park now at Garden District. Next year we’re hoping, like you, to have as many parks as volunteers want to set up!
Brandon said on September 17th, 2009 at 9:12 am[...] & F1RSTNR, the original concept for last week’s inaugural Park(ing) Day DC involved four locations around Washington, DC, but at the last minute the DC Department of Transportation threw up some large impediments that [...]
Photographs from Park(ing) Day DC 2009 « The Daily Render by Nikolas R. Schiller said on September 24th, 2009 at 2:39 pm