Outdoor dining venues near San Diego beaches face tough new restrictions from Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission approves regulation forcing restaurants near the shoreline with street seating to replace lost parking spots or shut down al fresco dining
Understanding the capacities of urban street spaces by mapping Melbourne’s parklets
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many parklets have been deployed onto kerbside carparking spaces throughout Melbourne, Australia, by street-fronting hospitality businesses, to provide socially-dista...
Denverites Reclaim Parking Spaces as People Places!
PARK(ing) Day returns to the City and County of Denver as we join other cities around the world in temporarily reclaiming on-street parking spaces for people places, or “parklets.” PARK(ing) Day is an annual event that encourages businesses, community groups, and other organizations to reimagine parking spaces and public streets as vibrant, people-friendly places.
Alexandria wants to start charging businesses rent for use of 'parklets'
After nearly two years of dining and shopping in parking spaces outside of local businesses, Alexandria wants to start charging rent.
City Council will review a staff proposal on Tuesday (March 8) to start charging annual rent to business owners for their use of parklets -- converted parking spac
Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm
By John Bela, ASLA On a clear fall day in 2005, a group of friends and collaborators from the art collective Rebar commandeered an 8-foot-wide by 20-foot-long metered parking space in downtown San …
The utopia of the appropriation of public space becomes pragmatic
The debate onrenegotiating andredistributing publicspace represents, duringthis dramatic pandemic,a great resource.We discussed this withKristian Koreman,Fabrizio Prati, Gideon Boieand Ma Yansong.
CMAP survey: Residents place a high value on ability to get places, access to amenities.
The survey gauged close to 2,500 northeastern Illinois residents’ attitudes toward key quality of life factors, such as transportation, open space, and housing, and what they considered successes a…