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Pavements to Parks San Francisco

Pavements to Parks takes excessively wide zones of wasted space throughout the city and converts them into little parks and plazas where people can come together and hang out. They have also beautified the city.

http://sfpavementtoparks.sfplanning.org/index.htm

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Stefanie Plant

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December 12, 2011, 04:15AM

A similar program was applied very successfully on the other coast, in NYC, starting in 2009. Broadway through Times Square was the test zone where chairs, tables, and walking areas were laid out, and the test was so successful it was made permanent the following year. If zones as high-traffic, over-utilized, and high-visibility as the NY stretch can be recommissioned to be safer and serve a social purpose, it bodes well for the growth of this program in other urban areas.

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November 17, 2011, 08:15PM

Congrats on this post being today's onsite Featured Inspirations.

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Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka

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November 11, 2011, 05:25AM

In a cities the living space is most important, and creating a lovable space is a great idea.

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Meena Kadri

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November 10, 2011, 07:03AM

Fabulous! Tip: to activate the links in your post, hit the Update Entry button up there on the right, then follow the instructions here: http://bit.ly/oi_link

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Angel

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November 10, 2011, 06:29PM

Thanks Meena! I activated the link. :)

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Charlotte Fliegner

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November 10, 2011, 04:38AM

I love this, great post ! The programme allows shop owners to nominate one or more carparking spaces outside of their shop for the city to turn into a parklet, so demonstrating that pedestrians do create more commerce and business opportunity for shop owners than vehicular traffic.

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