September 23, 2006
National PARK(ing) Day was amazing!
Park one, downtown San Francisco, photo by Kathryn Aaker, Canon Digital Rebel
Off to a coaching course for the weekend, but wanted to share with you that PARK(ing) Day was a big success! As most of you know, my husband Matt Passmore and his collaborators at Rebar have been building parks in parking spaces since, well, last November. Thursday was National Parking Day and organizations and individuals built parks all around San Francisco and all over the world. There was a park in the mayor's parking space at city hall, a lemonade stand in a parking space near Union Square and many other creative and wonderful temporary green spaces.
Matt and John Bela (co-founders of Rebar) were interviewed for All Things Considered on NPR. Some of you let me know you heard it! I'm so proud and excited for them... Give a listen here.
Posted on September 23, 2006 08:21 AMthis is great!
Posted by: Whitney at September 26, 2006 03:27 PMNice article in Chronicle today (Tuesday) about this!
Posted by: linda at September 26, 2006 07:54 AMSupercool!
Posted by: shelly at September 26, 2006 07:09 AMhow revolutionary and inspiring! bravo.
Posted by: my pink sky at September 25, 2006 05:31 AMHow much creative!
Posted by: Fatemeh at September 24, 2006 10:11 PMi am so thrilled for Matt and proud of what they are doing here.
huge smile on my face while listening to this!
so excited.
Posted by: Boho Girly at September 24, 2006 05:39 PMAh! I can't make the clip play - I'll have to try it on another computer. But how exciting! To me, being on All Things Considered is the height of being famous and cool! Imagine saying, "Right before you were born, Daddy was on All Things Considered talking about his art project."
Now THAT is cool. That would have inspired awe in me as a child (and quite a bit of schoolyard bragging).
Congrats to all! Yay Matt!
Posted by: Meg at September 24, 2006 05:27 PMAh! I can't make the clip play - I'll have to try it on another computer. But how exciting! To me, being on All Things Considered is the height of being famous and cool! Imagine saying, "Right before you were born, Daddy was on All Things Considered talking about his art project."
Now THAT is cool. That would have inspired awe in me as a child (and quite a bit of schoolyard bragging).
Congrats to all! Yay Matt!
Posted by: Meg at September 24, 2006 05:26 PMAh! I can't make the clip play - I'll have to try it on another computer. But how exciting! To me, being on All Things Considered is the height of being famous and cool! Imagine saying, "Right before you were born, Daddy was on All Things Considered talking about his art project."
Now THAT is cool. That would have inspired awe in me as a child (and quite a bit of schoolyard bragging).
Congrats to all! Yay Matt!
Posted by: Meg at September 24, 2006 05:25 PMI heard it!!!
It was funny b/c I was getting ready to go out for the evening and just had the radio on for kicks.
Then I heard Matt's name and his interview, and it was all very cool.
Congrats on the good press for your hubs!
Posted by: denise at September 24, 2006 04:31 PMCongrats!
I know exactly where this picture was taken!
So cool! I am excited about the project and also happy that Rebar is getting well deserved press!
Oh, and! Oh, and!
Then, started wandering around the mighty Superhero Journal and found out about Zen teacher Norman Fischer's blog. Holy one hand clapping! I'm a fan/non-fan (as the Zennies would say) of his work.
The wonders never cease when you're a Superhero Journal reader.
Your fellow Charlie's Angel,
GraceD
xoxox
Andrea, this is the most wonderful urban guerilla project. I wish I had known about it earlier as I would have donated rolls of quarters to keep the parking meters ticking.
Bravo to you and the hubs. Superheroes, indeed.
Posted by: GraceD at September 24, 2006 04:18 PMI have been hearing about Rebar all over the place! It's so exciting to have a very, very slight "personal" connection to the founders, because everyone is talking about this movement. In fact, a friend of mine in Australia just mentioned the Rebar movement on her blog!
Congratulations to Matt and John for an exciting new way to make our cityspaces more organic, and the attention it has garnered. I love the idea.
Posted by: Pamela at September 24, 2006 11:44 AMI just sent this information to the Bike/Ped person - basically a transportation planner - at the City of Orlando. Man, I think it would be fabulous to do this in the parking space of our own Mayor!
Posted by: Jennifer at September 24, 2006 10:48 AM