Chicago’s People Spots Here to Stay … Here’s Why
People Spots are tiny parks, right along Chicago’s neighborhood sidewalks. Good for business, good for neighborhoods, good for people! Here’s why:
PARK(ing) Day 2011 is Friday, September 16th in Lakeview
We are reclaiming urban public space for people on PARK(ing) Day, Friday, September 16, 2011 from 9am to 5pm. The designed “PARK(ing) spaces”, metered parking spaces converted into temporary green parks, will be located in front of Southport Grocery, 3552 North Southport Avenue. The ‘park’ will feature a bicycle repair station, live music, and a…
moss Selected for Lakeview Area Master Plan
We have been selected by the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce to prepare a master plan for the Lakeview commercial areas, which we are calling, unsurprisingly the Lakeview Area Master Plan (LAMP). Along with our consultant partners, PLACE, we will lead the sustainability and environmental review portion of the planning process. We are using this year’s…
PARK(ing) Day 2.0, September 17
Parking. Its a sore subject here in Chicago. In 2008 the City decided to privatize it’s 36,000 parking meters – in reality leasing an 8′ wide section of asphalt from the curb to the sometimes-present-bike lane – to a group made up of Morgan Stanley, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Allianz Capital Partners for a…
PARK(ing) Day U-Turn
Our PARK(ing) Day installation was a rousing success. What was once a dearth of human interaction sprouted into a buzzing public park for the day. Imagine if this one day turned into a week, months, years. A much better use of our shared public space. For more, read our parking treatise here.
moss on WBEZ, 91.5FM
In case you missed our interview on this morning’s 848 with Allison Cuddy, here is the audio More press on us here: WBEZ blog (with video), Gapers Block, Timeout Chicago
Parking Meter Fee Increase Has a (Hopeful) Brightside
Quite a bit a fallout this week on the parking meter fee increase which has pushed most Chicago parking meters from $0.25 an hour to $1.00 and hour, the exception being West Loop meters at $2/hour and Loop meters at $3.50/hour. The backlash has resonated everywhere, from parking meter blogs to a round table discussion…