National Parking Day is a celebration of parks and open space

What is Park(ing) Day?
National Park(ing) Day is an opportunity to celebrate parks in cities and promote the need for more parks by creating temporary public parks in public parking spaces. National Park(ing) Day is Friday, September 19, 2008.

Chicago is one of 25 cities which participate annually. Find out what's happening in some Chicago neighborhoods. See a YouTube video that discusses what was done in SanFrancisco to create awareness of the need for more parks and open space. See the photo gallery on Flickr for for National Parking Day. It's an interesting way to promote green activism.