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| 9/15/17 Pop-up park in the Maple Leaf neighborhood |
Who knew that international PARK(ing) Day has been going on for a decade? It’s an annual event to “raise
awareness about the importance of walkable, livable and healthy communities.” I
first heard about it last year when Urban Sketchers Tacoma took part in it. Then earlier this week I was reading our
neighborhood blog, Maple Leaf Life,
and learned that a “pop-up park” would be installed today just a few blocks north
of our house.
Greg and I walked up to Northeast 85th Street this
afternoon and found that a few parking spaces on Fifth Avenue Northeast had
been cordoned off, and chairs and benches had been hospitably provided. A
coffee urn, a cooler of beverages and snacks were offered to neighbors walking
and biking by to see what was going on. The idea is to use a space normally
reserved for cars as a place for people to gather. Aimee (in the green
T-shirt), a leader of the Maple Leaf Greenways organization, spearheaded the pop-up park at that busy intersection.
It was fun to meet a few people, exchange thoughts on
neighborhood issues and discuss possible solutions. Heck, it was just fun to
stand in the warm sunshine sketching the event on a beautiful Friday afternoon.
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