Downtown, Midtown transforming pavement for PARK(ing) DAY

?Atlanta’s addiction to parking lots is real. So real, in fact, that it’s keeping us from becoming the transit-oriented, walkable city of our dreams, as CL contributor Matthew Garbett recently opined. If there’s any hope for a future paved with gold instead of asphalt, the time is now. Especially in Atlanta, where the current wave of intown development could set our destiny in stone for the next 50 years.
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?All that to say today is Park(ing) Day, y’all. PARK(ing) DAY!!!!
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?You know, that annual day where we stop being driven by our raging auto lust long enough to smell the roses. The national day is being celebrated in Atlanta this year from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 18 with some pretty whimsical parking lot transformations throughout the city’s center. Imagine mini-golf on Mitchell St. (between Ted Turner and Washington Sts.), kicking soccer balls on Broad St. (between Poplar and Walton Sts.), and picnicking on Peachtree (34 Peachtree St. between Walton and Marietta Sts.)
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?The map below also shows all the hot spots where you can partake in a Park(ing) Day tour Midtown. For more information, visit Central Atlanta Progress’ Park(ing) Day Facebook page or midtownatl.com/parkingday.