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Wednesday July 08th 2009, 5:57 pm
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image via People’s Parking Lot(s)

People’s Parking Lots (@peoplesparking)
This new blog find reminded me why I signed up for Twitter in the first place, once I finally got over my hatred for it. Through Twitter I realized that the author of People’s Parking Lot(s) is also a fellow blogger on Sustainable Cities Collective and we are NW neighbors.

Keith Harris’s great Seattle-based blog devoted to taking over unused urban spaces and parking lots is an inspiration. I love to see others eyeing these blights on the urban landscape and trying to take the spaces over for something productive. From coverage on urban right-of-way guerilla gardening to late night dance parties put together in an effort to raise awareness of empty, unused spaces, there’s lots of good reading.

Harris also has another blog called Green Housing Collective. Links have been added to the sidebar to the left for future linkages. Go check it out and show your love!


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hey lisa, thanks for the shout-out! i like to see that you also had reservations about twitter: i signed up because i thought it would/could be powerful, but couldn’t shake the feeling that it was — i don’t know — a little silly. now here i am, a few weeks later, thinking it’s okay.

anyway, nice to “meet” you and thanks for the links. i’ll return the favor.

Comment by keith 07.08.09 @ 9:23 pm

Absolutely, it’s always great to see awareness being raised about these dead spaces that have the potential for being useful and productive, something more pleasant in the urban landscape….and more safe.

I liked how you contacted the Cameo Condos developer about their space. The more examples that start popping up around the nation of creative ways to temporarily enliven these spaces, and even make some money doing it, the more developers will be willing work with people on it. Keep it up!

You know, Twitter is a funny thing but more than anything I don’t like the idea of technology overtaking me so I figured I’d better get over my hatred for it and go with the flow. Like you, I think it’s going ok so far although I’m sure I’m breaking twitter etiquette left and right without even knowing it but whatever, people shouldn’t be so sensitive anyway ;-)

Comment by Lisa Town 07.08.09 @ 11:38 pm



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