Special event turns parking spots into parks

PARK(ing) Day is an annual global event where citizens, artists and activists temporarily transform parking spaces into public places to highlight the need for more urban open space. In Atlanta, Livable Buckhead will host a PARK(ing) Day celebration at Lenox Square, where 30 businesses and organizations will transform the parking lot from an expanse of gray to a sea of green.

From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 15, 40 spots in the Lenox Square parking lot along Peachtree Road will be transformed into mini parks as part of PARK(ing) Day. The event also includes activities for the Buckhead lunch time crowd, such as food trucks, guided yoga sessions for both adults and children, and Segway tours. Each of the mini-parks will have interactive elements as well, and visitors will be asked to vote for their favorites.

Planned mini-parks include:

■ An infinite forest created by the 2016 PARK(ing) Day winning team, HGOR with Collins Cooper & Carusi

■ A meditation tent by lululemon

■ A meadow in the city modeled after Chicago’s Millennium Park, created by Pond

■ A pen featuring several fourlegged crew members from Get Your Goats, a company that rents goat herds to clear brush

■ A backyard BBQ hosted by Atlanta History Center

■ A solar cellphone charging station hosted by Gables

■ A small fitness boxing ring by Sweet Science Fitness Boxing Club

■ The Great Atlanta Parking Pardon by Lyft, where anyone with a parking violation can receive a $25 credit for Lyft Line

Info: www.livablebuckhead.org