Re-imagining parking spaces
as people spaces

Activations around the city on September 15 & 16, 2023.

Park(ing) Day is a global, public, participatory art project that takes place annually on the third weekend of September. Around the world, people temporarily repurpose on-street, boulevard or lot parking spaces and convert them into tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism.

  • people doing yoga in pop-up park on the road

    Toronto, 2022

  • people enjoying pop-up park in roadside parking spot

    Toronto, 2022

  • San Francisco, 2012

  • Miami, 2017

  • Philadelphia, 2020

  • Knoxville, 2019

  • Philadelphia, 2020

  • Knoxville, 2020

  • Den Haag, NL, 2019

  • Toronto, 2022

  • Toronto, 2022

Why Park(ing) Day?

Park(ing) Day is a unique and exciting opportunity to engage in the ongoing dialog around how our cities are designed and built. The event draws attention to the need for improving access and quantity of public open spaces in densely populated urban areas as well as the need for these spaces to provide social and environmental engagement. The ethos of Park(ing) Day is to celebrate the use of urban public space for people and challenge the dominance of the automobile in cities.

Participate

We’re seeking individuals, groups and organizations in the Greater Toronto Area who are keen to re-imagine a parking space as a People Space. This can take place on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or any combination of those days.

“We have expensive housing for people and free parking for cars. We have our priorities the wrong way around.” - Donald Shoup

Featured Sites 2023

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15th:

Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition

192 Spadina Ave, Toronto | 8AM-12

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16th:

Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

142 Westmount Ave, Toronto | 10AM - 4PM

Arup

130 Cumberland Street, Toronto | 10AM - 5PM

Pop-Up Vertical Park

46 Dan Leckey Way, Toronto (under the Gardner Expwy) | Sep 16 & 17, 10AM-4PM

…add your Park(ing) Day event here!