http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/index.php/2010/06/15/getting-ready-for-car-free-day/ Bringing our City Vision to Life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:46:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/index.php/2010/06/15/getting-ready-for-car-free-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Imagine a Car-Free Edmonton | Fitness Resources, Products & Information Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:16:17 +0000 http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/?p=745#comment-1240 [...] We have invited the public to come and transform an otherwise ordinary parking stall into an urban park, demonstrating what it would be like if the streets had a less cars and more spaces for people to interact and enjoy the urban landscape. Last week, on what turned out to be a cold and grey day, we set up a little preview park, transforming a single stall into a temporary park. Even though the weather was a little bit chilly that day, we still managed to take what used to be a space that people would pass by without stopping, and turn it into a colourful spot that encouraged people to slow down and pause briefly to chat with the others around them. Read more about it on the Transforming Edmonton blog. [...] [...] We have invited the public to come and transform an otherwise ordinary parking stall into an urban park, demonstrating what it would be like if the streets had a less cars and more spaces for people to interact and enjoy the urban landscape. Last week, on what turned out to be a cold and grey day, we set up a little preview park, transforming a single stall into a temporary park. Even though the weather was a little bit chilly that day, we still managed to take what used to be a space that people would pass by without stopping, and turn it into a colourful spot that encouraged people to slow down and pause briefly to chat with the others around them. Read more about it on the Transforming Edmonton blog. [...]

]]> http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/index.php/2010/06/15/getting-ready-for-car-free-day/comment-page-1/#comment-692 AlexR Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:51:40 +0000 http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/?p=745#comment-692 I wish this event had been more widely publicized so that I might have heard of it before it had been over for four hours. I wish this event had been more widely publicized so that I might have heard of it before it had been over for four hours.

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