For the second straight year, FTLA will participate in the global PARK(ing) Day initiative taking place in locations worldwide on Friday, September 17. Locally, FTLA’s PARK(ing) Day installation will take root in three metered parking spaces in front of Floura Teeter’s downtown office at 306 W. Franklin Street from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. FTLA staffers will transform three normal blacktop metered parking spaces into a temporary urban oasis with grass, trees and plants. FTLA’s installation is open to the public and will offer snacks and lawn games in addition to ongoing tours of a simulated living roof.

PARK(ing) Day began five years ago when San Francisco art collective Rebar converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park. The project has since grown into an annual worldwide phenomenon that creates playful activism to share values and concerns about the use of urban space. Last year, 700 green spaces were installed in 140 cities, 21 countries and on 6 continents making PARK(ing) Day 2009 the biggest year in the history of the event.

For more information regarding the global movement, visit the official PARK(ing) day site.