PARK(ING) DAY calls attention to the need for parks and open space in our cities. In Louisville, the Kentucky Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects installed a park for 12 hours in two parking spaces. We "rented" the space to show the dramatic difference in air temperature between asphalt and our created park. The amount of urban pavement creates a "heat island" or a spot where the air temperature is hotter. Park offer us a great way to lower that temperature. It's shows that parks, open space and vegetation are not just beautiful, but needed.
For more information on PARK(ING) DAY, go to The Trust for Public Land
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