Park(ing) Day T-Shirt Design Contest Deadline

By Michael Rhodes
Jun 5, 2009

"Design a T-Shirt for Park(ing) Day and you could win $1,000. Contest ends June 29, 2009. Full contest details here. "PARK(ing) Day" is an annual event where citizens transform metered parking spaces into temporary parks and other types of social places – from parking spaces to people places! What began as an experiment in San Franciso in reclaiming and remixing public space has grown into a global phenomenon: PARK(ing) Day 2009 will be on Friday, September 18."

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