
Pop-Up Placemaking Recipes for Parklets
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Parklets can be created with little more than paint, plywood and some decorative accessories. This album is an excerpt from The Pop-Up Placemaking Tool Kit, a free publication by AARP and
the planning and design firm Team Better Block.
Art ParkletA parklet can become almost anything its creators want it to be. This maritime-themed parklet features a calm sea of paint, a sailcloth for shade and seating created by slicing a discarded
wooden rowboat in half.
Greensboro, North Carolina | Photo by Team Better Block Milk Crate ParkletA parklet is a street space, typically the size of one or two parking spots where people — rather than cars — can park themselves and relax. This parklet turned hard plastic milk crates into
seating and display planters.
Fort Wayne, Indiana | Photo by Team Better Block Play ParkletChildren can play in the street if a parking spot is transformed into a contained play space. The one shown here is set up as a futsal (aka small soccer) court.
Albuquerque, New Mexico| Photo by Team Better Block Get Our Free "Pop-Up" Publication
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