Major cities like SF and NYC are beginning to realize they could do with a few less roads and parking lots — and they’re doing something about it.
In San Francisco, a handful of parking spaces and public right-of-ways are being remade into mini parks and plazas. Some are lined with trees sprouting from old dumpsters, others are buffered from traffic with large, discarded pipes; inside the improvised borders, tables, small patches of grass and concrete slabs are arranged for seating.
Meanwhile, the temporary pedestrian mall in Times Square is going to become permanent!