Park(ing) Day 2011 was a great success for Louisville's first coordinated multi-park system. As expected, some parks received more attention and foot traffic than others, but all-in-all there was a lot of interest around the parks. Hopefully the initiative provided some food for thought on how we use our public spaces and what "public space" really means, who is public space for, and how we could bring more greenspace and activity to our urban core. We would like to thank everyone who helped make Park(ing) Day a success from the volunteers and park designers to PARC, Public Works and Metro support as well as our partner Broken Sidewalk. Here are some photos by Branden Klayko, Patrick Piuma and Mary Beth Brown of the days events.

Moving forward we will continue to explore ways to activate our public spaces and search for better ways to utilize the space between buildings! We are working on developing a monthly/bi-monthly discussion forum on issues around sustainability and the built environment at the Urban Design Studio. If you would be interested in participating in such a forum, please contact Patrick Piuma. Unlike the Sustainable City Series that we put on, this would be more interactive and hopefully generate more open discussion on current issues in the city as well as create a grassroots effort to support moving our city forward. We'll post more information soon.