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16 mini-parks will come, go in Downtown Memphis:

For seven hours, Downtown offered at least 16 new parks thanks to the sacrifice of 16 on-street parking spots. The parks offered a human library, table tennis, live music, bicycle lanes, an unusual seesaw and more. Sixteen Memphis organizations and businesses participated in the international Park(ing) Day. The event invited urban dwellers to convert metered parking spots into temporary parks as a celebration of good urban design. The proposals included: a desert oasis with free belly dancing classes, by Downtown Memphis Commission; a taste of the riverfront, complete with storyteller, by Riverfront Development Corporation; and a pasture, by Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. To continue reading, click here.