November 21, 2012
The Philadelphia Parking Authority has once again given Philadelphia an early Christmas gift: meter parking will be FREE city-wide after 11 a.m. every Saturday through December 29. The free parking offer applies to all of Philadelphia’s commercial business districts, including Rittenhouse Row,Old City, University City, Chestnut Hill and East Passyunk, which means you can get your shop on throughout the entire city without [...]
Read more»January 18, 2012
The Space Savers Project is a citywide public arts project, inspired by the Philadelphia custom of “saving” on-street parking. Saving public parking spaces, while technically illegal, is widely practiced throughout all urban areas, including Philadelphia. You’ve seen it before: items like recycling bins, upturned garbage cans, cinder blocks and even broken furniture are used as [...]
Read more»November 29, 2011
A very Merry Early Christmas to Philadelphia! The Philadelphia Parking Authority has announced that meter parking will be FREE city-wide after 11 a.m. every single Saturday from now until New Year’s Day. The free parking offer applies to all of Philadelphia’s great commercial business districts, including Rittenhouse Row, Old City, University City, Manayunk, Chestnut Hill [...]
Read more»September 16, 2011
Today, September 16, is National Park(ing) Day, a worldwide event that invites activists, artists, architects and other citizens to transform metered parking spaces into temporary pop-up public parks. Park(ing) Day originated in 2005 in San Francisco by the art collective Rebar as a way to re-imagine the potential of the metered parking space. The event [...]
Read more»November 29, 2010
Happy Early Christmas! Last week, Mayor Nutter announced that metered on-street parking will be free after 11 a.m. every Saturday through January 1, 2011. This is the incentive you were waiting for to get out there and get all of your holiday shopping done nice and early. The free metered parking offer applies to all [...]
Read more»February 12, 2010
Hey, all you snowed-in folk: Enough with the hibernating. It’s time to voyage out into the city and Spread the Love. Need some convincing? Well, we’re delighted to report that, thanks to Mayor Nutter, the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) and SEPTA, parking in Center City is free all long weekend, including Monday (at all PPA-operated [...]
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