Parking Public: a Tour of Parking Lots and Utopias : Brooklyn, NY

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The Temporary Travel Office participated in the 2006 Conflux Festival in Brooklyn NY. On Friday, September 15 (during a rainy rush hour), a Travel Office agent led a group of 12 tourists through the history of parking in the United States and some of the specific developments in Brooklyn, NY (See Wayfarer map to the left).
The Travel Office wishes to thank the Conflux 06 organizers.

Below is the itinerary for the guided tour, with map details of the locations (images from the guided tour of these locations are to the left). An audio guide for the tour is available for download as a ZIP file.

View Google map of tour itinerary.

First Stop: Grant Municipal Parking Field

Grant Municipal Field Map

Second Stop: Edison Park Fast Lot

Edison Parking Lot

Third Stop: Brooklyn Academy of Music development site, formerly a municipal parking lot

BAM development site, former municipalparking lot

A larger map of parking related sites in Brooklyn is also available to construct your own tour.

 

The Tour Bus in the Grant Ave Municipal Parking Field
Travel Office clients touring the Grant Ave Municipal Parking Field
Parking Lot Signage at Grant Ave Parking Field
Payment collection machine at Grant Ave Parking Field
BAM South Site development area, municipal parking lots before construction

Parking Garages around Brooklyn
Municipal Lot One in Queens