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PARKing Day 2018

Location

Locations across Cambridge. See www.cambridgema.gov/parkingday for exact locations.

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Neighborhoods

  • Baldwin
  • Cambridge Highlands
  • Cambridgeport
  • City Wide
  • East Cambridge
  • Area 2/MIT
  • Mid-Cambridge
  • Neighborhood Nine
  • North Cambridge
  • Riverside
  • Strawberry Hill
  • The Port
  • Wellington-Harrington
  • West Cambridge

Contact

Jennifer Lawrence
jlawrence@cambridgema.gov
617-349-4671

Description

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150 PARK(ing) spots and 75+ organizations involved!

Join the City of Cambridge as we aim for the largest PARK(ing) Day celebration in the world with over 75 community partners! Join the City of Cambridge as we aim for the largest PARK(ing) Day celebration in the world with over 75 community partners! Learn more at: www.cambridgema.gov/parkingday. Visit the online map for detailed site descriptions


Most PARK(ing) Day activities will take place from 10AM to 4PM, unless otherwise noted. Many spots are open from 8AM to 6PM.

North Mass Ave

  • Livable Streets Alliance, CDD, Traffic & Parking Bus & Bike Priority Lane (7AM to 9AM Inbound, 3PM to 7PM Outbound)
  • Reservoir Church: Where do you find meaning in your life, these days? (8AM to 6PM)
  • Livable Streets Alliance & Glocal Challenge Outreach (8AM to 6PM)

Porter Square

  • Bluebikes Separated Bike Lane (7AM to 7PM)
  • Livable Streets Alliance, CDD, Traffic & Parking Bus & Bike Priority Lane (3PM to 7PM Outbound)
  • Lesley Art + Design / Lunder Arts Center 
  • Down Under School of Yoga 
  • Cambridge School of Culinary Arts Cafe (7AM to 7PM)
  • Bluebikes Smoothie Bike (8AM to 6PM)
  • Envision Cambridge
  • GeoOrbital - Reinventing the Wheel (8AM to 6PM)
  • Cambridge Arts Council Street Performer Showcase & Open Studios Spotlight 
  • Office Hours with Vice Mayor Jan Devereux 
  • Audrey Day-Williams: The Reading Spot 
  • Henry Bear's PARKing Day! A Fun in the Sun, Last Days of Summer Spot 
  • Life & Death - Ceremonies for People in Love, Loss, or Limbo! 
  • Elections Commission Voter Registration and Information (8AM to 6PM)
  • CDD Housing Mini House 
  • EF Education First
  • The Harvard Coop: Celebrating Local Authors
  • Petite Hi-Rise: Mini Outdoor Cafe + Bakery 

Central Square - City Hall (8AM to 6PM)

  • Cambridge Historical Commissioni PARK(ives) Archives (10AM to 2PM)
  • Outdoor Office with WeWork
  • 350MA/Green Cambridge: Conserve. Adapt. Restore
  • CDD Community Planning: Placemaking in Central Square
  • Cambridge Water Department

Central Square - near Lafayette Square

  • Central Square Business Association
  • Zero Waste Cambridge at DPW
  • CivicMoxie, LLC: CaffeiNation – a showdown of coffee vs. tea (8AM to 6PM)
  • G2 Collaborative: Parking Lot >>>> Wood Lot 
  • The Dance Complex: Dancing in the Street (10AM to 6PM)
  • Reed Hilderbrand LLC Landscape Architecture: The Wild Edge
  • La Fabrica: Latin Jazz, Bachata, and Merengue (7AM to 7PM)
  • Party In A Parking Spot: CCTV's 30th Birthday Party
  • Cambridge Democratic City Committee Ward 3: Voter Registration
  • Pandemonium Books & Games: Adventures in Cantabrigia - Micro Games Edition!
  • Community Charter School of Cambridge
  • Cambridge Arts Council: Community Supported Art
  • CultureHouse Pop-Up
  • City Councilor Craig Kelley: Bike Powered Blender
  • Go Car-less with Skedaddle
  • Mayor Marc McGovern: Children's Activities and Resources

Kendall Square - Main Street

  • Cambridge Fire, Emergency Communications, Cambridge Police, ProEMS, Cambridge Animal Control
  • Cambridge Public Health Department: Engaging Cambridge Residents in Overdose Prevention
  • Soofa Pop-Up Picnic Parklet
  • Cambridge Public Library: STEAM at the Library
  • Cambridge Redevelopment Authority: Greening Kendall (8AM to 6PM)
  • Parkour Generations Boston: Pop-Up Movement Playground (8AM to 6PM)
  • Municipal Artists Main Stage: Our City Staff ROCK (8AM to 6PM)
  • CDD & Traffic and Parking Talk & Walk Vision Zero (8AM to 6PM)
  • Cambridge Energy Alliance: It's Electric! (8AM to 6PM)
  • Cambridge Public Health Department: Healthy Eating Active Living 
  • The Curbshare Union (8AM to 6PM)
  • East Cambridge Planning Team: East Cambridge Open Space Trust Fund Project at Sixth Street Library
  • SLAM Architects Pump it up! (Books & Bikes)
  • The Greenstreets Initiative: Green Travel Agency and Scooter Demos
  • Solar Coffee /// Nano Grid \\\ PARKing Day
  • Boston Properties & CRA Present: Kendall Square Farmers' Market (8AM to 6PM)

Kendall Square - Third Street

  • Eastern Bank: Join Us for Good
  • Upgrade Cambridge Municipal Broadband for All (8AM to 6PM)
  • Charles River TMA Transportation Monopoly (10AM to 6PM)

Inman Square

  • CDD Economic Development Intercept Survey 
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health at Cambridge Health Alliance: Women's Health
  • Practice Space Design Studio Color Party
  • Prellwitz Chilinski Associates: What We Do
  • Naveo Credit Union: Celebrating 90 Years
  • Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities: Inclusion Works for Everyone!

Harvard Square

  • Art in Suburbia
  • Mass Calisthenics
  • Coalesce Design
  • Communities Responding to Extreme Weather

All Other Locations

  • Cambridge Bicycle Safety & Glocal Challenge Separated Bike Lane (7AM to 7PM) - In front of CRLS on Broadway
  • East Cambridge Open Space Trust: O'Connell Public Library Pocket Park (8AM to 6PM) - near 6th Street on Cambridge Street
  • St. Peter School - 172 Concord Ave
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