In case you missed the story in Saturday’s Post & Courier, here’s an excerpt:

“People who think too much public space is devoted to parking set out to make their point Friday in an annual event known as Park(ing) Day, which in Charleston involved laying down sod and setting up lawn chairs and a pingpong table in a downtown parking lot. The thinking, with which Charleston city planners generally agree, is that too much land is set aside for cars.

Vince Graham, developer of the I’On community, organized a similar event two years ago. The city ticketed him after he set up a table and chairs in a metered parking space, the ticket was later dropped.

This year, the city was among the co-sponsors of the event, led by The Trust for Public Land, and the parking spaces used were within the confines of a parking lot along the Market downtown.

“We’ve sort of embraced this concept that the automobile is king, and it’s unfortunate,” Graham said Friday. “It’s an example of how we let the car trump humans.”

Filed under: Charleston SC Green Living, I'On Group, I'On Village, Mixson, Morris Square, Urban Sustainability, Videos & Photos on September 22nd, 2008