Parking lot and recreational area

[copenhagen]

I work as an urban planner in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. I am currently working on a project where a parking lot is also serving as a recreational area. Therefore I’m looking for other projects where parking and recreation have been successfully integrated into one space. Can anyone help me with that?

[Chet]

what type of recreation area are you speaking of?

[copenhagen]

Urban park with different activities for children.

[DetroitPlanner]

Sounds like the playground I used to have in elementary school. I would suggest searching on inner-city catholic schools in the United States. Most were built where space was a premium. We had lots of features like fencing for backstops so balls don't hit homes. Weekdays it was used for school recreation. Weekends for parking for mass.

Don't have many examples around here any longer. Michigan has joined the Charter School band wagon several years ago, and Catholics have been migrating to the suburbs for the last 30 years, putting places like this on the extinction list. There still may be several around though.

[Dan]

Sounds like the playground I used to have in elementary school.

Same thing here, too. In Buffalo, most pre-WWII era public schools were built on very small lots in dense urban neighborhoods. In the 1970s, at least, the playground and recreation areas at many elementary schools were shared with overflow parking. Markings for basketball and tennis courts and running tracks were overlain with markings for parking spaces. There was some playground equipment, but it was on asphalt; something that would be unacceptable in today's overly protective United States.

I wonder how well the rubberized surfaces found in modern playgrounds would hold up to parking. Would snow removal ever be an issue in Denmark?

[Suburban Hell]

The only thing I can think of is some of the outdoor skakeboard parks in downtown Nashville off of 6th avenue south. The place is called Rokit Town (Rocket Town with Rocket being spelled alternatively).