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more hoops, less cars

Posted by arianerakete on 30. September. 2007

hoopark2.jpg
Date: Sept. 21, 2007 / World PARK(ing) Day
Mission: take over space that society has allocated for cars and transform it into space for humans & fun & green
Location of metered PARK(ing) spot: Noe Street between Market and Beaver
# of hoops: 4 adult-sized, 2 child-sized
# of hours I hooped: six (11am-5pm)
# of people served: approximately 45 passersby stopped for hoop lessons/ stopped to hoop
cameo hoop appearances by: Allison and Philo
pants by (everyone kept asking): melo-phoenix
# of neighbors or passersby who fed my meter or brought me snacks/drinks: six (thank you Linda, Jerry, Cindy, JD, and strangers!)
# of men who gave me their phone number: five
# of women who gave me their number: one

See coverage of my HOOPARK! on the online magazine for all things hoop, hooping.org. Also a mention (and photo) on Adam Paul’s blog.

2 Responses to “more hoops, less cars”

  1. Anu Says:

    Dear Ariane,

    My name is Anupama. I am a student at UC Berkeley working through a class with Rebar. We are gathering information about PARK(ing) Day to compile stories for a handbook/guidebook to future PARK(ing) Days, and would like to interview you at your convenience.

    Please let me know if you would like to participate.

    Sincerely,

    Anu

    Anupama Nallari
    Ph.D Program in Environmental Psychology(currently in UC Berkeley)
    Graduate Center of the City University of New York
    365 5th Avenue
    New York, NY-10016.

  2. Marcos Roumeliotis Says:

    Hi Ariane…
    guess you forgot one thing..:

    # of men you gave your telephone number to… (at least) one :-)

    Kuesse aus Muenchen

    Marcos

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