Archives for September 2008

Porta Park at Park(ing) Day NYC 2008

Posted on September 22, 2008

Quicker than we thought, Porta Park became a real New York City public park for a day at Park(ing) Day NYC 2008 this past Friday, September 19.Â We pulled into the city early, set up at 10th Avenue and West … Continue reading →

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Porta Park at Conflux Festival

Posted on September 17, 2008

The Porta Park debuted this past weekend at the 2008 Conflux Festival in Greenwich Village. We found a great parking spot for the first completed Porta Park unit right outside of the Center for Architecture where Conflux headquartered itself this … Continue reading →

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Easthampton Welcomes Christmas Toss World Championships

Posted on September 9, 2008

Small in scale compared to the Olympics, perhaps. But grand is the first word that comes to mind when describing this past weekend’s first ever Christmas Tree Toss World Championships. The Institute for Aesthletics did a fantastic job organizing this … Continue reading →

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