Park(let) Here: Organizational and Demographic Preconditions for the Development of Parklets in Philadelphia

By Ariel Ben-Amos, Charlotte Castle, Cara Ferrentino, Andrew Simpson, Daniel Wolf

­­­Parklets are small platforms that transform on-street parking spaces into small parks. They are a popular intervention associated with “tactical urbanism,” or the use of low-cost, temporary modifications to public spaces to enliven street life.