REBAR fed the parking meter, and created temporary parks in parking spaces. It's a playful way to demonstrate the ways cities have prioritized cars over green space. The Park(ing) Day phenomenon spread from S.F. to various cities around the world, then to the moon, Mars, and the rest of the known universe.
Park(ing) Day's presence seems to have waned a bit, since the all-powerful bike lobby won complete veto power over everything at every city hall up and down coastal America. Park(ing) Day still happens here in Los Angeles. They seem to be mostly using the handy #parkingdayla hashtag, too. Here are a few places we're aware of (in no particular order, laced with plenty of gratuitous exclamation points):
Miguel Contreras High School - 322 S Lucas Ave, L.A. 90017 (off 3rd Street, just west of downtown L.A.) - now until 2 p.m.!
Sycamore Kitchen - 143 S La Brea, L.A. 90036 (at 1st Street - near LACMA) - until 4 p.m.!
81st and Vermont, South L.A. - see @LANLT - now until 1 p.m.!
It's a good time to take a peek at how sustainable transportation and related topics are showing up on legislators' priorities. Here's a very NON-comprehensive list.