Parklet

In instances where a parklet is not intended to accommodate people, it may provide greenery, art, or some other visual amenity.

[3] However, some cities have allowed restaurants to create parklets that are not open to the public such as Long Beach, California, Fargo, North Dakota and Montreal, Quebec.

[10] Since then, parklets have been introduced in cities such as Ames, Iowa,[6] London, England and Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico.

[11] In August 2012, the School of Architecture at University of Southern California published a graduate thesis "Experimenting with the Margin: Parklets and Plazas as Catalysts in Community and Government," which provided a comprehensive history of the creation of parklet and plaza programs in four California cities.

The Manual also serves as a resource for those outside of San Francisco working to establish parklet programs in their own cities.

[19][20] The final report was released in March 2013 along with partners at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies.

[21][22] New York City, Philadelphia, and Seattle have all since published evaluation reports from parklet and parklet-related efforts.

[24] The city's "Pavement to Parks" program was formed to facilitate installation of parklets as longer-term, yet still temporary, fixtures.

Local restaurants were able to increase their street trading permits into the parklet - which also helped them maintain physical distancing for patrons waiting for takeaways during the COVID-19 pandemic.