So folks seem to be going bananas about the new parklet – the biggest one yet – that the University City District has installed outside of the new building on 40th Street across from The Fresh Grocer at 125 S. 40th. That’s the boxy building with Hai Street Kitchen, Zesto Pizza and Grill, Jake’s Sandwich Board and Dunkin Donuts. It’s 60 feet long – the parklet that is – and the usual 6 feet wide.
This big ole parklet spans the length of the building and has caught the eye of folks around the Twittersphere. Here is everything you need to know about the new parklet:
Plan Philly claims it’s the “largest parklet on Earth”:
Largest parklet on Earth + sushi burritos: two great tastes that taste great together. http://t.co/i6he1hhUxj @ucdphl pic.twitter.com/kOGEyJMn5U
— PlanPhilly (@PlanPhilly) July 17, 2015
NewsWorks (A WHYY jawn) calls it a “Super-parklet”:
PlanPhilly: Spotted: Super-parklet on 40th St http://t.co/IS3ZPINjXipic.twitter.com/mXWSSGdo0a
— NewsWorks (@NewsWorksWHYY) July 17, 2015
Curbed Philly has a video of it being put together:
Watch Philly’s newest (and largest!) Parklet get installed. H/T @ucdphl@SHIFT__DESIGN http://t.co/qilChwijyG pic.twitter.com/X1Coj1SbuQ
— Curbed Philly (@CurbedPhilly) July 17, 2015
And the Philadelphia Business Journal called it a “magnet for social activity”:
University City District: New 60-foot parklet ‘magnet for social activity’http://t.co/omuLMjYi32 via @PHLBizJournal
— Lori Klein Brennan (@lori4nature) July 17, 2015
