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SID's
Pocket
Parks
have
ARTitude
Left: Milay Park
Between K2U and
Functional Furnishings. |
A Pocket Park is a
tiny green space
that can be found
in an unexpected place.
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The
Short North Special Improvement District (SID)
has identified at least 20 unexpected spaces on
North High Street in the Short North Art District,
which lies between the North Market/Arena District
and the OSU/University District. |
Everyone is excited about
having 20 little parks
along our stretch
of High Street.
" The Short North ... Is Art..." |
Precedents for our project can be found in many
other cities. Notable examples are in San Francisco
and most recently in Chicago after the massive
heat waves in the 1990s.
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Pocket Parks inspire us.
Pocket Parks are good for us.
Green spaces help us
breathe better.
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Green
space, no matter how small,
is healthy for people and communities.
Green space benefits property owners,
merchants, residents and visitors
to the Short North.
"...Art enhances theUrban Experience..." |
Pocket Parks are
a human experience
in an urban landscape!
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Who
is SID?
- SID is who made the arches over High Strreet happen.
- SID is the creator fo Pocket Parks for the Short North.
- SID cleans, paints, and plants flowers.
- SID is all of the property owners in the Short North
taxing themselves to create the Short North
Human Experience.
"SID has vision and is committed to the
future of the
Short North and the City of Columbus."
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What else would you expect
in the Short North?
Pocket Parks will include public art and visual references to architectural details
from nearby historic buildings.
The Short North
continues to define the city's image. |
SID invites everyone to participate by mailing a
tax-deductable contribution to:
The Columbus Foundation
1234 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43205
Make check payable to The Columbus Foundation and
write "Short North SID Endowment Fund" on the memo
line.For more information or
to volunteer...... call SID at 224-3600
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Our energy is infectious!
Everybody does want a Pocket Park!
The City of Columbus, COTA, Short North property owners,
the Short North Neighborhood Foundation,
businesses and residents have made tiny and large
donations for these pocket parks.
Some of the funding will come from
the community of people who live, work and play
in the Short North.
Our contributions, tiny or large,
are fully tax-deductible and
will make the completion of all the Parks possible.
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