Look down at the sidewalk. It’s yours, along with the land where people have parked their cars.
To the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), these marginal spaces are parks in the making.
SDOT is launching a pilot program to allow community groups and businesses to turn pieces of right-of-way, such as street parking spaces, into a small park, or “parklet.”
About 27 percent of all land in Seattle is public right-of-way. SDOT manages the land through a permitting process, said Jennifer Wieland, an SDOT program manager. ...