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51 NYC parking spots become urban oases

NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty-one single parking spots around New York City are being transformed for a day into park-like spaces.

In Brooklyn, a parking space in front of a school and library will become a place for children to paint, study and relax.

On Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, Fordham University theater students will perform Shakespeare. While on the Lower East Side, residents will create...

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