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# Extra paths that people make in parks. Sometimes they are just shortcuts across lawns between paved paths. | # Extra paths that people make in parks. Sometimes they are just shortcuts across lawns between paved paths. | ||
[[File:picture.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Crowdpathing - shortcut across a lawn. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird]] | |||
And sometimes they are made by people walking again and again to delightful spots. | |||
[[File:picture.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Crowdpathing - path to a delightful spot. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird]] | |||
Over the years so many people walked up to this rock that the Conservancy landscaped the path and put a bench there. | |||
[[File:picture.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Crowdpathing - path up to a rock. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird]] | |||
My favorite is one I’ve been watching for 20 years. It skirts part of the pond across the street. People kept walking around the edge of the pond. They damaged the bank, trampled plants, and caused erosion. Eventually the Conservancy made lovely solution with wood chips and some informal furniture. | |||
[[File:picture.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Crowdpathing - wood-chip strewn path with informal furniture. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird]] | |||
Coined by Eva-Lee Baird and Dick Leigh, April 2016 | |||
[[Category:Public Parks]][[Category:Pedestrians]][[Category:Foot Traffic]][[Paths]] | [[Category:Public Parks]][[Category:Pedestrians]][[Category:Foot Traffic]][[Paths]] | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 7 April 2016
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- Extra paths that people make in parks. Sometimes they are just shortcuts across lawns between paved paths.
File:Picture.jpg
Crowdpathing - shortcut across a lawn. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird
And sometimes they are made by people walking again and again to delightful spots.
File:Picture.jpg
Crowdpathing - path to a delightful spot. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird
Over the years so many people walked up to this rock that the Conservancy landscaped the path and put a bench there.
File:Picture.jpg
Crowdpathing - path up to a rock. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird
My favorite is one I’ve been watching for 20 years. It skirts part of the pond across the street. People kept walking around the edge of the pond. They damaged the bank, trampled plants, and caused erosion. Eventually the Conservancy made lovely solution with wood chips and some informal furniture.
File:Picture.jpg
Crowdpathing - wood-chip strewn path with informal furniture. Photo by Eva-Lee Baird
Coined by Eva-Lee Baird and Dick Leigh, April 2016Paths