The City of Boston spent between $15,000 and $25,000 each to install two parklets this year, one in Jamaica Plain and another in Mission Hill. Here’s what one parklet is equivalent to, spacewise:
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Two parallel parking spaces
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Twenty-four bicycles in two bike corrals
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One regulation-sized horseshoes court
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Fourteen Christmas trees
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Twenty-three pumpkins in a patch
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Thirty spots for chess players in a tournament
SOURCES: Strathmeyer Forests Inc.; Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences; SportsKnowHow.com