Hi Maddie,Your link did not work for me hence this note on the forum.You have chosen an interesting subject for your dissertation however I would caution on concentrating on parklets to the exclusion of other manifestations of street furniture - narrowing the subject matter may lead to a narrow conclusion.One way of viewing parklets is to see them as a natural development of certain forms of street furniture, beginning with the simple plain bench as a manifestation of its times perhaps when resting places were seen as desirable for a mainly pedestrian populous, and progressing to the semi-street culture prevalent today where more casual seating offering greater appeal seems more relevant.The parklet in Felsham Road is closely associated with the Copenhagen crossing and the market stall that operates there at weekends, but there is a further manifestation with the bench tree outside Preto that purifies to some extent the surrounding air.Restaurants may now apply for a street seating licence, the seating outside Bills with their attendant plantings mirroring in some ways the parklets perhaps.I wish you well with the dissertation and hope to read a condensed article about it on the forum.Good luck, from a retired architect.
Clifford Cowell ● 1512d