Park(ing) Day 2013: DC Edition
There's only one reason to be inside on a beautiful day like today, and that is to upload pictures of this beautiful day. More to the point, it's Park(ing) Day, a celebration of better uses for on-street parking spaces. All over this city, and in cities around the country, temporary parklets have sprung up in spaces normally reserved for car storage. They're a real-life illustration of how much more vibrant our cities could be if we let people take up street space instead of cars.
Here are a few scenes from DC's Park(ing) Day this morning. Send in pictures from your own Park(ing) Day!
(All photos by yours truly.)
How was your Park(ing) Day? We can't wait to see your pictures.
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