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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!

At the Washington Area Bicyclist Association PARK(ing) Day installation, Bike Ambassadors provided a little education to drivers.
WABA's "photo booth" for bike portraits.
Steve Davis of Transportation for America's cornhole-in-one at the Smart Growth America installation at 17th and M Streets NW.
Cornhole wasn't all the SGA parklet had going for it. Who doesn't love sidewalk chalk and miniature cardboard cityscapes?
Sweden is taking the American parklet idea to a whole new level.
What's a plingo board, you ask? This is a plingo board.

(All photos by yours truly.)

How was your Park(ing) Day? We can't wait to see your pictures.

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