Happy Park(ing) Day

If you’re the sort of person who looks at a parking space and thinks "That’s nice…but what would be really great would be a miniature park in that space," today is your day of days. Today is Park(ing) Day--over 30 parking spaces in Seattle will be converted into temporary parks for the day. The project runs until 3 p.m. if you want to participate in this public space experiment--parking spots will be converted in Capitol Hill, Downtown, and throughout the rest of the city (full PDF map).

On the other hand, if you’re the sort of person who appreciates a good parallel-parking job more than a bit of urban sylvania, then you may want to stay home today.