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Park(ing) Day

Picture Perfect Park(ing) Day

5:48 PM EDT on September 18, 2009

New Yorkers were again granted gorgeous Park(ing) Day weather today. Here's a sampling of reader-submitted photos from local space-reclamation festivities, plus a bonus shot from down in DC.

Keep an eye out for late additions to the Park(ing) Day NYC Flickr and Twitter feeds, and if you're looking for more pics from other locales, you can start here.

Enjoy the weekend, and Shana Tova.

Brad Aaron
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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