San Francisco parklet by Ursula Xanthe Young. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
Phoenix. | Credit: Stacey Champion
Keeping it casual and purple in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. | Credit: upslon
San Francisco goat parklet. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
Phoenix. | Credit: Stacey Champion
Free braiding in San Francisco. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
Ideas for San Francisco. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
Bike parking parklet in Phoenix. | Credit: Stacey Champion
Dream bar in San Francisco. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
Phoenix. | Credit: Stacey Champion
San Francisco. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
Belo Horizonte, Brazil. | Credit: upslon
Bubble house parklet in San Francisco. | Credit: Steve Rhodes
San Francisco. | Credit: Steve Rhodes

Park, get set, go: Here’s what it looks like when the weird and the car-free steal your spot

By Grist staff on Sep 24, 2013

Did you miss Parking Day 2013? If you live in a participating town, especially San Francisco, the city that started it all, how could you? There were goats, for goodness sake. Well, never mind your unperceptive eyes — here’s a chance to take it all in.