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Highlights From Park(ing) Day Around the Globe

8:25 AM PDT on September 19, 2016

Today is Park(ing) Day -- a day to demonstrate how scarce street space can do so much more than store parked cars. Around the world, people are setting up camp in parking spots and turning them into public spaces.

Here are some of the fun and creative installations we've come across on social media. Just for fun, vote for your favorite at the bottom.

Cambridge

Washington

#ParkingDay #AgentsofCompass #Compass #DCRealEstate #LoganCircle #DC #WashingtonDC #Realtor @compass A photo posted by Sethy T (@ssturner4h) on Sep 16, 2016 at 9:38am PDT

Franklin, Tennessee

Live on the Square in Downtown #FranklinTN: #WillCoMoves #PARKingDay with the @cityoffranklintn

A photo posted by Williamson, Inc. (@williamson_inc) on Sep 16, 2016 at 8:37am PDT

Champaign, Illinois

#ParkingDay A photo posted by WJMonahan (@wjmonahan) on Sep 16, 2016 at 9:01am PDT

Philadelphia

Columbia, South Carolina

Baltimore

Singapore

Wild snorlax appear! Si bei duo sia! #parkingday #pokemon #snorlax #pokeball #CP9999999999

A photo posted by Robin Oh (@lobinns) on Sep 16, 2016 at 12:28am PDT

Brisbane

The things you can do with cardboard! #parkingday #brisbanecitycouncil A photo posted by Victoria Laird (@victoria_laird) on Sep 15, 2016 at 7:51pm PDT

Honolulu

2015 #PARKingDay #tbt #ASLAPD16

A photo posted by HHF Planners (@hhfplanners) on Sep 15, 2016 at 3:01pm PDT

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