Still angry over the Zags not advancing in March Madness? Did you really pick them to win it all in your bracket? Fear not because Spokane has an opportunity to advance in a different kind of bracket!

We made the D.C. Streets Blog but congratulations aren't exactly in order. It's because we have lots and lots of parking lots.

They have a "Parking Madness" bracket that examines the "worst parking craters in an American downtown." Eight cities have squared off while Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas and Louisville made it through the first half of the first round. 

Spokane made an appearance due to the ill-advised convention center parking crater, seen in a before and after below:

 

From the D.C. Streets Blog:

Pictured here is Spokane’s convention and performing arts center, a.k.a “Spokane’s meeting place,” according to promotional materials. The convention center is situated right on the city’s 100-acre Riverfront Park, along the Spokane River.

The Spokane Center was built on the site of Expo ’74, the “first environmental worlds fair,” the convention center’s website explains. The venue promotes its center-city location as a green amenity, pointing out that it “encourages low-impact transportation which reduces energy and emissions.” At least they charge $10 to park.

Yeah. I wish it was more focused on the lot itself - I think we all miss the old Blvd. Building - and there could be some change if Walt Worthy's proposal comes to life. 

The photo doesn't capture the five parking lots nearby. Fortunately, the City passed a moratorium on surface parking lots creating more of these aesthetic and economic dead zones.

 

Vote and check Cleveland's parking madness HERE. 

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