Thanks to everyone who joined the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool and submitted photos! Here are a few of our favorites this week.

Kids splash around the fountain in the new Columbia Heights plaza. The photographer missed the not-as-scenic construction about 15 feet to the left. Photo by whiteknuckled.

A lone passenger on the N2. Edward Hopper would have painted this if he were still around. Photo by akgallo.

DC’s windswept, failed pedestrian plaza through Techworld with the Carnegie Library in the background. Photo by prestaschrader.

An alien invasion… or the demolition of the Munsey Building? Located on E Street near Pennsylvania Avenue, the building was demolished in 1980. Photo by streetsofdc.

At least there are no ugly wires in the way. Photo by tracktwentynine.

Bikers go past the Capitol. Good for them for biking in this heat! Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

A hazy morning in DC. The heat is almost visible! Photo by brianmka.

Join the Flickr group and submit your own photos! Photos will ideally depict either great or not-so-great features of a part of the Washington, DC region, showing people, roads, parks, stores or buildings as beautiful and lively places filled with people, or unsightly or desolate places that could be greater.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.

Laura DeSantis is the Online Advocacy and Outreach Specialist for the Coalition for Smarter Growth. Prior to joining CSG, Laura worked at Fleishman-Hillard Communications, where she worked on digital and social media strategy for clients. Laura is a 2009 graduate of Penn State University and holds bachelor’s degrees in Public Relations and History.