Considering how much everything on all four sides surrounding that parking lot has changed in just the past five years, that lot has likely already been sold for redevelopment and will probably be a construction site no less than a couple of years from now. Remember the two parking lots that were at 3rd NW & K and 4th NW & K, just a block away from there? Gone. The ones at H St. NW between 1st and 2nd NW? Both gone. The parking lot at L St. NW and North Capitol? Gone. Just give it a minute.
Unless you are in a residential area of the city, there is no such thing as reliably free and easy long-term parking. Please read parking signs carefully, even locals get confused sometimes.
Useful apps for parking include ParkMobile for street parking and SpotHero for garage spaces.
Visiting a friend in the city? Ask them for a free visitor parking pass from any MPD station.
Did you receive a ticket? Are you guilty? If so, pay it. Pictures and incorrect information doesn't matter.
giscard78 t1_ivun6m3 wrote
Here?
550 Units or Residential/Hotel Combo: The Two Visions For a Mt. Vernon Triangle Parking Lot
Edit: Download Google Earth and look at downtown DC 20-25 years ago, there were far more surface lots