Andrew Cobb gave free rides on his bike trailer.
The Phoenix put an inflatable obstacle course in their parking lot.
Dawn Callaway and Scott Repass.
Poison Girl co-owners Dawn Callaway and Scott Repass told me that they want more Sunday Streets on Westheimer.
Bike Houston provided free bicycle parking.
Staff from the Houston Department of Health and Human Services.
Laura Spanjian, Aparna Mankad, and Susan Christian.
Strollers and families abounded along the route.
Bands played live at Montrose Proper.
Stores sold clothes and other wares from the sidewalk.
Bicycles of all types shared the lanes with pedestrians.
Michelle Caruso and Billy Hoya.
Bike-powered independent bookstore Antenamóvil outside Old Blue House Antiques.
Heights of Health set up a hula hoop station near Lanier Middle School.
Dan Morgan kept the party moving and food trucks activated parking lots.
Zine Fest Houston set up outside El Real.
Bicycles parked outside Royal Oak.
Oak Forest Elementary students sold lemonade outside Southland Hardware.
Lemonade stands lined the street. An Odyssey of the Mind team from Oak Forest Elementary sold lemonade to raise funds to attend the world finals in Ames, Iowa.
This lemonade stand was on a trailer.
Two men and a dog.
The poet known as Merlyn.
A good day.
The City of Houston estimates that 20,000 people came out on Westheimer for Sunday Streets HTX on May 4.
Mayor Annise Parker participated by walking her dog along Westheimer. In an interview with News 92 FM, she says, “The hard part now is finding out where we to do the next few. We have the next one on Washington Avenue. Neighborhoods are clamoring for it . . . . There’s some logistics involved. We have to pick a street. We want to get the business owners engaged. And then it is just a matter of Houstonians showing up and having a good time. We can do this year round . . . . We are seeing the start of a tradition.”
Enjoy the photographs and mark your calendars for the next Sunday Streets HTX, which will be June 1, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., along Washington Avenue from Studemont to Market Square.
