Here They Are: Your First Sneckdowns of Winter 2016

Like much of the East Coast, New York got walloped on Saturday, so the next few days will be prime sneckdown time.

Here’s the season’s first collection of photos from NYC, where “nature’s tracing paper” is outlining street redesign opportunities all over the city.

Thanks to all intrepid sneckdown spotters, and please keep ’em coming.

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