“Basically, I’m happy to flout the law,” Ryan Dorsey said, before voting to give developer David Bramble nearly double the number of parking spaces allowed under the law for a grocery store on North Avenue.

Dorsey says he has introduced a replacement bill and will push for its passage to reestablish the overlay district.

“She leaves behind an unparalleled legacy of grassroots activism and unconditional love,” says fellow activist Ian Schlakman.

But that was the color of the algae-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool … plus other observations from our foray on Friday, a scorching-hot and surreal day.