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Comments about parkingThere are 100 comments about "parking"
Andy yerks: Im working for metro north now, and for the past week weve been parking our cars at the old plant, im going to get some pictures tomorrow and post them here for u guys, i...... zagg: What an ass! I agree with joey - jerk should get 4 tickets for such an amazing and skillful parking job!... Elkin School Rulz!: I think we should have a stickball tournament for all former Kensingtonians. But where do we find a Pimple Ball? Man, I miss them days. We didn't care how hot it was,...... POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback...... JoeyD: Sticky: 4th Aug 2006 - 01:13 GMT
UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern...... VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin...... Mitch: We're now a month past the demolition ruling, still absolutely *nothing* happening at the site. The only new thing to report are large billboards that went up in the parking lot besides Ben's, with an...... EvilGentleman: I remember as a child in 1980, sitting in an Ocala, Florida parking lot with my dad while my mother shopped in a _HOPPING ___TER.
We have made random "hopping ter" jokes ever since.
And Jamie is...... chris: I hate those kite strings.
Once riding my bike through the park's parking lot, they got stuck on it and jammed my gears.
Another time riding through the paths of the park, a semi-transparent kite string -only...... ohyeah: You can park by sheapsheadby and enter the park from the parking lot of the motor inn motel. Still cool.... platano: ive been watching those fuckers all the times ive been around theres either someone parking or standing in the front sigh ill get those bastards lol... Mark: It is Victoria Day/24 Weekend once again and i hope people stay safe and not screw around with FIREARMS. That police officer should have at least been busted down to Parking Enforcement. If you happen...... Ashton: You were in a boring area of Norman.. but it's not as boring as it seems. Oh and by the way someone was shot in the parking lot of that motel. There is a lot...... Former Hutchinsonite: If you can find an empty parking stall, most of theme are probably full with people sleeping in their cars. ... optomystic: I simply LOVE this town. Why don't you move here and experience all the great things that are going on? If you can't rent a room ; you can always sleep in your car.I think...... EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances:
1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most...... CE: I was there during the celebrations but left before the riots began. I was going to bike back up at about 1:30am but unfortunately got a flat tire when I was leaving (and my...... Peter: im a fan of your borders.
i like the photo too. the {parking building} made me think of [[348:this post]]...... me: memorial hall was built in the horse and buggy days,so therefore it lacks proper parking for any sizeable event to take place there. If money was spent on parking, if money is to be spent...... David: The photo shows an entrance to a secured parking area in back of the school. The school is a very large, lovely well-maintained school.
The photo in the comment above shows Eastern Parkway in front...... Lefty: ampdub - You live on Queen Anne, then? My old stomping grounds. I'm vegetarian about fifteen years now and I still stand in line for the fries (which I am assured are veg-oil fried). The...... Michelle: Hmm...I live in Norman and it's NOT boring!! This is actually a booming college town with a MAJOR unversity called OU, that you would have seen had you actually gone INTO town!! And no wonder...... joey: actually it left in the bart parking lot. this morning; the frame is now 10 feet from this photo location and lying flat on the ground. glass all smahsed to bits . . .... joey: no longer parking here as one day returning from work many car windows were broken... Elicar: Freaking out is such a strong and "offensive" word, EvilG! We are just spoiled, is all! ;)
But here is where the snow has been going.
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Waiting in the wings:
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There were also two more of those trucks...... Bob: The Hutchinson, KS haters amuse me. I'm sure some of them have lived in other cities, some have attested to it in their diatribes. However it seems that they are either young or...... prof: The water looks much nicer when you travel farther down Columbia - it's all parking and warehouses and such but you can see all of central bk. They even have benches to sit on...... Larry, here is an article about this in the paper today in Toronto:
The Toronto Star
THE FIXER
Irresponsible kite-flyers need to clean up their act
Oct 16, 2007 04:30 AM
Jack Lakey
Staff Reporter
Telling someone to "go fly a kite" is a rather gentle rebuff, but kite flying can cause serious problems.
Few...... nuclearrabbit33: I used to work for a carriage company in Chicago. We had to pass through Cabrini Green every single day...both on the way to downtown and the way back to our barns at night. In...... Cp: I'm not from Salina, but live here now. I've lived in some larger cities and now that I have children I now that this is a great pace to raise them. I agree with the...... Melograna: The parking garage in Queens Plaza is among the ugliest buildings I've seen anywhere, let alone in NYC
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... EvilGentleman: Three weeks ago, my van was hit by a man from Toronto driving the wrong way down {Sainte-Catherine} Street in Montreal.
I was standing outside the bar having a cigarette and drinking a Coke (I never,...... HushUp: For the person who thinks that someone should ask the side of the 'Gang Member' on why they shot and killed my son's friend - It's obvious you have no clue what it's like to...... Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... Fran: I grew up on Rorer St and Tioga during the 50's until 77. What a wonderful place to be raised. That big white parking garage building was not there and when the circus trains...... ray: I cannot believe how awful it feels to have a bike stolen. I had locked my bike on Avenue Rd (outside WholeFoods) last week and went inside to ask about the...... Luis Acevedo: Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will scan some images as well as send you the ones I have on my pc now. As for stories there are so many untold. Have you...... JessicaMarie80642: I think It's a good Idea. I have had NUMEROUS friends be arrested or citationed for peeing in public behind a car or in a parking garage when they were drunk because they had to...... Peter: id say, you just get in your car, drive it, and somehow crash it. im too lazy to google it, but i bet you a dollar that single-car accidents account for the majority of annual...... Matt: The city of Moncton just bought a fleet of SmartCars to use for municipal stuff (ie parking patrol)... justAgirl: I think it's kinda interresting that Scott says he ate at the first Dennys one day and the second Dennys the next when all four of these photos are of the exact same building from...... IVY: I grew up in beatiful Humboldt Park. I lived there from the age of 7 when it was all white. There were only two Puerto RIcan families on our block. We lived...... EvilGentleman: When I took these pictures on May 5th, I wandered around the back area to look around. I wound up talking to some of the carny workers, who told me that they had just come...... Tehoke: This picture seems to be taken about 5 blocks west of The Sun Life building, from an upper floor of what is now the Quality Inn on Crescent Street or More likely the building that...... CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16...... EvilGentleman: Lemme see... these images were shot in the parking lot for the trail to the 60-foot waterfalls (they were dry in 1999)... so... the location should be... Dark Hollow Falls parking lot!
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=38.516542,-78.433542&spn=0.032705,0.05785&z=14]]
The official Shenandoah National...... EvilGentleman: Still getting the hang of it, CartLegger. If you also are party of the Google Earth Community, I have added a few placemarks there under the name of Arcticmohawk.
No problem, Cinic. As far as the...... MontrealGal: FYI these bikes were sold at the city auction for 30$ to 60$.. check out the new bikes the police got. Rocky Mountains... much better
Did you ever see a Parking Controle Officer on Bike? They...... EvilGentleman: This spot is at the estuary of the creek, where it feeds into the St Lawrence Seaway. Whatever fish are still alive there, I would defintely recommend **not** eating.
Actually, I saw this one as "Reserved...... Andre: I grew up in horner as well. Born in 1920 W washington #303
Then at 1943 w Lake #410 then at 120 N. Hermitage.
So you can see I know the hornets well. I grew up with...... Alethea: That's fantastic! I'm designing a primo bike parking area for a new cooperative grocery store, and I was hoping something like this existed.... Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,...... upfromflames: [[http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2005/05/architecture_10_1.php]]
You can learn more about this building here. Apparently the owner wanted to tear it down and build a parking garage.
grrrr ... joey: the concord bart parking lot... EvilGentleman: 34 - Neither pedestrians nor drivers have a clue what a crosswalk is
35 - Jaywalkers cut off police cars and nothing happens
36 - People prefer to shove shopping carts into snowbanks rather than bring them...... Francis: That is not their personal vehicle and they are working. People who work at restaurants get free food and people who work at candy factories get free candy. Cops get to park illegally WHILE working,...... sam: i agree with the whole designated parking or parking 150 and 50cc's on the wide sidewalks where there are bike lock up posts; since they only weigh 200 to 250lbs. they are fairly light which...... Alfred in ATL: I was born and raised in Bushwick in the building directly to the left of the building in the picture above. I lived in 336 Melrose st. which my dad owned from 1976-1996. The building...... procyon: What does that say now? I'm reading "NO PARKING / ACTIE I LOVE YOU / [not readable]."... Schrodinger's Cat: Actually the construction of this building started in late 1989 . It was supposed to be a 58 storey high office tower called the Bay Adelaide Tower.
It was...... jamie: where i'm from, this is called {spalding} parking... jeeff: nice, that thing was an eyesore. do you know what it was originally supposed to be? are they tearing it down to make way for a new building, or just a parking lot?... MrDude: Does anyone is actually able to FULLY understand the parking signs in Montreal..But I mean..REALLY...like when you have 5 signs in the same spot..and you just wanna make a 15 min stop.... little ukraine: nice shots. midtown though? i dont get it. that first shot looks like 3rd ave and 12th street, and the second the parking lot across the street. as for the last...... harlequinpan: i love the roof parking lot,it's so simple.... EvilGentleman: I drove by the Cuban consulate yesterday. My transmission fluid still stains their parking spot. Damn, I never realized how durable that stuff is. Makes me wonder if used transmission fluid bottles should be disposed...... Sirhcbre: finally found the Revitalization plan. It's being delayed because they're starting phase 2 (the parking lot) first and there are a lot of concerns (many of which I don't agree with) from the...... jeeff: small world.
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looks like that's its regular parking spot.... EvilGentleman: Sorry to hear about your bike. I have lost a few back wheels and a car stereo over the years, so I know how it feels. When parking a bike overnight in Montreal, the best...... GeneralTsao: Wow, what a closed perspective we have! The author posted several shots of the same building and people now don't want to have anything to do with Salina Kansas?
Observation #1: Author should have been more...... GeneralTsao: Not to dispute that Bazine may be a boring town, but just for the sake of accuracy, the high school building is not used anymore since district consolidation some years back.
Also, the empty field you...... drea: It's gorgeous. My co-worker told me to come over and see the crimson sunset over the parking lot of the mall. It was gorgeous! So I took a picture, I'll try to remember to post...... EvilGentleman: Ah yes, this was put up this summer on Pierce Street, a little residential lane that runs between Sainte-Catherine and de Maisonneuve a half block west of Guy Street. I turn down this lane on...... aer suzuki: shame about the house. i like the slight soft-focus blur of the unicycle shots, reminds me of b-movies from the late 60's/early 70's when they show the foxy lady, the focus is always softer. and...... Cosmo: EG, I just realized one possible motivation for the signs on the wall: perhaps the drug store has had trouble with kids parking their bikes on the sidewalk, blocking the way for the disabled...... EvilGentleman: Hmmmm... Maybe the blind need help to operate the screen, except for the PIN, which should always remain confidential. They could still operate the ATM from the rear driver's side window. What worries me is...... Susannah: I'm not even getting into the fact that all of the options/responses are touch screen - no braille there,if you can't see you can enter your pin and hit enter, but not much else. Kind...... jfilip: The parking ticket machine in the second photo is nearly exactly the same as the machines in Toronto's public {Green P} parking lots. Same interface widgets at least. Must get them from the...... groovehouse: The alleyway where these fans are located leads to a rear parking lot that is inundated with graffiti, when I get a chance, I will upload some samples of the graffiti back there!... Grange: In London when I was younger , the end of the run way the local "parking area "for afterhours get togethers ,,wink wink , nudge nudge , say no more ...It was great , planes...... anon (bas13-montrealak-1167893846.dsl.bell.ca): There is absolutely almost always zero problems with security at Turcot. But where you park your car is another story. The etrances to Pullman have been locked for about 4 months and cops do like...... EvilGentleman: Funny you should mention that. I was trying just last week to figure out how to do an urb-ex of the industrial buildings at the corner of Angrignon and Pullman, and I have been paying...... EvilGentleman: Parking is the same in both English and French, so far as I know, but in French, as you probably already know, they pronounce it "parrrr-king". Oh wait, I think the other word is "stationnement"....... Chris Erb: One thing I don't understand is why parking lots in Quebec are always signified by a large "P". Is there another word in French for parking that I don't know of?... Chris Erb: Most Fero dumpsters have little messages on them. Many just say "no parking" but there are some that say "don't do drugs", "Be Happy" and others that I can't think of off the top...... EvilGentleman: Awesome! But I wonder if the new decor has resulted in the parking lot becoming more upscale, and thus more expensive?... EvilGentleman: Yeah, I know. I was not very satisfied with the angle I had, either. I wound up taking this shot from the parking lot at the corner of Rene Levesque and Mackay. I think I...... saxman: "Do you work in the brick building behind the Chestnut Complex saxman or is it somewhere else?"
I'm in the one story office building next to the Sobey's parking lot. Jeez if you think I...... Laura Whiting: I went to Portage Adult for my H.S. Dipolama. There were kids that were from Gary that would beat the crap out suburban kids because they had there hats tilted to the left or the...... Trish: I was very sad as I read the article...Since it's now 2006, I am wondering if it is still there? The photos were beautiful, capturing "time standing still". I am all for preserving...... Peter: i cant imagine how hard it must be to find a parking spot in {park slope}, especially in front of the co-op. there must be a 24-hour-a-day queue of yuppies driving around the block trying...... anon (cache-dtc-ac06.proxy.aol.com): I grew up in Marine Park. It is a safe, residental, working class area where a high population of police and firefighters live. Not pretentious, and with a nice middle-income suburban vibe.
Most places in Marine...... Saint Clair: Yes, very nice entry. The world's first parking meter was installed on july 16th in 1935 in Oklahoma City. Invented by Oklahoman Carl Magee.... ccc: wang getronics parking lot?... Chris Erb: The supports are bigger than 2x4 and are pretty thick steel. You can see that on the other side of the parking lot they've built much more elaborate supports. An expansion could indeed...... EvilGentleman: Lemme see, in the NWT, only Yellowknife and Fort Smith, where I trained at Thebacha Campus of Aurora College for two months in 1998. Oh, but we also had a tour of Wood Buffalo National...... Chris Erb: St. Louis appears to have lots of parking. Every picture that isn't a close up of something has a parking lot, a parking garage or both in it.... EvilGentleman: I remember during my 1999 tour of America: The Eastern 30, we stopped at a supermarket somewhere NW of Lafayette to get some munchies to keep the family going while on the road to the...... Mat-E: I think this question touches on a fundamental human reality; you can never create a policy which will satisfy a largely civil, responsible majority and at the same time satisfy a minority of......
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