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Comments about parking lotThere are 94 comments about "parking lot"
Rich: I used to play football in the park right next to The Botanic Garden's entrance right across the street from this station, we even went sliegh riding when we got a good snow, but, behind...... Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down...... Bob: The E.P. arena was quite the place, televised
monday nite fights from there. Closed in the 50's
another piece of history gone, now a parking lot
the last time i was in the area. ... 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,...... 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.... 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...... 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...... 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 . . .... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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 $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16...... EvilGentleman: Lemme see... these images were shot in the parking lot for the trail to the 60-foot waterfalls (they were dry in 1999)... so... the location should be... Dark Hollow Falls parking lot!
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The official Shenandoah National...... EvilGentleman: Still getting the hang of it, CartLegger. If you also are party of the Google Earth Community, I have added a few placemarks there under the name of Arcticmohawk.
No problem, Cinic. As far as the...... MontrealGal: FYI these bikes were sold at the city auction for 30$ 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...... 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,...... 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...... 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...... 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?... 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.... 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...... 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...... 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!... 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...... 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?... 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...... 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...... 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...... chiamattt: If you think a poster advertising beer at a gas station is bad...do you also think it is bad that restaurants and bars that sell alcoholic beverages have parking lots?... Chris Erb: I looked it up on Google Earth. It's actually quite an awful place. It's a long stretch of highway with what appears to be huge malls, parking lots, warehouses and large plots of...... EvilGentleman: The first pic is on Rene Levesque Boulevard (Dorchester to **true** Montrealers) looking west past Place Ville Marie.
Second pic is Place Ville Marie, which was the tallest building in Montreal for 25 years starting in...... Elicar: I have visited Greenport, Long Island. I found it very quaint, very lovely and very rich! The parking lot of the waterfront condo we stayed in looked like a showroom for luxury cars. I will...... EvilGentleman: I want a car like that. It would make finding a parking spot downtown a lot easier. Do they come with remote-controlled retractable rope ladders? And pigeon-protective paint? Wow, and my mechanic could do his...... chiamattt: I woke up one night during my final year of highschool because I heard someone running up and down the side of my house. I went upstairs and looked out my window to see a...... EvilGentleman: Actually, I think the blackness of the snow depends on the quality of the pavement it was scraped off of, among other factors. This is the parking lot of the office building complex where my...... chiamattt: There are only three parking methods in Seoul. If the above 17 piss you off, you'd be really pissed here.
1 - valet
2 - anywhere there is space (including sidewalks)
3 - "puzzle parking" (park bumper to...... EvilGentleman: 17 - People who have realized the highway code does not apply to parking lots, and drive like maniacs as a result... EvilGentleman: LOL, I just **knew** someone would do this post sooner or later. Might I add:
12 - By using a daily or monthly pass, you have one of the best ways to explore a new city...... EvilGentleman: Looks like a nice Tim Horton's. Mine is undergoing renovations, so they are operating with a reduced menu out of a trailer in the parking lot for now. If I want to go to a...... kc: yeah, he used to set up on the sidewalk, tho...did he go entirely? Sigh. Truth to tell, I miss the parking lot! Can't really explain it. I enjoyed the minor trespass of walking through...... Peter: ahh good points!
i just miss the seedy dude in the van that used to sell "used porn" in the parking lot that used to occupy that space ;)
hahahahaha.... Peter: heh. i live on {park place}. i also taught {sine} how to drive our {vespa} in the parking lot of this very {key food}.... Peter: in my hood, i see these in front of alot of driveways... i can sort of empathize with someone waking up, going out to their car to go to work, only to find someone parked...... Litter did I Know: SHOW RESPECT...you raise good points... I guess because i have been trained in non-violent civil disobedience, I have never had to deal with more than verbal threats and abuse. I do not just dump...... Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general:
-The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with...... JimboToronto: I live on Augusta Ave about a block north of where this occurred but missed it due to being out of town. I am neither a bike courier nor a motorist, but my sympathies lie...... zazaster: I would/have done the same thing. I have grabbed cigarettes dumped on the road at a stoplight and run over and dump them back into the car. Also, I have another method I...... EvilGentleman: For the respondent who posted at 20:44
Thank you for your response. At least someone here is actually reading my entire posts before passing judgement. I realize I am somewhat of a modern-day anachronism. I strongly...... Kicker: Why do people think it's okay to throw stuff on the street? Is your Mommy going to come clean it up? My brother and I confronted a guy in a Canadian Tire parking lot. He...... Jaeyub Lee: that means the parking lot..ㅋㅋ
주차장!! 캬캬캬
... Jaeyub Lee: that means the parking lot..ㅋㅋ
주차장!! 캬캬캬
... Joe: Just wanted to say, that I'm glad that Leah was able to defend herself.
I'm not saying that she handled the situation the best way possible, but I do commend her on acknowledging that...... jos: Steve in Vancouver (jan 31, 22:30), thanks for your words of wisdom.
Cyclist, I'm glad you weren't hurt more badly than you were. You were at great risk.
Bystanders, thanks for getting involved and protecting the vulnerable.
As...... aaronb: i moved away from staten island when i was 13 years old. that means i haven't seen this parking lot in at least 12 years. given the angle, the fact that it is...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: (You know I was joking about the America thing, right?)
In Snowcrash (Neal Stephenson) it's possible to cross a continent by driving through Mall parking lots.... ian: Of course this photo is real. I don't even like photoshop.
There are some extremely ghetto, broken up old parking lots -- basically just stripes laid on top of demolished building foundations. The east side of...... Peter: an american conundrum: who shall be the ideal "american worker"? the black man or the white woman? at least this time they didnt merely put a white man on there. thats pretty forward thinking. especially...... jack: peter i used to fish right there. my father lived on bay 13th street before they built the belt parkway and he could walk down to the beach and go swimming. i used...... Peter: also: thats great that you were able to get in there and snap those shots! thats in the parking-lot area for the construction company, right?... joey: this is the end of the american continent in berkeley. it's just water from here on out. it's a strange, powerful place to be. just past the parking lot.... Tina: Reminds me of Central Baptist Hospital tearing down that beautiful stone church and cutting down those beautiful old trees to expand their parking lot. I had thought those would make a uplifting and inspiring setting...... Peter: nice... i love entries like this that seem to complete the topic with lots of photos. also: the blank truck is cool.
what fascinates me is the text at the bottom of every parking sign that...... vz: i just looked at this for maybe the twentieth time and i just noticed the boulder in the parking lot. why is there a boulder in the parking lot?... Peter: at owner's expense... heh. im always fascinated by the stubbornness of some people re: graffiti. thike the building with this sign, for example. they replace it every time it gets hit. though their replacements have...... Peter: as a daily path rider, i've noticed that most path commuters use it to travel form one urban center to another... manhattan to newark... two places where not many people have cars, and both places...... Deepak Modi: NJ PATH authority don't provide any parking facility info claiming they are not affiliated with parking lots. Which I think is kind of absurd. How can you plan a ride....
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