Stockton, CA

Parallel Parking

From a zine collaboration between Lew Humiston, Sierra Nelson, David Lasky, Rachael Harper, and Elizabeth Hunter. Made at a zine workshop at ZAPP on November 6, 2010.

Day 9.

Tonight we went out for a meal and I volunteered to drive since my husband does like a drink or three and I'm not that bothered. We park on the street if we can in this town and there was a space so I parallel parked and as you can see from the above, a two manoeuver perfect park was the result ...

What annoys me most though is that my husband was actually stunned that I could park the car like that. It's a stereotypical reaction, thinking that women can't possibly drive or park cars as well as men.

Please don't get me started.

I think I'm a good driver. I get road-rage every time I get in the car though, when I witness other people's poor driving or lack of manners on the road. I don't think the sex of the driver has anything to do with how they drive. Some people should never be let behind the steering wheel of a car, and other people just get on with it and have to put up with assumptions.

(This is not a great image for a 365 but having been out I'm running out of time and poor driving is another of my pet peeves..)

Hmmm. It seems walking around with your camera is the 2nd best way to spend a beautiful afternoon. Ok, maybe third. :D

View On Black

Today over on the blog there's a second set of banger-racing pics bit.ly/YeT51X Meanwhile, I hope everybody has a fantabulous weekend!

Hello Kitty! Desperately trying to get done with these France photos so I can get to the ones I took in October! Happy weekend!

Avenue Kléber - Paris, France

.... just admit it, you're impressed.

Komrade P certainly was...

A nearly-dead open-air center located in Princeton, New Jersey. It opened in 1986 and now houses mostly offices and services and very little retail anymore. The Westin Hotel can be seen to the right.

The building is damaged because four of its ridiculous phony shutters are missing. Do you like the color combination of reddish purple and dark green? Do you like my silver Honda Ridgeline?

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In downtown Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 1st, 2022, Pullman Place Family Restaurant at the northeast corner of South 3rd Street and Cherokee Street.

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At Rochester Public Market. Rochester, New York.

Town planner: David Sargent

Developer/Builder: Western Pacific Housing, Pleasanton, CA

Architect/Land planner: KTGY Architects (Jill Williams, principal), Irvine, CA

Landscape architect: Ripley Design, Walnut Creek, CA

Unit size: 1,549 to 3,240 square feet

It was built in 2002 and it's already getting saggy: Look at the upper right!

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In Lansing Charter Township north of Lansing, Michigan, on February 26th, 2021, at Eastwood Towne Center on the west side of Preyde Boulevard, north of Lake Lansing Road.

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Calvert Street between Monument Street and Calvert Street, with Centerstage to the left and the Maryland State Highway Administration headquarters to the right.

"If it weren't from 1946 I wouldn't care about this building at all!" I exclaimed as I took pictures.

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In downtown Racine, Wisconsin, on April 25th, 2021, an office building on the north side of 5th Street between College Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue.

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Construction at the CATO Institute closes the sidewalk; no advance sidewalk closure signing was present.

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Which panels do you prefer, the beige ones or the light brown ones. Jesus what a huge Silverado.

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In downtown St Joseph, Missouri, on March 31st, 2022, at the former Einbender's clothing store (closed in 1988) at the southeast corner of South 5th Street and Felix Street.

Behind the siding is a building from circa 1880.

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A valet sign blocks a bike lane along 4th Street SW, just beside the Waterfront Metro Station.

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2012 04 15 - Used by the WashCycle.

Street parking car stuck in Berlins snow piles.

Sights near 羅斯福路 (Luósīfú Lù, or Roosevelt Road) and 基隆路 (Jīlóng Road)

Empty streets and alleys near my apartment building in Táipěi (台北)

2011 05 31 - Used by WAMU DCentric.

2010 07 20 - Used on We Love DC

Just the right length for a nifty parking job, seen tonight on the way home from work, Galaxy S3 photo, thus far from perfect...

I posed my silver 2002 Chrysler Sebring in front of the building.

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In downtown Racine, Wisconsin, on April 25th, 2021, the Melvin Tidyman Building at 223 6th St — built in 1901 (according to this) or 1904 (according to this), with the third floor added in 1905 (both sources agree) — at the southeast corner of 6th Street (Wisconsin highways 20 and 32) and Wisconsin Avenue, a "contributing property" in the Historic Sixth Street Historic District, 88000263 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Julia has a parallel parking gift. Seriously.

Bike lanes were laid out seconds before taking this photo, with a guy carrying the paint can actually just behind me. I'd return later that night to find the final markings in place. The new bike lanes run along southbound 10th Street NW (a one-way street) from Rhode Island Avenue (at Shaw Jr High School) to New York Avenue (at City Center). Use caution by Embassy Suites (between K St and NY Ave), where a busy layby effectively spans the entire block.

Empty streets and alleys near my apartment building in Táipěi (台北)

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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

A valet sign blocks a bike lane along 4th Street SW, just beside the Waterfront Metro Station.

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2012 07 09 - Used by Greater Greater Washington

Personally I associate this style of stone veneer with mausoleums but I guess banks have used it too?

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In downtown Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on August 19th, 2021, a former Chase bank branch (built 1961) at the southwest corner of North Spring Street (U.S. 151 Business Route) and West Maple Avenue.

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I thought I'd parked in some tight spots before, but this one still has me shaking my head. I have *NO* idea how I got in there. I'm an engineer, and I'd tell you without hesitation that this was impossible, if I hadn't done it myself. The worst part was that at the end of the day the other two cars were still there, and I had to get back out!

This is a photo of the town where I live. It's teeny tiny, but I love it.

Street parking car stuck in Berlins snow piles.

A picture of bad parking @ the Virginia Beach Town Center.