Parking on hills in San Francisco is common. Parallel parking isn't, but when you have a street that has no exit, then you increase parking space by doing it. Space is at a real premium in The City. San Francisco has over 40 hills.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

My write-up of this day on Intentionally Lost

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

With some finesse, you can plop this thing into a 16 foot space, but really you’re going to need at least a 20 foot spot, especially if you don’t have the rearview camera.

It might never have been the prettiest street in Topeka but this was a fine view of it. I object to city streets that lack sidewalks.

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In Topeka, Kansas, on March 28th, 2022, SE 6th Street as viewed from the south side of a bridge on SE 6th Street.

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About two inches to spare here...

Meanwhile I feel confident that the recessed doorway is from the 20th century.

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In downtown Defiance, Ohio, on October 15th, 2022, a building on the north side of 5th Street, west of Clinton Street, in the Defiance Downtown Historic District (100005021 on the National Register of Historic Places). The building is from 1888, according to the Defiance County Auditor's property search website.

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Even when you align the camera perfectly parallel to the object behind you, the camera deceives you into thinking you are closer to the behind object than actual reality: there’s usually 5 to 6 inches more room than what the camera shows on the screen.

Needless to say, lots of honking ensued as drivers in the right-hand lane were forced to swerve slightly to get around the honda's ass sticking out into traffic. His front bumper was at least 16 inches away from the curb. And no, his blinkers weren't on.

Parked outside were a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander, a 2014 Ford Taurus, and a 2024 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid. All of them were mine at the time, but I have since sold the Outlander.

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At Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, were the Watterson Towers, a/k/a the Watterson Residence Hall, completed circa 1969, at the northwest corner of West Beaufort Street and South Fell Avenue.

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The DC Guesthouse

1337 10th St NW

Washington, DC 20001

www.dcguesthouse.com/

On gameday, the streets around the university are filled with parked cars of football fans.

Online real estate and apartment search websites variously state that the building was built in 1952 or 1959. Based on a search of city directories at ancestrylibrary.com, I think 1959 is correct.

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In San Diego, California, on July 2nd, 2024, in the Ocean Beach neighborhood, was 4990 Del Monte Ave, the Aristocrat Apartments, at the northeast corner of Del Monte Avenue and Bacon Street.

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...capture the Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club

I totally rock the parallel

My Buddy Noel took this shot last December with his awesome point and shoot, Panasonic LX3.

Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

we went to folklife and i was so impressed with my parallel parking. it was perfectly executed and enabled us to be hecka close to seattle center.

Our newspaper had a cover story about people not quite being able to park against the curb. For those people who never quite learned, they decided to include direction on how to do it. I come from a state that has it as a required part of the driver's exam.

I hope nothing stomach-turningly awful has ever happened in the building, but with so many people moving through over so many decades, I suppose it's unrealistic to hope that.

My heart is warmed in a uniquely individual way by each of the individual "Celebrate Racine" lamppost banners hung on lampposts all around downtown: The pleasure of seeing one "Celebrate Racine" banner is special unto itself, and is distinct from the pleasure of seeing any other "Celebrate Racine" banner on any other lamppost.

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In downtown Racine, Wisconsin, on April 25th, 2021, "The Lucius," now known as the "Proost," built 1905, a "contributing property" in the Historic Sixth Street Historic District, 88000263 on the National Register of Historic Places, at the northwest corner of 7th Street (Wisconsin highways 20 and 32) and College Avenue.

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A tune you should hum while you look at the building is "Over the Waves," which is from 1888, the same year the building was built.

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In downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 23rd, 2019, the Unruh Building (1125-27 Main St., built 1888, a "contributing property" in the Wheeling Historic District, 79002597 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the west side of Main Street (West Virginia Route 2) between 11th Street and 12th Street.

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Ganz neu auf dem BMW-Motorrad Treff heuer war die MINI Stund Show von Russ Swift.

Russ Swift hält den Weltrekord im Parallelparken und hat das auch eindrucksvoll vorgeführt.

Eine geniale Show mit einem sympathischen Briten und einem tollen Auto.

yeah, I've got skills with the parking. these are my summer wheels.

The main thing we should remember is "We ought to stay off the ladders unless there's a fire. They're not to play on."

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In downtown Davenport, Iowa, on May 20th, 2023, the Andresen Building (built in 1900 according to the date stones above each door) at the northwest corner of West 3rd Street and Western Avenue, a "contributing property" in the West Third Street Historic District, 83003741 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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busticated grille on my 92 Volvo 960

Minigolf at the National Building Museum

Get into your white Honda Ridgeline and do a u-turn and swing over here and pick me up and drive me away.

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In downtown Defiance, Ohio, on October 15th, 2022, Fort Defiance Antiques on the west side of Clinton Street (Ohio State Route 111), south of West 3rd Street, in the Defiance Downtown Historic District (100005021 on the National Register of Historic Places).

There's a building from circa 1890 in there, according to the Defiance County Auditor's property search website.

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