It means that the Sequoya Branch of the Madison Public Library has been a big hit since it reopened about a year ago in its new quarters in Sequoya Commons.

The bad news is the parking lot is almost always full, and cars have to circle and wait for someone else to leave the busy parking lot -- making it an interesting laboratory for studying human nature and how it affects parking behavior. See Letter from Here.

Yell the year of a funny-looking building then laugh. Do it!

Lol I heard you love brownish orange brick veneer and half circles inside triangles.

Ugh but this building contains a Southern Baptist law school. Run away as fast as you can!

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In downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 4th, 2023, an office building from 1986, occupied since 2009 by the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, at the northeast corner of South Dawson Street (U.S. routes 70 and 401 and North Carolina Highway 50) and West Morgan Street.

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I thought this parking job, just across from Kerry Park in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, was absolutely awesome. Brazen, ignorant and atrocious at the same time.

manila international autoshow 2008

Det er langt over et år siden jeg sidst parallelparkerede, så jeg var ret stolt da det lykkedes mig at snige Fiat'en ind på så lidt plads. :-D

Det krævede dog tålmodighed over andre bilisters idioti og mangel på kendskab til færdselsloven. Jeg tager ikke fejl når jeg siger at andre skal vige for mig og give plads til at jeg kan bakke på plads, vel?

The integrated rocker panels can cause some sticky situations

Front clearance.

"Yep, looks like the U.S. midwest!" we exclaim happily in unison as we walk side-by-side.

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In downtown Defiance, Ohio, on October 15th, 2022, 5th Street as viewed to the west from the northwest corner of its intersection with Perry Street.

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Then we walked up this street. Or did we? I don't remember if we walked up this street before or after dinner. Anyway, about 50 yards ahead was a store that sold a bunch of World War 2-related items, many of which seem to have been recovered from the area. There were pins, helmets, medals, and little paper Nazi flags for something ridiculous like 25 Euros or 50 Euros each. I only had so many Euros with me, so I didn't buy anything.

It would have been cool to have some original World War 2 military equipment, though.

Wow that 1999 Toyota Camry is younger than it looks. Wow that 2010 Honda CR-V is older than it looks. Wow that pink color on the storefronts is a beautiful color.

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In New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, 90-92 Truman St (datestone: "Vogt 1928") on the west side of Truman Street between Hempstead Street and Blinman Street. There is Orient Express Agencia de Envios, and Eglise Baptiste Hatienne Bethesda/Hatian Baptist Church of Bethesda.

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Seriously.

The guy working there asked me how to park the Willys, so I jokingly told him to pull it in sideways and park a Civic behind it.

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Parked outside were a Ford F-150 from model years 1997-2003 and a GMC Yukon XL from model years 2000-2006.

The house and vehicles were all absurdly exuberantly ornamented. No I'm just kidding, only the house was.

My picture was beautifully composed. No I'm just kidding, the composition was clumsy and uninspired.

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In downtown Eaton, Ohio, on September 8th, 2025, was a house at the northwest corner of North Barron Street (U.S. Route 127) and West High Street.

According to its property record on the Preble County auditor's website, it was built in 1876, and as of 2025 was an apartment building ("APTS 4+ UNITS: 575-624.99 MONTHLY RENT") owned by Harvest Hill Enterprises LLC of Hamilton, Ohio.

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It's nearly high noon on a sunny spring day!

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In downtown Racine, Wisconsin, on April 25th, 2021, the curve of 2nd Street to Wisconsin Avenue as viewed from the north side of a bridge on State Street (Wisconsin Highway 38).

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At night in their beds, so loudly that their hearing was damaged, bellowed the LORD at the Salvation Army officers: "Erect a building to the glory of ME!!, to MY glory!!"

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In downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 27th, 2024, was a datestone at a commercial office building, originally a Salvation Army building, at the southwest corner of East Washington Street and South 5th Avenue.

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"Before" pictures of an area that will receive widened sidewalks (widening into the parking lane) as part of DDOT's upcoming first phase U Street Reconstruction.

Done super successfully and with minimal panicking (a friend was waiting for me so there was no time to cry that this was the only space available).

(VIEW LARGE SIZE TO SEE THE ANIMATION) First attempt of Russ Swift for this stunt. His bluff to scare me more!

Somehow I thought that, because everyone abandons the neighborhood for Christmas and street parking is plentiful, that this would also be the case for New Year's.

Suffice it to say that this was not the case. After a very enjoyable New Year's party I was faced with having to find a parking spot and after about 30 minutes it was obvious that there were no nearby spots to be found and no one was leaving (everyone most likely being passed out at that hour).

I passed up this spot too many times to count, not really sure if I would fit and not sure if my coordination was up to the task, recovering from the party and being generally tired. All I know is that if I had tried earlier I would have been much less grumpy. 'Cause actually, I got it parked in one shot.

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The Municipal Code of Chicago explicitly describes this as a legal way to park one's bike.

He did eventually get extracted.

The Fusion was parked just around the corner. It's always challenging to find a spot downtown, and parallel parking can be particularly tricky for me. I love the rear camera that beeps when the car is close to another object!

You really can fit two of them in one parking space.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with this job of parking. This is why having a small car is nice, the street it littered with unusably small parking spots like this.

Back clearance.

We thought we'd be sly and mark where the cones are meant to go on the parking lot to make the parallel parking space and then the security guard came and ran us off. Bummer.

At least 3.5 feet from the curb.