(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.

He did eventually get extracted.

At least 3.5 feet from the curb.

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.

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.

The king of parallel parking shows how its done

In Olde Towne Portsmouthe an '85 Forde Mustange.

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In downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, on October 13th, 2023, on the west side of Dinwiddie Street between Glasgow Street and London Street, in the Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District, 70000877 and 83004251 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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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.

The busy streets of downtown...where the parking is insane but its worth the trip!

Looking north from Calle San Francisco.

They are nice homes.

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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My picture is from 2019, when the building was 79 years old. Famous artist Ed Ruscha took a picture of the building in 1974, when it was 34 years old. He returned in 2007, when it was 67 years old. By then the DENTIST sign had been installed.

According to G. Streetview, the solar panel was installed on the streetlight in 2016 or 2017.

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In Los Angeles, California, on April 24th, 2019, a building on the north side of Santa Monica Boulevard (built 1940) between North Kingsley Drive and North Ardmore 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.

Taken from the top of a wall

My parallel parking skills are becoming, well, amazing.

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From the year you were born!

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In downtown Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, a building from 1962 on the west side of Merchant Street, opposite Federal Street.

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In downtown New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, Boston ivy/Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) on a utility pole on the east side of Green Street between State Street and Golden Street, in the Downtown New London Historic District, 79002665 and 88000070 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Likeable streetscapes are uncommon in the U.S. south!, but here was one.

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In downtown Danville, Virginia, on May 31st, 2022, a view of North Union Street from east of High Street, in the Downtown Danville Historic District (93000830 on the National Register of Historic Places).

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