**spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US

[Laurence Horn]

>NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER is also a familiar sight in NYC.
>
>The most understandable is DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PARKING HERE, seen
>on Fifth Ave. & 44th (I think) St. about 25 years ago.  Is it still
>there ?  Who was the genius behind it ?

I always assumed it was in the spirit of Ed Koch, whoever was
actually responsible for creating.  It's his voice I hear scolding me.

L

>
>Most infuriating are those which detail "alternate side of the
>street parking," and believe me, if you don't know what that means,
>you don't want to know.  Just don't try to park on the street in
>Manhattan.  Ever.
>
>JL
>
>Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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>I've always enjoyed this pair:
>
>Saint Louis: NO THROUGH STREET
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>Los Angeles: STREET NOT THROUGH
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>They both mean "DEAD END," of course.
>
>As a child, I was totally confused by Saint Louis's NO PARKING HERE TO
>CORNER street signs, which I understood to mean NO PARKING HERE [IN
>ORDER] TO CORNER. For years, I wondered exactly what it is that one
>does, when one "corners." I was also impressed by the efficacy of this
>traffic law, since I never saw so much as a single car park in such a
>space and then follow that act by cornering.
>
>-Wilson Gray
>
>On May 23, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Sally O. Donlon wrote:
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>>  My favorite traffic sign in New Orleans reads: LEFT TURN PERMITTED ON
>>  GREEN. It perplexed me for months because I wondered when else one
>>  would turn.
>>
>>  sally donlon
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