Parking

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(PARK)ing Day 2007

Posted by Eric ⋅ 23 September 2007 ⋅ 1 Comment

When you stop and think about it, it is amazing just how much space we have chosen to give over to automobiles. Certainly, there are the car storage locations: surface parking lots, street parking spots, driveways, and huge parking garages. But what about freeways? Entire neighborhoods have been sacrificed and razed to the ground to … Continue reading →

Compromise Reached in Mounting Parking Battle

Posted by Eric ⋅ 13 August 2007 ⋅ 7 Comments

A couple months ago, Donald Fisher — founder of the Gap, and a billionaire Republican to boot — announced his plan to unleash upon San Francisco an example of his own peculiar brand of “philanthropy,” this time taking the form of a parking initiative that was initially planned to appear on the ballot this November. … Continue reading →