  Mpow Member Username: Mpow Post Number: 207 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 200.65.7.135 |
I'm sure some of you have seen this pile of parking meters a little off Vernor near the train station. I was wondering if Vernor had at one time meter parking and here they now lay forgotten and uprooted. http://www.flickr.com/photos/l ocaburg/200117084/in/photostre am/ | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1111 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.60.45.70 |
Looks like malicious destruction of municipal property.  | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 895 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.14.30.175 |
strother martin, featured in the photo above, attended university of michigan on a swimming scholarship, and was swim coach to many of the big names in hollywood. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1353 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 12.64.30.182 |
What we have... is a failure... to communicate. I used to have some of the old parking meters that I bought at a Cobo Hall garage sale, but it must have got left behind on a prior move. | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 896 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.14.30.175 |
hornwrecker, you should have planted them on your street and collected a few shekels. | ||
Pdtpuck Member Username: Pdtpuck Post Number: 147 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 208.251.168.194 |
"Now, Luke's gonna get his mind right....ain't ya, Luke?" And to think I see them in antique shops all the time for between $25-$100!!!! (even the newer ones!) | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2506 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.91 |
I was just driving thru the Grosse Pointes on my way home to SCS today. And I noticed that in the Grosse Pointes all parking on the main business streets (Kercheval and Mack) has metered parking. And in SCS there are NO parking meters at all (that I could find). Of course, there is no on street parking on ANY major street in SCS, which explains why. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 884 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 4.229.24.15 |
http://www.detroitfunk.com/200 5/09/30/expired_parking_meters .htm | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 323 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 4.229.81.103 |
How come those haven't been hauled off by metal scrappers? | ||
Opus Member Username: Opus Post Number: 19 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 72.241.39.211 |
My thoughts too Pam. It isn't worth as much as the copper on the roof of the Lee Plaza, but it has to be a hell of alot easier to get to. But then I am trying to apply common sense to scrapping, kind of like applying intelligence to the military, it just doesn't work. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 415 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 24.192.25.47 |
I wouldn't mind getting one of those and cleaning it up. | ||
Kilgore_south Member Username: Kilgore_south Post Number: 131 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 24.176.20.117 |
Ever take a parking meter apart? The guts and innards are just fascinating. I'll have to pick up a couple next time I'm in the neighborhood. Hopefully before the scrappers read about them here.  | ||
Beadgrl Member Username: Beadgrl Post Number: 6 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 146.9.221.148 |
Ooh! Where exactly is this? I'd like to grab a few for my parents. They own classic cars and i thought it might be interesting to have one or two. |
