Thursday, April 25, 2024
Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
No Parking in 2012?

JANUARY 14, 2004 --

Thank You Department --

To Todd Gelineau for giving me the location of the Apple store at Prince and Greene Streets in Soho--Manhattan, not London -- prompting me to move quickly and purchase an iBookG4 laptop -- my very first computer. Todd was one of several computer mavens who recommended an Apple to me. The others included Jerry and Suzanne Flower (for more about Jerry see the New York Flyers website: Jerry has been a guiding force at this unique NYC running club and continues to run marathons) -- and Richard Yaneza, my teacher at Desktop on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan who made it possible for me to click and drag and scan and is vastly knowledgable about computers. (I couldn't have a better teacher.) And after making some initial purchases at Apple, I learned that the CompUSA store on 57th Street and Eighth Avenue, in Manhattan, makes it unnecessary to travel to the tip of Manhattan below Houston street for computer stuff, and, indeed, the people at this CompUSA store were very patient and helpful to this novice.

No Parking Sign on Columbus Avenue (at the ABC Network).
No Parking in 2012?

Is it just a sign of advancing age? But it seems to me that red lights are much longer these days, and bus stops much longer, taking away space previously available to motorists. See, for example, the west side of Broadway between 67th and 68th streets. There are, close to the 67th street part of the block, exactly three parking spaces, designated with three parking meters (those $65 per infraction cash cows to NYC). These parking meters happen to be in front of a Victoria's Secret outlet. The photos of this store are displayed merely as evidence of the proximity of the meters to the store and for no other purpose, I assure LPR websighters. Motorists are advised to concentrate on the parking meters and not the display windows when they park at this location.

Parking in front of Victoria's Secret Store.
Victoria's Secret window display.

Question is, however, if the Olympics do, indeed, come to New York City in 2012, will there be any parking on the avenues, or will they all be taken up for buses --
both public and those set aside for visiting dignitaries, celebrities and PWCers (people with clout). And what will the parking fines be in 2012? $200--$300--$500?

No Parking Sign in front of Victoria's Secret Store.
Another No Parking Sign in front of the Victoria's Secret Store.
Victoria's Secret mannequin sitting in the store entrance.
The Victoria's Secret store, on 67th street and Broadway is eight blocks from Columbus Circle where the AOL Time Warner Center is nearing completion.
This issue of LPR shows the buildings, or part of it, and an ad about a business that will be taking space at the Center. Appearance of these photos has nothing
to do my my status as a Time Warner shareholder; I have been taking photos of the building under construction long before I joined the list of Time Warner shareholders.
Construction of the AOL/Time-Warner Center.
Verizon Ad near the AOL/Time-Warner Center.
Did you here about the new policy at CNBC that news staffers have to sell whatever stock they hold, or put it in a blind trust? Hmm. What if a staffer sells his or her stock, which then takes off, and they finds himself downsized with a much smaller nest egg than he could have had by holding the stock. In expressing extreme sensitivity about conflict of interest, has CNBC set the stage for some interesting lawsuits down the line? Shouldn't full disclosure be enough?

Does the new CNBC policy declare, in effect: we can't trust you people?
CNBC is part of NBC which is part of GE. Should the head of NBC be required to get rid of his GE? Well, this is one way to get rid of stock options -- that form of distribution that sets the corporate managers apart from us purchasers of stock, in the street. Any CNBC staffer who would commit himself to the principles of Federalist 57 could own and sell all the stock he wants, as far as I am concerned.

An example of Curb Space on the Westside.
A Westside Building and Bus.
PVB on the move.
PVB still on the move.