Comments on: Feed the Meters, Feed the Homeless http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:44:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Girldawg http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-55604 Girldawg Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:11 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-55604 And that would be HODGSON'S Pharmacy...sorry....still in Five Points, though! And that would be HODGSON'S Pharmacy...sorry....still in Five Points, though!

]]> By: Girldawg http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-55603 Girldawg Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-55603 Those .50 ice cream cones can be found at Hodson's Pharmacy in Five Points. Those .50 ice cream cones can be found at Hodson's Pharmacy in Five Points.

]]> By: Dan Matthews, Jr. http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-51706 Dan Matthews, Jr. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:26:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-51706 Brad, great to read your name again Brad, great to read your name again

]]> By: Moser http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-51623 Moser Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:01:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-51623 Athens has an awesome nighttime pro bike race around one of its downtown squares. Athens has an awesome nighttime pro bike race around one of its downtown squares.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-51605 Mitch Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:31:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-51605 I passed through Athens once (by car, alas) on the way to Florida. My most vivid memory is of a drugstore that sold 50 cent ice cream cones (I'm sure Steve Davis will know its name). I also noticed a really nice bike path, along the edge of a wooded ravine. But when the path crossed a main road, a sign instructed rides to "Walk Bikes Across Highway." I can't believe that anybody actually followed those instructionis, but still... I passed through Athens once (by car, alas) on the way to Florida. My most vivid memory is of a drugstore that sold 50 cent ice cream cones (I'm sure Steve Davis will know its name).

I also noticed a really nice bike path, along the edge of a wooded ravine. But when the path crossed a main road, a sign instructed rides to "Walk Bikes Across Highway."

I can't believe that anybody actually followed those instructionis, but still...

]]> By: Steve Davis http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-51596 Steve Davis Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:14:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-51596 I think I've still got a handful of parking tickets from downtown Athens. Friends and I would routinely park illegally on football game days downtown, precisely because a ticket for parking there illegally all day long close to campus was much cheaper than paying to park anywhere else legal. On campus, the parking tickets were much more expensive, and tied to your student record meaning you had to pay to get your grades. People would bitch all day about how there "was no parking downtown", though, even at its busiest, there were still two downtown decks, and plenty of parking if you were willing to walk more than 7 minutes. Generally terrible parking demand management. And then I started living downtown and walking/biking everywhere I went and that was the end of that for me. Ah, Athens...how i miss you, your 75 cent PBR's, wonderful nightly music, and neverending good cheap food and coffee. I think I've still got a handful of parking tickets from downtown Athens. Friends and I would routinely park illegally on football game days downtown, precisely because a ticket for parking there illegally all day long close to campus was much cheaper than paying to park anywhere else legal. On campus, the parking tickets were much more expensive, and tied to your student record meaning you had to pay to get your grades.

People would bitch all day about how there "was no parking downtown", though, even at its busiest, there were still two downtown decks, and plenty of parking if you were willing to walk more than 7 minutes. Generally terrible parking demand management.

And then I started living downtown and walking/biking everywhere I went and that was the end of that for me.

Ah, Athens...how i miss you, your 75 cent PBR's, wonderful nightly music, and neverending good cheap food and coffee.

]]> By: brian g http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-51595 brian g Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:11:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-51595 athens also has a great indie music scene. rem got their start there athens also has a great indie music scene. rem got their start there

]]> By: Peter O http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-51585 Peter O Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:40:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/09/feed-the-meters-feed-the-homeless/#comment-51585 Great idea. I hope other cities and municipalities adopt such a simple, novel idea. Great idea. I hope other cities and municipalities adopt such a simple, novel idea.

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