“Penny $2.50 Wise, Pound Foolish” To raise truly piddling amounts of revenue — I paid $2.50 to park for 90 minutes* or so the other week — downtown Minneapolis merchants are easily foregoing 3x or even 10x times that in sales revenue (my very conservative estimate). So, instead of navigating the maddening system of remote...Read More
“Garage: One Parking Space” –excerpt, MLS listing for downtown St. Paul condo I remember living in New York in the late ’90’s, and eating gyros at a Greek diner near Columbus Circle. When I asked the waiter if I could get some extra Pita bread, he responded with a hearty, “Of course!,” and promptly brought...Read More
No More Door Dings? “Murphy’s Law for parking lots: never park next to a car in worse condition than yours.” –Ross Kaplan I have no idea if local grocery store chain Byerly’s in fact came up with the idea — but that’s where I first saw it, a few weeks ago: a double stripe between...Read More
