February 23, 2005
Don't let them tell you it's temporary
You're looking at what is likely the oldest parking sign in D.C., dating back to about a month after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, at 4th and F, NW. I bet the civilians who used the lot before the "Act Jan. 15, 1942" thought it was temporary and that they'd get their parking back after the war. But government has a tendency towards institutional momentum, and the people who enjoyed their convenient parking were in no rush to relinquish it. It outlived most of them. Think about that next time they put up Jersey barriers near your office.
Posted by rj3 at February 23, 2005 9:27 AM
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