Last week, we got a letter from The Department of Water Management explaining a project to install a new water main underneath our street. The project, which isn’t expected to be completed until late September, is to replace the old main that was installed in 1908. Included in our letter was a list of facts about what was going down one hundred years ago:
1. Henry Ford introduced the Model T car.
2. Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles.”
3. A New York City regulation made it illegal for women to smoke in public.
4. The first Mother’s Day was observed.
5. The first time a ball signifying the new year dropped in Times Square.
6. The first Gideon Bible was placed in a hotel room.
7. The first horror movie Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde premiered in Chicago.
And since I have been going video crazy lately, here is one of the workers workin’.
Well I guess this means parking spaces are going to be even harder to find. I would have hated to have owned the green car with the branch on it.
Yesterday, Amarjit saw a school bus go thru a garage by the gym. You can go to wmctv and check it out.
Talk with you soon.
Comment by Nancy-Marmee — August 7, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Luckily, the majority of the damage (like the green car) happened several blocks from our apartment.
And, the torn up hole in our street was quickly patched up and was ready for drivers to reuse the street.
So, there hasn’t been too much effect to the parking situation around here. Although, last week, a crew did come by and put up No Parking signs on the south side of Holstein Park (along the fence), that took away some parking. In the past, the spot could have easily held four cars. This didn’t go well with Apryl since this was one of her favorite places to park her car. Not sure what the reasoning was behind the new restrictions.
Comment by Hayden — August 7, 2008 @ 10:13 am