Down the Gorge
How Much Money Do Parking Lots Actually Make? | MEL Magazine
Paid parking lots: Those slabs of asphalt in the middle of cities with narrow spaces and often extortionate rates are pretty much a necessary evil if you own a car and spend any time in the city. But what’s their side of it like? Why even run a parking lot on a piece of urban land instead of building, like, an actual building? Are they goldmines, or what? What are their costs like?
Alongside Keith Bawolek, a real-estate expert who says he’s been involved in over a billion dollars in parking lot deals all over the country (and, we imagine, has a nice parking spot for himself), we’re going to try and find the perfect space to explain.
US National Parks
This map shows the location of all the national parks, recreation areas, and historical areas maintained by the National Park Service.
East
From the trail follows very close to a steep edge of the cliff. I was a bit scared to stop and take pictures, and not keep my eyes on the trail the whole time.
Taken on Sunday October 4, 2009 at Kaaterskill Clove.October 13, 2018 7:51 pm Update
I think it’s very strange that Microsoft Windows doesn’t have a root directory where all volumes are mounted, or that it doesn’t use forward slashes. Anything not POSIX-compatible seems very idiosyncratic as we head into second decade of 20th century.
High Peaks
If I hike up Hoyes Crest, I can say I’ve been to the highest point in Maryland at 3,360 feet. Driving up Spruce Knob will get me to the highest in West Viriginia at 4,862 feet, and then I just have to hit Meyersdale PA to hike up Mount Davis to hit the highest part of Pennsylvania 3,213 feet.
315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica – BBC News
The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has just produced its biggest iceberg in more than 50 years.
The calved block covers 1,636 sq km in area - a little smaller than Scotland's Isle of Skye - and is called D28.
The scale of the berg means it will have to be monitored and tracked because it could in future pose a hazard to shipping.
Not since the early 1960s has Amery calved a bigger iceberg. That was a whopping 9,000 sq km in area.
"Sadly they stared and sank in their chairs
And searched for a comforting notion.
And the rich silver walls looked ready to fall
As they shook in doubtful devotion.
The ice cubes would clink as they freshened their drinks."
- Phil Ochs