Monday, May 04, 2015

the LA parking enforcement building (In Santa Monica on Sepuvalda) resembles a parking meter, with coin slots and 12-hour meter markings


you can compare the reality with the artists concept


what is clear is that the designer has never seen a parking meter. Unlike a gumball machine, parking meters do not seem to have ever had a slide mechanism to insert the coins, they had slots. The awning over the doors seems to be a coin insert slide mechanism. And I looked on google, and can't find ANY old meters with 1 through 12 on them. 1 though 10 seems to be the closest





Named for Henry Medina, of Alhambra, who was the first traffic officer in the history of the city's Department of Transportation to die of injuries sustained in the line of duty. Medina died in May of  1997, after being struck by a car as he was impounding an illegally parked vehicle in Hollywood.


In a gesture of solidarity, hundreds of LA parking enforcement officers from Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Seattle also attended the services driving city-owned white cars and a cluster of tow trucks through the streets of Echo Park in a procession to honor their fallen colleague.

http://archinect.com/people/project/19752092/west-los-angeles-parking-enforcement-facility-henry-medina-building/19764145

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