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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Neat, but this is off scale by a factor of about two thirds. Central Park is roughly half a mile wide which means at typical spacing you should be able to fit 330 parking spaces per row. Let’s call it an even 300 to be extremely charitable with the aisle down the middle and access ways down both sides. I counted 93 or so (it’s a bit muddy) spaces in the closest row that’s not clipped by the edges of the frame.

So not only did some asshole pave over Central Park, but apparently it’s being exclusively used for monster truck parking.

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BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That actually sounds like exactly what would happen if the confederacy gains control of New York

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MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s not off scale, then - it’s just ahead of its time.

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Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Don’t forget your landscape buffers every so many spaces, to account for all the impermeable surface. I don’t know the requirements for New York, but on average it’s every 10-15 spaces. Granted, they can always file for an exemption, like Wal Mart.

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- jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Is this requirement mainly due to drainage or something else? (I’m guessing “just to make things look nicer” isn’t why?)
  
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  - Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s a combination of drainage and allowing some rainwater to flow into the water table. If I recall correctly, areas with limestone aquifers are going to require more permeable space.
    
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Karmanopoly@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Monster trucks? …The white house wouldn’t have it any other way

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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Real Cars for real Red Blooded Americans!

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