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City Will Attempt To Sell 51,000 Old Parking Meters
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Christopher Robbins
Published Oct 22, 2011
Modified Oct 22, 2011
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Like the voices of Tim Allen and Tom Hanks, Manhattan's old coin-operated parking meters have been discarded for flashier, more efficient and soulless Multispace Muni-Meters. But what will the city do with the 51,000 meters they removed last month? Sell them! Expect to see plenty of old school NYC parking meters on a TV screen near you.
DNAinfo reports that the city is looking for a "an appropriately qualified vendor in the memorabilia, surplus, auction, and scrap field" to manage the sale of the meters. If you can sell 51,000 parking meters, the application can be found here. (Also: if you can sell 51,000 parking meters your talents are probably needed elsewhere.) Those who prefer their vintage parking meters "fresh" can attempt to rip them out of the pavement in the outer boroughs, where 43,000 of them remain.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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