Car park

[Mr. Sable]

Did everyone angle park their cars nose into the curb back in the Golden Age, or did they park end-to-end side-to-curb as we do now? Was there a combination of these? Any photo examples?

 

[johnnydnh]

Did everyone angle park their cars nose into the curb back in the Golden Age, or did they park end-to-end side-to-curb as we do now? Was there a combination of these? Any photo examples?

Here's one for the angled parking.

 

[Atomic Glee]

Did everyone angle park their cars nose into the curb back in the Golden Age, or did they park end-to-end side-to-curb as we do now? Was there a combination of these? Any photo examples?

Depends on the location and situation, I think. Lots of towns used the angled parking, but I know that downtown Fort Worth here has pretty well always used parallel parking, as seen in these photos from the '20s, '30s, and '40s:

 

[scotrace]

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This is quite good.

Scenes from Vertigo. You can see dozens of shots of San Francisco from the film, then the same shot today. It should give you a lot of photos of parked automobiles.

 

[Mr. Sable]

Thanks so much!

Man, those are some cool photos! Especially the 'Then and Now' movie locations in Vertigo.

 

[Mr. Sable]

The reason I ask is I was planning on doing something like this in a film:

Parked toy cars to save on the budget.

 

[Jay]

Nice wheels, man.

 

[Serial Hero]

Reminds me of that commercial about auto-claustrophobia; “too small, cars too small.”

 

[Mr. Sable]

If you want to see how convincing toy miniatures can look, have a boo at this.

 

[Twitch]

It's just like now- some parts of some towns have angled parking and other don't.[huh]

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Watch the old cartoons, you'll see cars being parallell-parked by braille, using those big ol' spring bumpers to full advantage. lol