Sukhpreet Singh's American Landscape and Sights

I've never walked around Hertel Avenue in the two years I've been living in Buffalo, I have driven through numerous times but never walked around the area. And for the sake of this particular assignment I did an initial drive on Hertel Avenue before parking and taking a walk around the area. The first impression I had was amazement at how many stores one could miss because they are in a car. I took note of multiple stores that I have never noticed because the are located on the side streets rather than Hertel Avenue proper. Places like this Clam Bar, martial arts dojo and dance studio.       The martial arts dojo is particularly significant because just a few weeks ago I was looking for one to join and it would have been nice to know this place existed. Another thing I noticed is that it looks like the dance studio is located in the upper stories. Unlike many of the other stores along Hertel Avenue that don't seem to make use of their upper stories. In fact

The parking meter, any of us that has ever had to park on city street has had an encounter with these coin gobblers. They can be found in cities across the country and after paying the right amount of money grants us the privilege of parking on a street for a certain amount of time. And I'm sure that many of us have also had the wonderful experience of realizing the meter has run out and dashing back to it in order to extend the time. Some of us who are fortunate make it in time, those who are not often find a present in the shape of a parking ticket waiting for us. And you know for the first time I found myself wondering why do these things even exist? Were they created by city officials in a nefarious scheme to make more money or do they have some other purpose beyond being mildly annoying pests for car owning city goers? A quick google search later and according to Smithsonian.com these coin sucking annoyances were actually first instituted in order to help keep traffi