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Just learned that parking signs in Wrigleyville have a secret layer of meaning
I was standing at the corner of Clark and Addison waiting for a buddy, and this old timer pointed out that some signs with red and white stripes actually mean you can park during certain hours if you read the fine print on the back. Turns out a lot of folks around here don't know about the 4 PM exception on Sheffield during game days. Has anyone else caught these hidden rules or am I just late to the party?
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park.iris4d ago
The old timer tip about the 4 PM exception on Sheffield is real, I heard some guy at the Cubby Bear last summer explain the same thing. He said those red and white stripe signs were put up years ago to confuse people who just glanced at them. I tested it once on a Wednesday when the game started late and nobody else was parked there, felt like I cracked a secret code or something. But the fine print on the back is tiny, you practically need a magnifying glass to read it.
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troy_sanchez84d ago
Nah man I gotta disagree on this one. Those red and white stripe signs are actually from the city's old parking meter system from back in the 90s, they dont mean what the old timer thinks they mean. I lived on Sheffield for three years and got a ticket under that exact sign because the fine print said something about a permit zone that changed after construction. The 4 PM thing is real on paper but the city updates those signs so rarely that half of them still have expired rules listed. Plus the fine print on the back is written in legalese that contradicts the front of the sign half the time. I'd rather just pay the lot fee than gamble on a $75 ticket from some confusing sign trick.
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