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  • UK: Disappearing garage in the 1950s

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 19 21:25:15 2023
    1 min vid

    https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1726437462677803433

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to here@is.invalid on Tue Nov 21 03:15:24 2023
    In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    1 min vid

    https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1726437462677803433

    Still available, for a price. See "Cardok"

    A new development down the block from me is reportedly getting an
    underground garage with an elevator. How to fit eight units in a quarter
    acre and still have room for cars, I guess. I am quite curious how they
    will keep it from flooding. The hole they dug is below the level of the
    sewer in the street.

    Elijah
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    houses here are typically built to thw property line on either side

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to *@eli.users.panix.com on Tue Nov 21 05:08:55 2023
    On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 03:15:24 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

    I am quite curious how they will keep it from flooding.
    The hole they dug is below the level of the sewer in the street.

    Many cities have separate sewer and rainwater systems. Wild guess,
    pump water to a rainwater pipe, or back out on the street.


    houses here are typically built to thw property line on either side

    At some point in time came Fire/etc codes eliminated adjacent
    buildings being built on property line. Not uncommon to see in cities
    where US's westward expansion happened in downtown businesses.

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