If you worked hard to shovel a parking spot in Philly or to find one that wasn’t entombed in snow and ice, are you entitled to it? That’s the eternal question of the “Savesies” debate — ie, the practice of putting an object like a chair or cone in a spot to save it.
The debate has never been hotter — actually colder — than right now in South Philly. It’s like the wild, wild west — a frozen frontier where many streets still aren’t plowed. Snow banks, some piled multiple feet in the air, surround cars. There has never been enough parking there. Now there’s a lot less, and the snow and ice will almost certainly linger into next week.
Billy Penn spoke with residents about the current situation, and how it continues to affect the city’s parking landscape.
Mixed feelings
Parking in South Philly was already hard to come by before Sunday’s snow, said Joe Moore, an incident manager living in Point Breeze. While shoveling out his car, he expressed concern over finding another spot once he moves…