Diagonal Parking On Broadway In Monticello

Question from Les Kristt: "Hello Tom ... Have a question please ... When did they discontinue the slanted parking on Broadway? I am going to guess about 1947 ... I am sure you know or can find the answer ... Thank you ..." Broadway with diagonal parking, circa 1947, Monticello, New York

Answer: You're probably just about exactly right, as the description of the above photo shows (from p. 57 of "Monticello" [2010]) attests: 

"This springtime photo shows Broadway (Route 42) from above the corner Oakley (now Lakewood) Avenue. It may be more recent than the newest automobiles shown because production was curtailed during the war years. Mayor Luis DeHoyos opposed elimination of diagonal parking, but parallel parking on Broadway became mandatory in 1946 when the village sought the state's permission to install parking meters. On the right, in the Bogner Building, is the Sol Strand Barber Shop & Beauty Parlor (later David's Fast Photo); Gottesman's Gifts (now Crown Chicken); Bogner's Meat & Poultry; the Green Door Bar & Grill; and Keller Sign Co. Next is Luzker's Hosier; Trachtenberg's (now Chinatown Kitchen); Joe Hertz's shoe repair; taxi-cab company; and another barber. At the corner is St. Peter's Church (minus its steeple), then the Post Office. (Courtesy of Ralph Cutler.)

'Mayor battles to keep wide parking', The Republican Watchman, June 20, 1946.
Republican Watchman, 6/20/1946

2009 Annual Report Of The Village Historian

At the reorganizational meeting of the Village of Monticello Board of Trustees held on Monday, April 6, 2009, I was appointed Village Historian by the Village Manager. The last time a Village Historian was named was 2004, in an appointment made by then Village Manager Richard Sush.. The day after my appointment I posted a Certified letter to the last gentleman known to occupy this position, and hand-delivered a copy to the Village Clerk. I cited the New York State Art and Cultural Affairs Law §57.09, which requires of all local historians:

Monticello village managers' residency requirements

To: Monticello Village Manager, Mayor, Trustees, Attorney, Clerk, and Others Whom It May Concern:

Following is an historical summary of residency requirements placed on past appointed Village Managers. Historically, the last person prior to one recent brief occupant of the office who was fired at the end of December, to be “permanently” appointed by the Board of Trustees as Village Manager who lived inside Village limits at the time of his hiring as Manager was Robert Norris of Lake Street, some 21 years ago in 1998.

Monticello Village Historian Appointed

At the reorganizational meeting of the Village of Monticello Board of Trustees held on Monday, April 6, 2009, a relatively minor item of business was the appointment of Tom Rue as Village Historian. The last time a Village Historian was named was 2004, in an appointment made by then Village Manager Richard Sush. To the best of my knowledge, based on a review of minutes, the Village Historian position appears to have been vacant since 2005.

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