{"id":246,"date":"2009-05-03T07:03:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=246"},"modified":"2009-05-03T07:03:29","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T21:03:29","slug":"unfriendly-parking-regulations-at-westpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Unfriendly parking regulations at Westpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cdino%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cdino%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso\" rel=\"Edit-Time-Data\" \/><!--[if !mso]> \n\n<style> v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:\"Arial Narrow\"; \tpanose-1:2 11 5 6 2 2 2 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:swiss; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0cm; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt; \tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; \tmso-header-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> \n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1027\"\/> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">   <o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\"\/>  <\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">Last March 6th, I had an early dinner at Le Colonial Restaurant, 4th Flr. of Westpoint Shopping Centre.\u00a0 I could not find a parking space in the Top Level open parking so I parked my car on the third level and went up through the escalator to the 4th Floor.\u00a0 After dinner at 7:00 PM, I went back to level 3 again using the escalator. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">To my surprise, there were already steel barricades leading to the level 3 parking area.\u00a0 I felt lucky when I saw some people coming out, apparently workers, accompanied by a security guard.\u00a0 When I tried to get in through the gate, the burly security guard rudely told me that I could not get in anymore.\u00a0 I told him I just had my dinner at the 4th Floor and my car was parked just near the Level 3 Entrance. No amount of explanation and pleading would move this big burly security guard. I was told to go up the 4th Floor and find my way back to the Level 3 Parking Area.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype  id=\"_x0000_t75\" coordsize=\"21600,21600\" o:spt=\"75\" o:preferrelative=\"t\"  path=\"m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe\" filled=\"f\" stroked=\"f\">  <v:stroke joinstyle=\"miter\"\/>  <v:formulas>   <v:f eqn=\"if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"sum @0 1 0\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"sum 0 0 @1\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"prod @2 1 2\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"prod @3 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"sum @0 0 1\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"prod @6 1 2\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelWidth\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"sum @8 21600 0\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"prod @7 21600 pixelHeight\"\/>   <v:f eqn=\"sum @10 21600 0\"\/>  <\/v:formulas>  <v:path o:extrusionok=\"f\" gradientshapeok=\"t\" o:connecttype=\"rect\"\/>  <o:lock v:ext=\"edit\" aspectratio=\"t\"\/> <\/v:shapetype><v:shape id=\"_x0000_s1026\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" style='position:absolute;  left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:282.6pt;margin-top:26pt;width:279pt;  height:169.55pt;z-index:-1' wrapcoords=\"-59 0 -59 21502 21600 21502 21600 0 -59 0\">  <v:imagedata src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\DOCUME~1\\dino\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msohtml1\\01\\clip_image001.png\"   o:title=\"\"\/>  <w:wrap type=\"tight\"\/> <\/v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">It took me sometime to find my way and only after a long walk.\u00a0 If this is the new parking regulations of Westpoint Shopping Centre, they should have the courtesy of making announcements, advising the shopping and dining public or putting some visible notice before the Entrance from the Parking Area, that the exit is no longer accessible after a certain time.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">With this new parking regulations, movie goers, bowlers, and diners would be greatly affected.\u00a0 What if the 4th Top Level parking is full?\u00a0 Where do we park?\u00a0 This system definitely would discourage evening diners and movie goers, not to mention the bowlers who normally play in the evening. And what about the disabled diners going to the 4th Floor Restaurants?\u00a0 Do they expect the disabled to walk a long way down to the third floor if they could not find a parking at the 4th Floor and are forced to go down to the lower parking levels.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">I am also calling the attention of all the tenants of the 4th Level, restaurants, bowling centre, and movie house to rally behind the public to request the Westpoint Management to open the access to the parking area, even just for the 3rd floor.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 3pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'\">I am well known at Crystal Seafood Restaurant and Le Colonial and they could attest that I am a regular diner in their places. 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