Man's Streak Of Getting Great Parking Spot Ends At 37

April 12, 2006 | Issue 42•15

CHICAGO, IL—Self-described "Michael Jordan Of Parking" Tim Llewelyn saw his personal record of consecutive "awesome" parking places end Monday at 37, sources close to the junior accounts manager said. "He had a damn good run," said coworker John Billups, who was in Llewelyn's 1999 Toyota Camry when he spent an hour fruitlessly circling the Hyde Park area. "In fact, were it not for all the road work near the [University Of Chicago] campus, he might've made it to 40." As of press time, Llewelyn's streak of parallel-parking attempts without making bumper contact stood at six.