Saturday, October 6, 2007 - We're about to start our fifth week at the hospital, and we (along with lots of visitors to Ellison 1816) have had to find parking near the hospital many times. Mady's last ANC measure was still zero, so it appears we'll be searching for parking around MGH a while longer.
We've parked in the Yawkey Garage often, and as Boston parking goes it's pretty cheap at $8 for 2 to 24 hours if you're visiting a patient (it's $40 if you're not). We've also had occasional luck finding a parking meter on either Cambridge St. or Charles St. Just don't park farther than 12 inches away from the curb or you'll get a $20 ticket (yes, I know this from experience).
But the place to try first is North Anderson Street. It's the next one past North Grove Street (the main entrance to the hospital), but it's one-way and you can't get to it directly from Cambridge Street. Turn into North Grove then take the first right (onto Parkman Street) and right again onto North Anderson. We've almost always been able find either free parking (6pm - 6am weekdays and all day on weekends) on the east side, or metered parking on the west side. Click on the picture above to enlarge it.
By the way, in the middle of the east side of the street you'll see Bob--a small freestanding brick building that Julia loves... and she named it Bob.
North Anderson is only one block long, but because you can't turn onto it from Cambridge St., the parking muse often leaves spaces available for those who are enlightened and persistent enough to drive around the block to look.
Parking karma? We can make our own stinking parking karma...
Day 27: The Parking Muse at MGH
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We used to call the hunt for parking at UT "sharking for parking" because it feels like you are a shark circling around waiting for something to open up. Good luck!
Another trick is, if you are only going to be there for one hour and you want to do some fast grocery shopping anyway... you can park in the whole foods parking lot, and buy anything from the whole foods market, you get one free hour! It is not too far from the hospital at all. Of course, you have to watch your time, otherwise it is almost like a ticket!
Cindy
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