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Never park in front of 350 Boylston St. in the Back Bay on a rainy day

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By adamg on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 1:15pm
Steaming car on Boylston Street in the Back Bay

Because there's a steam-belching manhole there and inevitably somebody will take a look at your car, become convinced it's about to burst into flames and call 911, which will bring the Fire Department, which will check, see that it is, in fact, just the manhole, and then depart - until somebody else calls 911.

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Comments

By anon on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 1:18pm.

Wait, a police car in a legitimate spot?!

By FreeHugsGuy on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 1:44pm.

Not a police car... just a run of the mill Crown Vic.

By brianjdamico on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 5:49pm.

Its hard to see in this photo, but there may be a tiny antenna on the rear of the roof, like many unmarked police cruisers have around here...

By adamg on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 6:26am.

Here's a closeup:

Antenna on a car

By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 10:51pm.

Meaning: cop car.

I have seen very few of these that aren't cop cars.

By anon on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 7:03am.

Guess you've never seen a taxi in Boston.

By adamg on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 8:02am.

Unlike certain neighboring communities (well, hello there, Brookline), Boston made the local cab companies swap out their Crown Vics for newer cars - mostly Camrys, from the look of things.

By Chuck on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 2:08am.

Actually it was. I dropped someone off right behind it.

By Wally Brown on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 2:00pm.

That's not a legal parking spot.

By anon on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 6:22pm.

Once had a townhouse neighbor call FD bc steam was coming out our dryer vent. We were home, and utterly confused when FD started knocking on our back window.