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It was a lovely day and I was walking along Hubbard Street between State and Dearborn when I noticed a maintenance man working on one of the new electronic parking meters. He had the top cover off, revealing an impressive collection of vaguely futuristic, unidentifiable gizmos.
As I passed him, the contraption suddenly began to whir and click and buzz with great vigor.
He sprang back from the meter and, throwing both arms above his head, cried to the heavens, just like Colin Clive in the original 1931 “Frankenstein” movie: “It’s alive!”
