(Travis Meier/The Washington Post) 4 min A spear ... another barrier includes rusty metal wire: tetanus lying in wait. What do these menacing impediments protect? Empty parking lots.

Washington Post photo by John Kelly Zev Zalman "Z.Z ... Z.Z. is a former heavy metal bass player -- seen in the cult film "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" -- who embraced Hasidic Judaism in 2006.

ST. LOUIS — Steel in the parking garage on Sixth Street downtown is rusting. Metal beams are mounted floor-to-ceiling to support some floors. Sign posts warn drivers not to park in certain areas.

Most drivers roar right by the red and white signs on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, but Pat Veesart slows down and calls them out one by one. “Almost guaranteed it’s not a legitimate sign ...

engineering docs obtained by The Post show. The extensive work required to make the Financial District parking deck safe was laid bare in a 2010 engineering report after the owners of the Ann ...

The Dallas Cowboys’ plan to spend a rare evening playing under open skies was scrapped Monday when metal fell from the roof at AT&T Stadium. The team said no one was injured in the incident ...

A widely read Facebook post by a local food truck owner reignited the issue this month. Concerns about perceived parking shortages -- exacerbated by summer events and public gatherings -- have ...

Heavy Metal Parking Lot was only 16 and a half minutes long, and the concept was bare-bones: just fans and staff outside the Capital Centre arena in Largo, Md., before a concert by two metal bands ...

A three-story parking garage used by hundreds daily ... in October triggered by dangerously damaged concrete and steel. The Post and Courier previously identified hundreds more high-rises close ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — You'll see some crews working along Gandy Beach for the next week as posts are installed to keep people from parking their cars in the ...