(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.

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - The concrete has set, and the exterior walls have gone up, so what does the new Gregg County Parking Facility ... not be a walk-through metal detector like at the ...