A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from September 29, 2021
“Parking assumes the existence of a parqueen”

There is “parking,” but no “parqueen.” The two terms have been printed on several images.
   
“The opposite of parking. Parqueen” was posted on Twitter by Rad Luke on May 23, 2011. “Why do they call it parking and not parqueen #feministproblems” was posted on Twitter by alyssa on February 3, 2013. “Parking assumes the existence of a parqueen” was posted on Twitter by Jah on March 20, 2021. “Every parking needs a parqueen” was posted on Twitter by هیستِرزیس on September 20, 2021.
   
     
Twitter   
Rad Luke
@prozakuk
The opposite of parking. Parqueen.
2:44 PM · May 23, 2011·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
L
@Suleemoon
Parking >> Parqueen #LT
12:30 AM · Jul 11, 2012·Twitter for BlackBerry®
   
Twitter
Kev©
@Kevskees
I see parking but not parqueen. #yisdat
2:06 PM · Sep 26, 2012 from Long Beach, CA·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
alyssa
@_alvssa
Why do they call it parking and not parqueen #feministproblems
7:34 AM · Feb 3, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Gabe Marquez-Hizon
@gebMarquez
“I’ll be the parking, you be my parqueen.” #kyot
9:44 AM · Apr 14, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Enzo
@EnzoVergaraa
@snowflakealexa @GabrielleGerbil @_ChooeyOuie
@hindiakosimark ParKING
ParQUEEN
ParPRINCESS
ParPRINCE
5:07 AM · Nov 17, 2013·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
arielle kaplan
@buffyfangirl94
“Parking? That’s sexist. What about parqueen?”—
@IlanJKaplan
12:43 PM · Nov 27, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
pat ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
@sadpods_
Replying to @sadpods_
@NAGBIHES
parking
parqueen
parprincess
parprince
parknight
7:54 AM · Feb 24, 2016·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Contractor Faiz bhai
@faizmuzna
Feminists be like :
“Why there is only Parking and no Parqueen??”
2:25 AM · Apr 26, 2016·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Stephen Albright 🕯
@realStephenAlb
Why are there parking lots but no parqueen lots. #patriarchy #menaretrash
12:17 PM · May 15, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Spencer CP
@Daaa_Air_Man
If America wasn’t so sexist, maybe it wouldn’t be “parking,” but maybe it would be “parqueen.”
10:04 AM · Oct 6, 2017·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Her Majesty, tax dodging Bitch.
@nissa_senku
“Why do we say parKING not parQUEEN” wow men are trash
10:45 AM · Mar 7, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
slate
@PleaseBeGneiss
Parking lot by day
Parqueen lot by night
12:53 AM · Mar 23, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
desperadovan
@desperadovan
Replying to @zadnadama
Parking (m) vs. Parqueen (f)
2:30 PM · Nov 13, 2018·Mobile Web (M2)
   
Twitter
Hassaan
@VVardaddy
“If you can’t find parking, find parqueen” ~
@salmansarwarr
11:06 AM · Jul 22, 2019·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Lucky Me
@Light_bound
Replying to @paulg
And here is a joke by 8-yrs old princess:
What is a parqueen?
A parking for the queen
1:23 PM · Sep 13, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Wasif
@its_wasif
Why parking?
Why not parqueen?
9:17 AM · Nov 15, 2019·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
The Kid
@famousblvck
Feminists be like “what they say parking instead of parqueen”
6:17 AM · Jan 25, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
sarcastic laundiya
@ramsha_Jabeen
feminist after realising it’s bunking and parking and not bunqueen and parqueen:
3:14 AM · Jun 7, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Sushona
@Charitebrown
Why Smoking ? Why not smoqueen
Why parking ? Why not parqueen
Why mental !? Why not womental
Do u got me
Try more in comments ....
7:26 PM · Sep 15, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Jah
@MJahleel
Parking assumes the existence of a parqueen
1:54 PM · Mar 20, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Bugha
@imchildprodigy
No one:
Feminist: *why it is parking and not parqueen?*
8:22 PM · May 1, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
BiaAly BiHan02
@BiaalyB
Feminists when they realise they are on PARKING instead PARQUEEN*
11:36 AM · May 2, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Chicken Momos
@MartianManhattn
why parking, why not parqueen? I hate this patriarchal world, ughhh
9:15 PM · May 13, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
هیستِرزیس
@Haameddddd
Every parking needs a parqueen.
6:12 AM · Sep 20, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
feminists
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Feminists when they’re forced to park in a parKing lot and not a parQueen lot:
7:39 PM · Sep 29, 2021·Twitter Web App

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