http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us Why is 22nd Street between Jefferson and Harrison so much wider than all other 'nonarterial' streets? City Engineer Jeff Steinkamp says the street is 45 feet from curb to curb, 9 feet wider than the normal 36-foot width. "While I could not find any factual reason for this street being wider, I can only assume that the developer of this subdivision was attempting to create some type of attractive boulevard or main thoroughfare feature in the design, which was popular in the late 1940s," Steinkamp said. Other urban legends on why the street is wider claim that an influential citizen living on the street wanted it to be wider, that 22nd Street was going to be the major street instead of 24th Street, and that a concrete association group wanted the wider street to showcase pavement product. Are there restrictions on the number of garage sales that take place at a specific address each year? Not in Quincy. City Planner Chuck Bevelheimer says he raised the issue of restricting garage sales about 10 years ago after noticing several residential properties conducting continuous sales in their yards and a neighbor complained. "The City Council was not supportive at the time of limiting garage sales," Bevelheimer said. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/Answers-Column-3-28--FRI