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Schenectady businesses battle over parking lot real estate
Friday, July 24, 2009
By Kathleen Moore (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

SCHENECTADY — How do you annex a parking lot?
With a tow truck, of course.
The parking crunch near the Erie Boulevard bars has led to an all-out feud in which each business that owns — or even operates near — a parking lot is threatening to call in the tow trucks to preserve its space.
Clinton’s Ditch had to be quietly scolded last week after a manager put signs on Van Dyck customers’ cars telling them that they would be towed if they kept parking in the public lot in front of Clinton’s Ditch.
They had to be reminded that anyone can park in a public lot, Metroplex Development Authority Chairman Ray Gillen said.
But Clinton’s Ditch workers are by no means alone in their threats of towing. They got the idea from the Van Dyck, which used the same threat to weed out non-customers in its parking lot last month.
The only difference is that the Van Dyck actually owns its lot.
In fact, Clinton’s Ditch is surrounded by other people’s parking lots. Across the street, Katie O’Byrnes is fortunate enough to be in a large Metroplex-owned parking lot. Clinton’s Ditch customers can park there, too — but it is so difficult to cross the road there that the city is planning to spend millions making the crosswalks safe.
On the other side of Erie Boulevard, Clinton’s Ditch is bookended by parking lots it can’t use. On one side, there’s the Van Dyck lot. On the other is the Burger King lot — enticingly empty after the dine-in section of the store closes at 10 p.m. but completely off-limits all night long...........>>>>..............>>>>............http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jul/24/0724_noparking/

All that booze and no place to park.

You'd think with all those people, there'd be a lot more DUI offenses

FANOPOLI TO YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET BY DURING THE BUSH DEPRESSION YOU FOOL

Who cares where folks that are 'paying' park.....OMG!!....it's not more than 1 1/2 blocks either way.....how LAZY can folks get...
dont worry----to actually be treated via National Healthcare....one must meet pedometer goals......

Good thing we have the Metroplex to take care of the watering holes, huh?  They're SPECIALTY is parking lots per the latest audit.  Maybe they should work something out here...or allow parking down at the (Burger) King's.