Closg Gay Street for "24/7 Open Air Market" Remas Up the Air | Wt Chter, PA Patch

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• CLOSG GAY STREET FOR "24/7 OPEN AIR MARKET" REMAS UP THE AIR
• DAT SET FOR WT CHTER’S 2023 GAY STREET CLOSURE
• GAY STREET
• WT CHTER’S GAY STREET OPEN-AIR MARKET RETURNS FRIDAY (YAY!)
• 144 W GAY ST FLOOR 3, WT CHTER, PA 19380APARTMENT FOR RENT $4,500/MO5 BD2 BA1,000 SQFT144 W GAY ST FLOOR 3, WT CHTER, PA 19380
• GAY STREET OPEN-AIR MARKET 2023
• 144 W GAY ST FLOOR 3, WT CHTER, PA 19380
• 500 W GAY ST, WT CHTER, PA 19380
• 334 W GAY ST, WT CHTER, PA 19380
• 408 W GAY ST, WT CHTER, PA 19380

CLOSG GAY STREET FOR "24/7 OPEN AIR MARKET" REMAS UP THE AIR

WEST CHESTER, PA — Whether Gay Street will close to traffic to provi a "24/7 Open Air Marketplace" om Memorial Day to Labor Day remas the past two summers, Gay Street was closed om Matlock to Darlgton streets, providg rints and visors an area to socialize and de whout worryg about traffic.

DAT SET FOR WT CHTER’S 2023 GAY STREET CLOSURE

Police and fire pani have exprsed ncern about public safety wh PECO workg the area and Gay Street beg out what's happeng Wt Chterwh ee, real-time updat om Patch. Council is nsirg three optns:Opt not to close Gay Street 2022 and review the optn to close the road on weekends om Friday to Monday morng.

In 2021, he said, the bs supported closg Gay Street.

A total of 79 of 101 bs reprentativ the borough supported closg Gay Street, acrdg to a survey nducted by the nonprof 2021. O’Brien said he believ many bs are hopg to close Gay Street aga. WEST CHESTER—After months of discsn, at Wednday’s meetg, Borough Council promised and cid to close Gay Street for the Open Air Market on weekends.

GAY STREET

The borough recently gaed more ntrol after tradg ownership wh PennDOT of Chtnut Street for Gay Street. The borough seized ntrol of, and now has the abily to, more easily tablish dat and tim for the Gay Street closure and the Open Air Market. “I n’t drive down Gay Street on a Tuday morng, ” she said.

Meters on Gay Street generate about $18, 000 per month between April and October. “Although this analysis do not measure the amount of revenue lost due to Gay Street beg closed for parkg on weekends between May and September 2022, shows that creas garage revenue suggt the two lotns absorbed some of the mand om the roughly 65 spac lost to the closure, ” reads a Borough Manager Sean Metrick memo distributed to uncil and the mayor.

Gay Street acunts for about 4 percent of a total 393 on street and 1, 320 off street parkg spac the Central Bs District. The Bs Improvement District pays about $1, 500 annually to move the barriers om storage at Hoop Park and set them up on Gay Street.

WT CHTER’S GAY STREET OPEN-AIR MARKET RETURNS FRIDAY (YAY!)

Updated May 3: Once aga the Wt Chter Borough Council agenda clud a le em on the Gay Street Closure, and this week a cisn was ma.

Now that Gay Street is officially unr Borough ntrol officials will not have to seek approval om PennDOT regardg the duratn of the closure.

Streets impacted: Gay Street om Matlack to New Streets.

144 W GAY ST FLOOR 3, WT CHTER, PA 19380APARTMENT FOR RENT $4,500/MO5 BD2 BA1,000 SQFT144 W GAY ST FLOOR 3, WT CHTER, PA 19380

Wt Chter Borough Council has approved the outdoor regulatns for the 2023 Gay Street Open Air Market – they are sentially the same as the 2022 l.

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GAY STREET OPEN-AIR MARKET 2023

After much back and forth, and months of lays by Borough Council, thgs got a ltle too close for fort last week as lears awaed the ok to close Gay Street which never me. Gay Street downtown Wt Chter will close on Friday.

Remember that ltle issue wh who owns Gay Street the state or Wt Chter? “As many of you saw our recent post, the Borough of Wt Chter need to get lol ntrol of Gay Street or get a special events applitn approved by PennDOT and the Feral Highway Admistratn (FHWA) orr to close the street for the Open-Air Market, ” Wt Chter’s Bs Improvement District shared on their social media channels on Saturday. In prev eratns when Gay Street closed was closed for the entirety of the summer.

Gay Street will be closed to traffic om Matlack to Darlgton Streets. While you n not drive down Gay Street, traffic n still cross om north to south (and vice versa). On Labor Day and Fourth of July, Gay Street will be closed om Friday to Tuday morng.

144 W GAY ST FLOOR 3, WT CHTER, PA 19380

The Future of Gay Street. The Gay Street closure returns Friday – but ’s jt on weekends this year. Control over Gay Street.

One of the biggt, annual hurdl to closg Gay Street has been PennDot. As a state road, Wt Chter mt get permissn to close Gay Street for any length of time. However, while this new agreement would let the borough close Gay Street at will, PennDot is requirg a stipulatn that keeps Wt Chter om closg the road permanently.

Gay Street Closure Visor Rul. WEST CHESTER — Wh the borough now owner of Gay Street, borough uncil, at Tuday’s meetg, has started planng for the 2023 Open Air Market.

500 W GAY ST, WT CHTER, PA 19380

As part of a recent tra, the borough took over ntrol of Gay Street and PennDOT now owns Chtnut Street. Most rtrant and shop owners want the four block Gay Street closure, om Matlack to Darlgton streets, to ntue. Possibly as soon as November’s uncil meetgs, a cisn might be ma on whether to close Gay Street jt on weekends or allow for dg unr the stars, seven days per week.

She seeks a 24/7 closure and said that she uld get 1, 000 people favor of fully shuttg down Gay Street seven days per week to sign a petn. Asked, “How would you rank the current length of closure of the Gay Street (Friday afternoon to Monday morng)?

334 W GAY ST, WT CHTER, PA 19380

Borough Councilman Bernie Flynn noted that there are several “dark” or vant spots on Gay Street. He said that some those areas are beg filled wh yoga class, and asked whether bs not loted on Gay Street might occupy those areas. Councilman Brian McGnis said that the borough would lose $30, 000 per month, or $180, 000 annually–if the street were to be closed om May to October– parkg meter revenue sce some Gay Street spots are unavailable to motorists.

408 W GAY ST, WT CHTER, PA 19380

The views exprsed here are the thor's Gay Street Open-Air Market was created durg the panmic to give rints and visors more space to shop, eat, and explore town.

Each year, four blocks of Gay Street (om Matlack Street to Darlgton Street) are closed to vehicl so everyone n partake al dg and shoppg.