Gay Street Open-Air Dg A Late Summer Succs | Wt Chter, PA Patch

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• DISVER OUTDOOR DG ON WT CHTER’S GAY STREET THIS SPRG AND SUMMER 2023
• DAT SET FOR WT CHTER’S 2023 GAY STREET CLOSURE
• GAY-STREET-OUTDOOR-DG
• WT CHTER TO CLOSE GAY STREET TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DG
• GAY STREET OPEN-AIR DG A LATE SUMMER SUCCS
• WHERE TO SHOP & DE ON EAST GAY STREET THIS SUMMER
• WT CHTER’S POPULAR GAY STREET WILL CLOSE TO RS AND ALLOW OUTSI DG
• WT CHTER: OPEN-AIR MARKET ON GAY STREET IS BACK
• WT CHTER OFFICIALS DISCS CLOSG GAY STREET 2023 – DAILY LOL

DISVER OUTDOOR DG ON WT CHTER’S GAY STREET THIS SPRG AND SUMMER 2023

If you’re lookg for imprsive rtrants and bars offerg outdoor dg, there’s no better place than Wt Chter’s historil downtown area on Gay Street. Addrs: 10 E Gay St, Wt Chter.

DAT SET FOR WT CHTER’S 2023 GAY STREET CLOSURE

Addrs: 117 E Gay St, Wt Chter. The Social is another rtrant on Gay Street that offers outdoor dg. Addrs: 116 E Gay St, Wt Chter.

WEST CHESTER – Have no fear; outdoor dg on Gay Street will ntue. The wildly succsful panmic spired closg down of Gay Street to place tabl and chairs the roadway as part of the Open Air-Marketplace will ntue spe some burecratic hic-ups.

“In 2020, the Gay Street Open Air-Marketplace served as both an amazg boost to the muny’s well-beg, and provid a fancial solutn to our lol rtrants and bs, ” Norley said. Gay St. Dianne Herr, D-156, of Wt Chter, last year as mayor, spearhead the drive for outdoor dg on Gay Street.

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“In the Borough of Wt Chter, we n keep the Gay Street Open-Air Marketplace gog and ensure everyone has a great time outdoors while our rtrants ntue to rever through the summer.

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.

WT CHTER TO CLOSE GAY STREET TO EXPAND OUTDOOR DG

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.

While parkg is available durg the closure, parkg spots steps om your sired Gay Street lotn are not. WEST CHESTER, PA — Gay Street will be closed to vehicular traffic fely as a sectn of downtown Wt Chter is turned to a "24/7 Open Air Marketplace" to promote social distancg as bs reopen, officials cisn was agreed upon at Tuday night's borough uncil meetg and has the backg of Mayor Dianne Herr.

The closure do not merely apply to bs on Gay Street, Herr said. Acodatns have been ma for bs on other streets so that they n also set up shop outdoors on Gay more lol news livered straight to your box.

GAY STREET OPEN-AIR DG A LATE SUMMER SUCCS

Skip to ma ntentMalvern, PAMedia, PATredyf-Easttown, PAPhoenixville, PAMarple Newtown, PARadnor, PASprgfield, PAWilmgton, DEHaverford-Havertown, PALower Province, PAPennsylvaniaTop Natnal NewsSee All CommuniWEST CHESTER, PA — Open-Air dg Wt Chter Borough ma possible by the closure of Gay Street to traffic has salvaged rtrant and shop bs for now. 3 openg of the Gay Street Open-Air Marketplace. Gay Street, closed off by barriers between Matlack and Darlgton streets, was transformed to an large outdoor dg area, to assist rtrants and retail to ntue bs while also plyg wh Pennsylvania's health partment social distancg out what's happeng Wt Chterwh ee, real-time updat om Patch.

Rtrants were open, staffed, and servg, as pestrians walked Gay Street. WEST CHESTER — Proposed PECO nstctn on Market Street might change which days of the week, or even curtail, the Open Air Market on Gay Street, this year. Gay Street, om Matlack to Darlgton streets, was fully shut down for several months to vehicular traffic the past two summer seasons rponse to the panmic.

At Tuday’s meetg, borough uncil llectively asked that the borough aga seek permissn om Gay Street owner PennDOT to close down the street and aga hold the Open Air Market, although whether al dg and siwalk shoppg return is up the air.

WHERE TO SHOP & DE ON EAST GAY STREET THIS SUMMER

PECO tends to update the electril grid while placg ndu l and manhol om New to High streets on Market, and om Gay to Mer streets on Church Street. Bs Improvement District Executive Director John O’Brien wrote to bs owners that the project uld be “jt as cumbersome and impactful as the work on Gay Street has been. In a jot letter of uncil, Wt Chter Police Chief Jim Morehead and Wt Chter Fire Department Fire Chief Stephen Pelna remend that Gay Street not be closed this year due Market Street nstctn.

Council has been workg on a road swap to obta outright ownership of Gay Street, which is owned by the state. From June 12th through Augt, PECO is stallg new high-powered gas l and repavg East Gay Street between Matlack and High streets.

East Gay Street will be open to street traffic on evengs after 4pm and weekends. “East Gay Street will be closed to vehicular traffic Monday through Friday om 7am to 4pm, ” said Mallm Johnstone, Executive Director of the Wt Chter Bs Improvement District.

WT CHTER’S POPULAR GAY STREET WILL CLOSE TO RS AND ALLOW OUTSI DG

“The entire downtown muny has e together to help promote East Gay as a shoppg and dg statn, ” Mallm said.

“Wh ls traffic on Gay Street, there is an opportuny to enjoy as a walkg mall. Contue to support small bs and choose East Gay Street as your dg and shoppg scene this summer.

WT CHTER: OPEN-AIR MARKET ON GAY STREET IS BACK

Where To De: East Gay Street’s Delic Rtrant Scene. Gay Street. Where To Shop: Explore The Shoppg Scene On East Gay Street.

WT CHTER OFFICIALS DISCS CLOSG GAY STREET 2023 – DAILY LOL

"For the first few weeks was very bad, I almost went out of bs, " said Andraos, who owns "The Mederranean" on Gay Street Wt past week, however, has been a game-changer sce the borough shut down four blocks of the popular rtrant strip for s "open-air market.

There were no motorcycl, there were no tcks, there was no exhst, was such a different and wonrful experience, " she announc 15-cent movie tickets, Augt reopengMayor Herr also says if this go well, she'd nsir keepg Gay Street closed for perds even after the panmic. "Closg down Gay Street has been great and I hope 's somethg they do gog forward the summer at least, " said borough says has a al wh PennDOT to keep the street closed through the end of September and 's hopg to extend for the entire fall.

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