City Newspaper Archives - 4/2008
MIDTOWN: Schedule for closing announced
Published on Apr 04, 2008
With the exception of the Euclid Building lobby at Euclid Street, Midtown Plaza will officially close to the public on August 1. Rochester-based
telecommunications company Paetec plans to locate its headquarters there by mid-2011.
The city will take ownership of the plaza's properties in early May. A majority of the tenants will have left by the end of June and by August 1, all tenants will be gone except Clear Channel Radio in the Euclid Building and the Trailways bus station on Elm Street. Clear Channel and Trailways will remain as tenants through December.
Beginning June 30, the city will begin limiting access to the plaza by closing the Chase and Xerox skyway connections and on August 1, pedestrian access to the Midtown Garage will be limited to the Euclid Building lobby and the Broad Street underground tunnel from the gateway
atrium at the southeast corner of Broad Street and Clinton Avenue.
The Midtown parking garage will close on September 30. A parking relocation plan has been developed to accommodate the 1,300 current garage customers. The City is re-opening the Mortimer Street garage and a creating a new surface lot on Mortimer Street. Alternative parking options include the East End and St. Joseph's parking garages.
telecommunications company Paetec plans to locate its headquarters there by mid-2011.
The city will take ownership of the plaza's properties in early May. A majority of the tenants will have left by the end of June and by August 1, all tenants will be gone except Clear Channel Radio in the Euclid Building and the Trailways bus station on Elm Street. Clear Channel and Trailways will remain as tenants through December.
Beginning June 30, the city will begin limiting access to the plaza by closing the Chase and Xerox skyway connections and on August 1, pedestrian access to the Midtown Garage will be limited to the Euclid Building lobby and the Broad Street underground tunnel from the gateway
atrium at the southeast corner of Broad Street and Clinton Avenue.
The Midtown parking garage will close on September 30. A parking relocation plan has been developed to accommodate the 1,300 current garage customers. The City is re-opening the Mortimer Street garage and a creating a new surface lot on Mortimer Street. Alternative parking options include the East End and St. Joseph's parking garages.
