I agree. Try it out with movable planters. See how it works. The "what if" scenario comes to my mind too, I hate to say. Permanent and at what cost? There have been so many businesses to come and go in Riverside. I know that Scott has invested a lot of money in his new restaurant but we are in very tense times. Try it, we may like it.
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Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 15:46 #
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While I also see the benefit in the movable planter idea, I think I'd feel safer sitting in the street behind a brick wall.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 16:15 # -
The idea is to have the tables on the present sidewalk, up against the restaurant, and have the sidewalk meander outward around them. The planters keep the sidewalk space protected from traffic. You don't want people walking between the present restaurant space and the outdoor tables. This way, you merely have to set up the planters to block the new sidewalk space, on the current street, from the cars. The sidewalk as is is not that wide that it can comfortably accommodate both tables, seating and pedestrians. You only need to leave about 4-5 feet of street space inboard of the planters, and just ramp the curbs at each end. The street becomes wider. Pedestrians and bicycles are outboard of the tables. Then, if you need to dig something up in the street there is nothing to destroy. Commonsense. (pardon the pun.)
Here's one in Highland Park.
http://www.cafecentral.net/Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 16:50 # -
Cafe Europa - Vienna. Better with planters. Only needs to be in front of Chew Chew and Grumpy's - just three spaces lost.
There's a good pic here.
Posted Friday Nov 6, 2009 16:58 #
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