Hannah
Wallace’s “Wide Open Spaces” in the March 2007 issue gives Sarasotans the
lowdown on pain-free parking downtown. Here, she discovers more lots that are
sure to provide relief to shoppers and diners traversing Burns Court and the
Rosemary
District.
BURNS
COURT
Take
heart, Burns Courters, you’ve got spaces galore, too. The City’s lot on Orange Avenue and Dolphin Street
offers up 63 spaces, many of them free of occupants and all of them free of
charge. Burns
Court shops and restaurant are just a block away—some
even closer. Head south on Orange half a block past Ringling Boulevard; you’ll
see the lot’s expanse to your left.
ROSEMARY
DISTRICT
Though
Hibbs Farm and Garden has moved to a new location, the plant supplier’s old lot
on the southwest corner of Fourth Street and Lemon Avenue still
provides about 35 public spaces for folks doing business on either side of
Fruitville. Sitting catty-corner from Rustic Grill and Sierra Station and just
across Fruitville from chic consignment shops, it’s perfect parking for a day of
thrifting bookended by meals at the two stylish
restaurants.
Anyone
planning a stroll through Rosemary District proper on Central Avenue
should leave his or her ride in the city’s well-maintained lot on Fifth
Street, just steps from Rosemary’s charming shops
and restaurants. Traveling north on Central, turn right onto unassuming Fifth;
the lot’s 40-odd spaces will be on the left. But you don’t have to take our word
for it: The city’s big blue parking signs will show you the way.