Bassett Proposes
Parking Garage
COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital proposed adding 350 parking spaces, including an underground parking garage, during a meeting with neighbors, Mayor Jeff Katz and Village Trustees in the Clark Auditorium last night.
"This came about after years and years of conversation, thought and public comment," said Katz. "If this goes through, that will be more parking than Doubleday and the business district combined."
Proposed as a three-part plan, the project would begin with 145 spaces in a surface parking lot on Riverside Drive, cul-de-sac off of Susquehanna Avenue. Bassett owns three houses on the property, which would be demolished.
An additional 200 spaces in an underground lot would be built into the hillside, making the structure will be concealed and unobtrusive. "Having it underground will really lessen the aesthetic impact to the village," said Katz.
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