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Parking is managed by the city of Stamford. [1] [5] CT Transit Stamford provides bus service from the station. [5] History. The mainline station on an early postcard.
Stamford (/ ˈ s t æ m f ər d /) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles (55 kilometers) outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport.
A parking lot is located at the west side of the station off Hope Street. [8] Station parking is controlled by Stamford city government, which owns most of the parking lot. [7] The state owns a much smaller parking area at the south end of the station. [8] The parking lot has landscaping and a "period pedestal clock". [8]
Cummings Park is located in Stamford, Connecticut, US. It is made up of about 79 acres (320,000 m 2) of shorefront property on Long Island Sound. [1] The main attraction of the park is Cummings Beach, which once had a seasonal harbor seal colony of which only a white marble seal statue is left. The park also has a playfield, four baseball ...
Over time, the island was converted to a park by the City of Stamford, with the United States Army Corps of Engineers developing the island's beach in the late 1950s. The park was flooded during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, with Stamford's parks and beaches suffering $2.5 million in total damages from the storm. [ 6 ]
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In 1980, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $50 million for a new station and parking garage in Stamford. The cost was paid 70% by the FRA, 20% by the state, and 10% by the city. Construction began in 1983. Garage construction was soon halted due to cracks in support beams caused by a contractor omitting components.
By 1960, when the center was sold fo $5 million, it had 367,000 sq ft (34,100 m 2) of gross leasable area and parking for 1000 cars. [6] When Gimbel Bros. closed the New York City Saks 34th Street flagship store in July 1965, the three Saks-34th branches including Stamford were converted to Gimbels branches. [7]