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Cove Island Park is an 83-acre park, beach and recreation area in the Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound. Access to the park requires a parking pass. The city's Park Commission charges Stamford residents with valid Stamford car registrations can buy a season pass for $25 at Government Center, the non-resident ...
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.
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]
In 2007, city officials were considering the idea of building a second train station in the area, possibly at the original mainline station site. [7] In December 2010, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell announced that the state Bonding Commission was expected to approve $950,000 in financing for a canopy.
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]
A map of Connecticut The U.S. state of Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound , on the west by New York , on the north by Massachusetts , and on the east by Rhode Island . The state capital and fourth largest city is Hartford , and other major cities and towns (by population) include Bridgeport , New Haven , Stamford ...
Old North Stamford Road at Rippowam River in northern Stamford [31]: 2 41°06′54″N 73°32′42″W / 41.115°N 73.545°W / 41.115; -73.545 ( Turn-of-River A lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892, using a design patented by William O. Douglas in 1878 for a lens-type truss bridge .
The station has a 9-car-long side platform on the south side, a 10-car-long platform on the north side and two high-level 12-car-long island platforms. [6]: 20 The main station concourse straddles the tracks of the Northeast Corridor, and contains the ticket booth, a passenger waiting area, and shops.