Very sad that the city did not get any feedback on this project from the residents that live next to it prior to building it. I live 22 steps from the rink. Notification to the residents that the street was closing came 2 weeks to the day AFTER the street actually closed. Construction when it was being built started at 5:30 am (that is hammering, generators, power saws, etc.)---not very conducive to sleep, especially on saturday and sunday. Parking just from closing the street became a nightmare and now with skaters added to this, is impossible. And the location means residents have to go 5 blocks out of the way every time they want to get home because J and I streets are one way and I street is not a through street. During second saturdays, residents were issued specal parking permits. this is going on for a few months and no special permits are being offered to the residents. As a former northerner, I like the idea of a downtown rink, but 1 block south (between L and K) would have been MUCH better: no immediate residents to have to deal with constant noise and music, better traffic flow, less parking impact, better walking since the street is not as narrow, less visual pollution--the big tractor trailor across the street truly ruins the nice tree-lined neighborhood view, and only 2 businesses would be blocked instead of the 6-10 that are in the current block. Why did the rink have to be built at the expense of changing the the whole character of the street?? Not a good plan folks.!

Very sad that the city did not get any feedback on this project from the residents that live next to it prior to building it. I live 22 steps from the rink. Notification to the residents that the street was closing came 2 weeks to the day AFTER the street actually closed. Construction when it was being built started at 5:30 am (that is hammering, generators, power saws, etc.)---not very conducive to sleep, especially on saturday and sunday. Parking just from closing the street became a nightmare and now with skaters added to this, is impossible. And the location means residents have to go 5 blocks out of the way every time they want to get home because J and I streets are one way and I street is not a through street. During second saturdays, residents were issued specal parking permits. this is going on for a few months and no special permits are being offered to the residents. As a former northerner, I like the idea of a downtown rink, but 1 block south (between L and K) would have been MUCH better: no immediate residents to have to deal with constant noise and music, better traffic flow, less parking impact, better walking since the street is not as narrow, less visual pollution--the big tractor trailor across the street truly ruins the nice tree-lined neighborhood view, and only 2 businesses would be blocked instead of the 6-10 that are in the current block. Why did the rink have to be built at the expense of changing the the whole character of the street?? Not a good plan folks.!