LOAD IN
YOU CAN UNLOAD YOUR GEAR IN THE CONVENIENT
LOADING DOCK, BUT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES
WITHOUT MAKING PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS.
THERE ARE PROBABLY 20 PARKING LOTS WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE OF WORLD CHI RECORDING STUDIO. THEY VARY ACCORDING TO PRICE, DISTANCE, AND CONVENIENCE.
MY FAVORITE SPOT
INDOOR $9.00 ALL DAY (MUST MOVE CAR AT 7:00 PM)
100 YARDS EAST OF 2ND STREET ON BRYANT, YOU'LL SEE THE SIGN AND MUST
TURN DOWN A LITTLE (UNMARKED) STREET. THE STREET SIGN AT THE OTHER
END OF THE STREET SAYS "END RINCON", BUT MAPS SOMETIMES CALL THIS
"BRYANT PLACE".
OTHER LOTS, ON HARRISON BETWEEN 3RD AND FOURTH THERE IS AN INDOOR LOT WHICH IS USUALLY $5.00 AFTER 1 PM. A 6 MINUTE WALK. PROBLEM: THEY CHANGE THE RATES UNPREDICTABLY. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LOTS DOWN HARRISON. MOSTLY OUTDOORS, RANGING BETWEEN $8-10. GOOD NEWS IS YOU DON'T USUALLY HAVE TO MOVE YOUR CAR AT 7:00 PM.
METER
METER IS A PAIN! $3.00 PER HOUR, MUST FEED QUARTERS, AND CAN USUALLY ONLY STAY THERE AN HOUR. THEY WATCH THESE PRETTY CLOSE.
PLUS, MOST PLACES WILL NOT LET YOU PARK BETWEEN 4-7 PM. THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND YOU'LL GET TOWED QUICK FOR THIS ONE.
EXCEPTIONS!!
AFTER 7 PM THEY QUIT CHECKING THE METERS. FREE!!! AND THEY ARE NOT CHECKED ON SUNDAY AT ALL. ALSO, CHECK HOLIDAY PARKING SUCH AS LABOR DAY, 4TH OF JULY, ETC. AS THE MEMTERS ARE NOT USUALLY CHECKED..
RESIDENTIAL PARKING
ON STILLMAN, SEE THE MAP ON THE MAIN PAGE AND ZOOM IN, (100 YARDS FROM STUDIO AND ACROSS THE STREET UNDER THE BRIDGE) YOU CAN USUALLY FIND A SPOT. PARKING IS FREE, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR AN HOUR. IF YOU'VE GOT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF SESSION, THIS IS USUALLY PRETTY GOOD BET.
ABOUT 1/2 A BLOCK EAST FROM 2ND ON BRYANT THERE IS 2 HOUR FREE STREET PARKING. SAME CONDITIONS AS ON STILLMAN. PROBABLY ABOUT A 4 MINUTE WALK.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER FREE ALLEY WAY PARKING SPOTS AROUND BUT IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND EXCEPT ON SATURDAYS.
NOTE: AS OF THIS WRITING, BARRY BONDS IS GETTING READY TO BREAK THE HOME RUN RECORD, THEREFORE, BASEBALL IS SCREWING EVERYTHING UP. IF THERE IS A WEEKDAY (OR EVEN SATURDAY) GAME - TAKE BART. FOR EXAMPLE: MY FAVORITE $9.00 SPOT JACKS RATES UP TO $40.00!!! NIGHT GAMES DON'T USUALLY JACK UP THE RATES FOR DAY PARKING.
BART IS ONLY A 6 MINUTE WALK STRAIGHT DOWN 2ND STREET. GET
OFF AT MONTGOMERY STREET STATION. BART IS OK DURING THE DAY.
I DON'T LIKE IT AT NIGHT, IT IS A LITTLE CREEPY.