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The '''Linny Pacillo Parking Garage''' provides more than 840 parking spaces for State employee vehicles, with 40 spaces available to visitors on State business. The garage sits across from and services the [[Robert B. Atwood Building]] in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]. |
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[[File:Linny Pacillo Parking Garage (40794654963).jpg|thumb|Focus on Statehood mural on the Pacillo Parking Garage]] |
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The '''Linny Pacillo Parking Garage''' is a 10-story [[parking garage]] in [[Downtown (Anchorage)|downtown Anchorage]], [[Alaska]], United States. The upper nine stories are for parking, with the first story serving as retail space. The structure contains a total of {{convert|368830|sqft|m2}}, including the retail space. Owned by the state government of Alaska, it provides 844 parking spaces for state employees, plus 40 spaces for visitors.{{Citation needed|reason=Area, parking spaces, ownership...all of these are verifiable. Please provide some references|date=August 2017}} The garage sits across from and services the [[Robert B. Atwood Building]]. The garage was built to replace parking spaces in downtown which were displaced by the construction of the [[Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center]].{{Citation needed|reason=Displacement? Again, there is likely reporting on this. Please include some citations.|date=August 2017}} The garage was designed by architects Koonce Pfeffer Bettis Inc. Construction of the garage began on February 1, 2007, and it opened on September 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite web| title=Destination Downtown»Linny Pacillo Parking Garage| publisher=Destination Downtown| url=http://www.destinationdowntown.info/projects/linny-pacillo-parking-garage/about-the-linny-pacillo-parking-garage| accessdate=April 28, 2008| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120730192815/http://www.destinationdowntown.info/projects/linny-pacillo-parking-garage/about-the-linny-pacillo-parking-garage| archivedate=July 30, 2012}}</ref> Tenants on the first floor are Northrim Bank, who have been inaugural tenants of the facility, and the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, who opened their downtown Anchorage office in the facility on November 9, 2010. |
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The garage is named after Carolyn "Linny" Pacillo (September 2, 1959 – November 17, 2006).<ref name="ADN1">{{cite news |last=Reamer |first=David |title='The Anchorage parking fairies: How a $75 ticket started a movement |url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/06/the-anchorage-parking-fairies-how-a-75-ticket-started-a-movement/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |newspaper=[[Anchorage Daily News]] |date=January 5, 2020}}</ref> Her family operated Courtney's Tudor Service on East Tudor Road, which was one of the last remaining independent gas stations in Anchorage.<ref name="ADN1" /> The Pacillo family sold the station in 2003,<ref name="ADN1" /> which has since gone out of business.<ref name="ADN1" /> Linny Pacillo, along with her sister Susan, became pop heroes in Anchorage (and later elsewhere) by donning tutus and plugging parking meters downtown to protest strict parking enforcement. They were The Parking Fairies.<ref name="ADN1" /> [[Alaska Senate|State Senator]] [[Johnny Ellis]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] whose district includes downtown Anchorage, sponsored the bill naming the garage for Pacillo.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} The Anchorage [[city council|Assembly]] approved the name in February 2007.{{Citation needed|reason=How about a link to the Artist's Statement or a published description of the work?|date=August 2017}} |
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The Linny Pacillo Parking Garage is an exciting structure that features retail shops, restaurants, and other businesses at ground level with nine floors of parking overhead. |
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The street-front retail spaces are tucked under covered walkways that form a brightly lit colonnade. The colonnade promotes and sustains pedestrian activity, particularly in winter. Heated sidewalks ring three sides of the building for added winter safety. The retail along F Street forms a strong pedestrian link between the [[Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center]], the [[Alaska Center for the Performing Arts]], and the [[William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center]]. |
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The art in the garage, under the [[Public art#Percent for art|1 Percent for Art Program]], includes art inspired by Alaska flora and fauna on each garage level, a piece in the main elevator lobby that tells the Parking Fairies story, and a mural over the Seventh Avenue exit titled "Focus on [[Alaska Statehood Act|Statehood]]" that features four men instrumental in Alaska's becoming a state: [[Robert Atwood|Bob Atwood]], [[Bill Egan]], [[Bob Bartlett]] and [[Ernest Gruening]]. The mural, by Dan DeRoux, is made up of 540 smaller images from every community in the state, flora, fauna and the members of the Constitutional Convention.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} |
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The new sidewalks are wider than existing sidewalks and have a unique pattern & texture. Bike racks, benches, and kiosks have been installed as well. |
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The exterior façade features vehicle barrier cables sleeved through the concrete columns, which are in turn enveloped by a skin consisting of two types of metal louver panels, along with voids, that create dynamic and ascending diagonal patterns. The 7th Avenue façade features public artwork of Alaska's ealry leaders. Glass enclosed stair towers are on two corners of the parking garage, with an elevator lobby at 7th Avenue and F Street. |
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Construction of the Linny Pacillo Parking Center began February 1, 2007, and opened in September, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Destination Downtown»Linny Pacillo Parking Garage| publisher=Destination Downtown| url=http://www.destinationdowntown.info/projects/linny-pacillo-parking-garage/about-the-linny-pacillo-parking-garage| accessdate=April 28 2008}}</ref> |
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The Linny Pacillo Parking Garage is a 10-story parking garage in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The upper nine stories are for parking, with the first story serving as retail space. The structure contains a total of 368,830 square feet (34,265 m2), including the retail space. Owned by the state government of Alaska, it provides 844 parking spaces for state employees, plus 40 spaces for visitors.[citation needed] The garage sits across from and services the Robert B. Atwood Building. The garage was built to replace parking spaces in downtown which were displaced by the construction of the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center.[citation needed] The garage was designed by architects Koonce Pfeffer Bettis Inc. Construction of the garage began on February 1, 2007, and it opened on September 8, 2008.[1] Tenants on the first floor are Northrim Bank, who have been inaugural tenants of the facility, and the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, who opened their downtown Anchorage office in the facility on November 9, 2010.
Name
[edit]The garage is named after Carolyn "Linny" Pacillo (September 2, 1959 – November 17, 2006).[2] Her family operated Courtney's Tudor Service on East Tudor Road, which was one of the last remaining independent gas stations in Anchorage.[2] The Pacillo family sold the station in 2003,[2] which has since gone out of business.[2] Linny Pacillo, along with her sister Susan, became pop heroes in Anchorage (and later elsewhere) by donning tutus and plugging parking meters downtown to protest strict parking enforcement. They were The Parking Fairies.[2] State Senator Johnny Ellis, a Democrat whose district includes downtown Anchorage, sponsored the bill naming the garage for Pacillo.[citation needed] The Anchorage Assembly approved the name in February 2007.[citation needed]
Art
[edit]The art in the garage, under the 1 Percent for Art Program, includes art inspired by Alaska flora and fauna on each garage level, a piece in the main elevator lobby that tells the Parking Fairies story, and a mural over the Seventh Avenue exit titled "Focus on Statehood" that features four men instrumental in Alaska's becoming a state: Bob Atwood, Bill Egan, Bob Bartlett and Ernest Gruening. The mural, by Dan DeRoux, is made up of 540 smaller images from every community in the state, flora, fauna and the members of the Constitutional Convention.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Destination Downtown»Linny Pacillo Parking Garage". Destination Downtown. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Reamer, David (January 5, 2020). "'The Anchorage parking fairies: How a $75 ticket started a movement". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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