WPCNR THE PARKING NEWS. By John F. Bailey. June 23, 2010:

The Lyon Place parking garage is closed indefinitely the the City of White Plains reported today when asked by the CitizeNetReporter why the Lyon Place Garage (corner of Waller and Lyon Place) was "closed for emergency repairs."

Antoinette Biordi, city Communications Director said the five story garage owned by the Esplanade senior care facility was closed due to emergency repairs on the top three floors that were begun last night (when torrential rains pelted the downtown). 

Overnight parkers who park on the first two floors of the garage which the city leases from Esplanade, Biordi said, should park at the Chester and Maple Garage where their city permits would be recognized. The city leases approximately 160 spaces from the garage.

Asked what the repairs were being conducted, Biordi referred WPCNR to Esplanade, the senior assisted living facility adjacent the open level 5 story garage (now closed).

Biordi said the city asked the Esplanade management if they could guarantee the safety of parkers on the first two floors that the two floors would be safe while construction was being conducted, but the Esplanade would not, "so we had no choice but to close the garage," Biordi said.