Liberty Park (Gateway Plaza) — Attraction in City of Schenectady

Soon as this park's (Gateway Plaza) renovation is complete, Schenectady Police, the county Sheriff, or city law enforcement officials should patrol this park both during the day and night to keep out homeless people, people who are drunk (alcoholics), graffiti artists, vandals who could (or who even think about) destroying this park, drug dealers (addicts), litterbugs who throw garbage on the ground, especially in the CDTA bus shelter located in the park, or in the park itself, and panhandlers who ask or beg people for money, or they will be arrested (prosecuted) for the full extent of the law, or get a fine by putting a crackdown on it, and security cameras should be installed throughout this park to protect SCCC Students who live in the dorms (College Suites at Washington Square), which is located right next to Gateway plaza, and senior citizens who will be living in the apartments (which will be in the old YMCA building) across the street from Gateway plaza. A sign for the new Gateway plaza that reads: e.g., "No trespassing or Loitering in Gateway park during park closing hours at night, or violators will be prosecuted" should be installed at the entrance to this park, along with a sign that show a list of park rules and curfew hours for Gateway Park, esp. for minors (or younger people - e.g., between 10 pm and 6 am) should also be installed, which should help protect this park to keep it safe when it is closed to the public at night to keep homeless people, vandals, drug dealers (addicts), graffiti artists, or panhandlers away from this new park, by doing curfew checks at night. The police should also patrol Gateway Plaza both day and night to keep out homeless people, panhandlers, vandals, and graffiti artists who should think twice before destroying the park, people who are drunk (alcoholics), and drug dealers (addicts) to help keep Gateway Plaza safe, very similar to what they did over 20 years ago at Riverside Park in the Stockade neighborhood in Schenectady just after it was renovated (that same park in the Stockade neighborhood which is located right next to the Mohawk River was also called Rotundo Park from 1949 to 1999). After its renovation in 1999, its name was changed to Riverside Park. In May 2019, Gateway Plaza added a new colorful rainbow pride art sculpture that you can walk through very similar to going through a tunnel. These photos and videos taken by Walter Clark here shows what it looks like. From a distance, it resembles a rainbow. This new walk-through Pride Art sculpture in Gateway Plaza highlights the LGBTQ equal rights movement (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer), with pride educational panels on each arch that are related to that word located on top of that arch relating to various milestones, that reached over the movement in the last 50 years since 1969, like shown in these photos. In this pride art sculpture reads: Stonewall (red); Marches (orange); Sonda (yellow); dignity (green); marriage (blue), and Genda (violet), the same colors seen on the pride flag, in the order from its top to bottom. This temporary art installation at Gateway Plaza in Schenectady marks the 50th anniversary in June 2019 of the Stonewall riots in New York City, marking a milestone in the gay rights movement. It will stay at Gateway Plaza until 2020. This pride art sculpture like in these photos and videos taken by Walter Clark will become both a visual education and exhibition piece. Starting in June 2020, the annual Schenectady Pride Festival will take place at the Gateway Plaza Park every year, instead at Jay Street in downtown...

I wait here for the bus frequently, and for the most part it's nice, except for the constant harassment from the same people asking for money and cigarettes, and not wanting to sit on the benches because multiple times I've seen drunks sprawled out that have wet themselves and spilled beer all over the seats. I see cops go by all the time and they don't do anything. I wouldn't care so much about the people asking for money and cigarettes if they weren't so rude about it. I had one yell at me because I wouldn't give him my bus fare, the only cash I had. I do love the new pride sculpture that they installed though. It makes the bus stop and park look bright...

Visually pleasing park/bus station(g'hound/t'ways)/bus terminal (CDTA) that is nice, has plaques and visual features to explore, and has an expansive, oft-cut lawn which oft hosts music events and pic-i-nics (b ware of yogi bear). kidding. It's really a great small public space and transit hub. But no restrooms or water. Thankfully, Stockade Market directly across the street...