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St. Charles Cruise Nights Return to 1st Street on Tuesdays
Beginning tonight, for the next eight Tuesday evenings, 1st Street will close to accomodate the popular summer event.
If you like the smell of exhaust and the sound of revving engines, or if you just like to look at cars — from classics to muscle — Tuesdays will be the nights you’ll want to be in downtown St. Charles over the next eight weeks through Aug. 27, 2013.
Cruise Nights are back, and after a season along Walnut and Riverside in 2012, the weekly summer car event is returning this season to 1st Street, between West Main and Illinois streets.
The events run from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and are scheduled on Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23 and 30, and Aug. 6, 13, 20 and 27.
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In preparation for the Cruise Nights, which are hosted by the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce, the St. Charles Police Department announced in a release late Monday afternoon that some streets will be closed from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on those tuesdays. They include:
1st Street from West Main Street (Route 64) to Illinois Street.
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The temporary gravel parking lot on the east side of 1st Street.
All on-street parking on 1st Street north of Illinois Street.
Unauthorized vehicles may be ticketed and towed, the Police Department said.
Parking will continue to be available at both area parking decks.
The department said residents can go to the city’s website to view a map of all available downtown parking.
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