Perhaps you're planning a trip. A Cape May awning-clad Victorian inn sacrifices its yard to parking needs. It s a National Historic Landmark at least for now. But popular historic districts like Cape May often suffer from far too many cars.
Streets clog with traffic, parking is difficult at best, and historic charm vanishes.
Controversy now swirls around whether 202 cars should be allowed to park on the wide, green lawn of the town s largest historic hotel, Congress Hall, now under restoration. There s nowhere else to put them, argues the developer. This month the Tourism Forum asked community leaders for their comments. Read them below, then join the forum. Remember, if you want to park in a historic downtown as so many do then the trade-off is in the quality of the historic experience you get.