by | Feb 7, 2019 5:18 pm | Comments (10)
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Serena Neal-Sanjurjo: “Changing the way we do business.”
A private buyer got a step closer to transforming a blighted two-family home in the Hill into affordable housing, after an extended debate that ended with a tighter rehab deadline and a vow to demand more from people who buy property from the city.
by | Feb 4, 2019 8:37 am | Comments (4)
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Brendan Towers off Whalley near Boulevard.
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Justin Goldberg: “We made a positive impact.”
A Fairfield County developer sold a 60-unit Whalley Avenue apartment complex for $2.2 million more than he paid for it before fixing it up, in one of the latest land transactions in town.
by | Jan 28, 2019 3:37 pm | Comments (6)
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69-75 Daggett, last used as underground artists’ haven.
After a month-long delay, a developer looking to put 80 new apartments in a former factory on Daggett Street has an agreement with its neighbor for an easement and the approval of the City Plan Commission.
by | Jan 28, 2019 1:49 pm | Comments (2)
A 55-year-old West Haven woman riding in a Honda minivan died in a crash in New Haven’s Hill neighborhood.
by | Jan 24, 2019 5:27 pm | Comments (14)
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Daniel Bonet-Ojeda: Out, for now.
Daniel Bonet-Ojeda, the principal at John C. Daniels School of International Communication, has been removed from the building, while an internal investigation into his conduct is underway.
Parents, meanwhile, say district leaders have left them in the dark.
by | Jan 22, 2019 1:51 pm | Comments (6)
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Silvia Di Carlo by her newly obtained lot.
Silvia Di Carlo got lucky Saturday at a foreclosure auction in the Hill.
by | Jan 21, 2019 2:36 pm | Comments (0)
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A two-family house for the homeless at 41 Button St., built by Columbus House and the Yale School of Architecture.
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Columbus House Chief Real Estate Officer Carl Rodenhizer.
A local homeless shelter nonprofit and Yale’s architecture school have teamed up to build five homes in five years for formerly homeless tenants.
Before the partnership proceeds with its third such home in the Hill, it seeks to win support of neighbors wary of adding a “rooming house” to a part of town already rich with social services.
by | Jan 18, 2019 8:49 am | Comments (9)
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New Hill top cop Sgt. Justin Marshall.
The Hill has a new top cop. For now.
At Wednesday night’s Hill South Community Management Team meeting at Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School at 150 Kimberly Ave., Sgt. Justin Marshall introduced himself as the neighborhood’s new temporary district commander, replacing the recently retired Lt. Jason Minardi.
Continue reading ‘Sgt. Justin Marshall Takes Over As Hill Top Cop’
by | Jan 17, 2019 8:52 am | Comments (15)
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Ordained minister and Police Chief Anthony Campbell preaches to neighbors Wednesday night.
Hands pressed together just below his chest, a starched white collar buttoned snug around his neck, the minister offered a prayer for a police department in great peril.
But prayer alone won’t save this ailing body, he cautioned the rapt congregation. That miracle can only be pulled off by better pay, competitive medical benefits, a stable union contract, and a community committed to working with its sworn officers.
by | Jan 16, 2019 3:06 pm | Comments (1)
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Isidor Juda Wednesday with pre-K teacher Kathy Barkin (who arranged the visit) and the fifth-graders.
One train was a stop away from freedom. Another was a stop away from a death camp.
Teenager Isidor “Izzy” Juda needed a miracle to get on the right route.
by | Jan 11, 2019 8:44 am | Comments (2)
The double lot.
Two vacant lots on the Hill may soon hold single-family houses built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven.
by | Jan 9, 2019 4:51 pm | Comments (3)
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State cops investigate on Greenwich between Kimberly and First.
Ghost outside of Gem Liquor Store.
Kimberly Square was on partial lockdown Wednesday as state police scoured for clues in an “officer-involved” shooting the night before, and neighbors like Ghost processed the drama they saw unfold in their neighborhood.
by | Jan 7, 2019 8:30 am | Comments (1)
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King Balthazar on the job.
Mayor Toni Harp officially Friday afternoon greeted King Melchior (aka Joey Rodriguez), one of the Three Kings who arrived at Casa Otonal on Sylvan Street in the Hill to get a jump start on celebrating Three Kings Day.
The holiday marks the arrival of the kings to behold Baby Jesus in Bethlehem— and is also known as Epiphany. (Its official day of celebration was Sunday.)
Continue reading ‘3 Kings Bring Joys and Toys To Casa Otonal’
by | Jan 2, 2019 5:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Demolition at Church Street South.
Jonathan Hopkins & Inner-City News Editor and radio host Babz Rawls-Ivy, a former Church Street South tenant, at the exhibit.
Church Street South may have disappeared, but the debate continues over what New Haven should learn from the housing development’s demise.
Thank Jonathan Hopkins for that.
The New Haven-bred architect and new urbanism advocate revived the complex’s complex history in an exhibition at Yale’s architecture school, at the corner of York and Chapel streets.
Continue reading ‘From Ashes Of Disaster, A Challenge Arises’
by | Dec 21, 2018 1:12 pm | Comments (14)
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Recent Mandy purchases in Newhallville: 38 Townsend St., 247 County St., 591 Sherman Pkwy., and 100 Newhall St..
A single-family Colonial in Fair Haven. A two-story condo in the Annex. A three-family house in Newhallville. A 21-unit complex in Edgewood.
Those are four of 87 New Haven properties that the Netz/Mandy Management organization took over in 2018, a year that saw the operation acquire over 170 units and spend almost $13 million in expanding its local real estate empire of low-income rental apartments.
by | Dec 20, 2018 8:53 am | Comments (3)
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69-75 Daggett, last used as underground artists’ haven.
Developers looking to put 80 apartments in a former Daggett Street factory have at least another month to figure out how to get along with their neighbor, Yale-New Haven Hospital, in their quest to win needed regulatory approval.
by | Dec 14, 2018 1:07 pm | Comments (1)
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Marshall with 7th-graders: Ready … set … debate!
It makes sense for middle school kids to learn a new language at school, because 10 years old or so is just about the time when it becomes harder. So why not start at an opportune time?!
Respectfully, to disagree: Teaching a language consumes so much time. There are so many other classes kids want to take instead. Cooking, for instance. Design. Technology, or computer coding.
Plus, kids, including so many immigrant kids like us, can learn or hone Spanish, Mandarin, or you name it, at home, from our parents.
by | Dec 13, 2018 3:39 pm | Comments (2)
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Lt. Minardi.
At the beginning of the new year, a new officer will be the top cop in the Hill section of the city.
by | Dec 12, 2018 1:34 pm | Comments (7)
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Boyd: Fed up.
Dawson: APT “saved my life.”
On the same day that a man was found guilty of killing another outside a methadone clinic in the Hill, residents meeting in the elementary school next door took sides on the value of having that clinic as a neighbor.
The debate got personal, on both sides.
by | Dec 11, 2018 3:30 pm | Comments (6)
Habitat for Humanity New Haven wants to put one single family at this property at 39 Elliott St. …
… and two houses here at 62-66 Sylvan Ave.
Two city land sales got the green light from the Livable City Initiative (LCI) board, while a third one remains on hold.
by | Nov 30, 2018 1:09 pm | Comments (2)
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224 Lloyd St.: One of Mandy Management’s latest acquisitions.
Local mega-landlord Mandy Management continued on a property-buying tear, while one of its controversial housing-development plans underwent a parking change.
by | Nov 28, 2018 1:16 pm | Comments (2)
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Franz Hochstrasser, Kwasi Ansu, and Matt Moroney.
Imagine a renewable world, with solar panels and energy efficiency for all.
The three cofounders of a business called New Haven Community Solar have imagined that worked, and are working to make this dream a reality. First stop: The Hill neighborhood.
by | Nov 15, 2018 8:30 am | Comments (1)
New Haven cops, code enforcers and development officials gathered in the Hill North area Wednesday for a walk to identify blight, building violations, and crime problems with the help of neighbors.
Continue reading ‘Sweep Eyes Overhead Sneakers, Overgrown Trees’
by | Nov 14, 2018 8:42 am | Comments (4)
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22 Hallock Ave.
A local mega-landlord increased its City Point footprint with the recent acquisition of an apartment complex and an adjacent two-family home on Hallock Avenue.
Continue reading ‘Latest Sales: Mandy Expands In City Point’
by | Nov 9, 2018 8:15 am | Comments (1)
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94 East Rock Rd.
An East Rock home recently sold for over $1 million — still a rare feat for New Haven residences, even in the East Rock neighborhood’s pricey housing market.
Continue reading ‘Latest Sales: East Rock Home Buy Tops $1M’