by | Jun 16, 2020 2:38 pm | Comments (1)
Outdoor class at District Athletic.
Starting Wednesday, members of the District Athletic Club will be able to exercise indoors again — with a few virus-prevention adjustments — as businesses ranging from nail salons to amusement parks across Connecticut reopen.
by | Jun 12, 2020 3:45 pm | Comments (2)
The Legislation Committee.
A five-year update of the city’s law to increase opportunities for small black, Latinx, and women-owned construction companies advanced toward a final vote, amid questions about whether it can be updated to reflect new language and concerns surrounding equity in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Minority Small-Contractor Program Getting A 5-Year Update’
by | Jun 10, 2020 4:06 pm | Comments (5)
State of Connecticut
Phase 2 reopening guidelines for museums.
Titus Kaphar’s magazine cover.
Starting next Wednesday, restaurants will be allowed to resume indoor dining, at 50 percent seating capacity and with tables spaced six feet apart.
Museums will also be able to reopen their doors to the public, so long as they have social distancing markers on their floors and maintain a one-way flow of foot traffic.
by | Jun 9, 2020 10:30 am | Comments (19)
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The Coliseum site parking lot today …
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… and plans to transform it into a mini city of apartments, retail, offices, and open space.
(Updated) A Norwalk-based developer plans to begin construction next spring on a new seven-story, 200-unit apartment building to be built at the corner of Orange Street and George Street.
That’s the first phase of a planned transformation of the 5.5‑acre surface lot atop the former Coliseum site into a mini-city of 700 apartments and tens of thousands of square feet of new retail, restaurants, offices, labs, and open green space.
by | Jun 9, 2020 10:15 am | Comments (1)
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Corina and her very New Haven find.
“Should I buy this shirt?” Maria Corina asked me as she held up a slate gray T‑shirt that had the words “New Haven” across it, along with a picture of the city’s skyline.
It was the first time we had both been out shopping with a friend present, in person, in a very long time.
It was also the first time for this type of shopping experience at Vintanthromodern, a vintage store that had decided on a hot Saturday afternoon to hold its first tag sale in the back parking lot of its Westville location. Not only would it give customers a chance to get back to what they love — shopping for vintage deals — but it would also be a fundraiser, with Vintanthromodern donating fifty percent of sales to a cause aligned with social justice and equality.
by | Jun 4, 2020 11:06 pm | Comments (32)
Black customers denied entry to “closed” 24-hour store.
Apology issued Friday.
It was a bad day for Good Nature Market.
First an Instagram post outed an employee for letting white customers, but not black customers, into the Broadway grocery. That employee is now out of a job.
Then a city task force conducting routine Covid-19 inspections shut down that market and its Whitney Avenue outlet for allegedly widespread health and building code violations.
Continue reading ‘Employee Fired For Barring Black Customers; Inspectors Shut Down Grocery’
by | Jun 2, 2020 4:50 pm | Comments (0)
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As Felix Rodriguez gave Jermaine Gibbs and his son an edge up at Orlando’s Barbershop Tuesday, he made sure everyone wore a mask, the chairs and tools were disinfected.
by | May 29, 2020 9:25 am | Comments (1)
City of New Haven
The zoning district in question covers the border between Downtown and the Hill.
Committee alders gave a unanimous thumbs up to a proposed zoning change designed to pave the way for a greener city.
Continue reading ‘Green Standards For Big Buildings Advance’
by | May 28, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (15)
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101 College St. rendering.
Brian Wingate: “Only New Haven can do this in a pandemnic.”
Plans for a new 10-story, 500,000 square-foot bioscience lab and office tower to be built atop the former Route 34 corridor advanced with enthusiastic community support and a tweak to include Hill and Dwight residents in the benefits.
by | May 26, 2020 10:59 am | Comments (1)
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Carter Winstanley promises to build this public plaza instead of a parking garage at 101 College.
Do you know about the floods?
Continue reading ‘Water, Traffic Concerns Addressed On Bioscience Tower’
by | May 26, 2020 10:24 am | Comments (0)
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Alyssa Breeden in front of a rainbow display of dresses at Civvies.
Many of us have wrapped ourselves in a fuzzy blanket of nostalgia as we stay home and brace for our next step out into the world, while businesses try to figure out how to reopen in a way that allows us to return to a few of our favorite things and keep in line with Covid-19 restrictions.
The announcement by Civvies New Haven, a vintage store on Chapel Street, on social media last week that they would be opening for private shopping appointments — with the added bonus of 50 percent off all purchases made during those appointments — allowed this reporter to return to two of her favorite things: shopping for vintage clothing and New Haven.
by | May 25, 2020 12:56 pm | Comments (3)
Winstanley Enterprises
The proposed new 101 College St. development.
The City Plan Commission unanimously approved eco-friendly zoning updates that would enable 101 College St.‘s developer to build big.
by | May 25, 2020 12:50 pm | Comments (6)
Nora Grace-Flood
Online at newly reopened supermarket center.
Bottle and can redemption centers at retail outlets reopened after two months this weekend, with new distancing rules that left some collectors indignant and others relieved.
by | May 21, 2020 6:29 pm | Comments (14)
(Opinion) Suggestion: Disagree with Jason Bunce about when his hair salon should open. Don’t boycott him.
by | May 21, 2020 9:46 am | Comments (11)
Newman Architects
The planned new 500 Blake St. development.
Ocean Management’s plans to transform a largely vacant riverfront stretch of Westville into 129 market-rate apartments won key approvals as city planners chose increased density over immediate neighbors’ traffic concerns.
Continue reading ‘500 Blake Approved; Density Trumps Traffic’
by | May 20, 2020 7:01 pm | Comments (15)
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Enjoying a lunchtime beer and waiting for steak tips to arrive, Al Casagrande (pictured) felt safe sitting outside Temple Grill on the first day of Connecticut’s “phase one” reopening — safer than he feels on his construction job.
by | May 20, 2020 5:18 pm | Comments (12)
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Lighthouse Point Park in the pre-pandemic days of 2019.
Local beachgoers can stretch out in the sun this Memorial Day weekend — so long as they keep their blankets 15 feet apart from one another — now that the city has decided to partially reopen Lighthouse Point Park for the summer kick off holiday.
People who love to celebrate this country’s independence by watching colorful explosions in the sky, however, are out of luck: The city has canceled the annual July 4 fireworks display.
by | May 19, 2020 2:50 pm | Comments (67)
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Protesters outside Skull & Combs barber shop on State Street.
Standing shoulder to shoulder outside of a State Street barbershop, several dozen protesters waved American flags and “Don’t Tread on Me” signs as they decried what one Branford salon owner described as the “dictatorship” of Gov. Ned Lamont.
by | May 18, 2020 7:51 pm | Comments (8)
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Outdoor dining at the Stack … in 2018. Coming soon, starting Wednesday?
Around 100 local restaurants so far have applied to the city Health Department for an outdoor dining license renewal, which would allow them to partially reopen starting Wednesday.
Continue reading ‘100 Restaurants So Far Seeking May 20 Reopen’
by | May 18, 2020 2:32 pm | Comments (5)
It might be time to order that Flowbee after all, now that Gov. Ned Lamont has changed his mind about allowing barber shops and salons to open this week.
Continue reading ‘Guv Changes Mind On Opening Salons, Barber Shops’
by | May 15, 2020 3:24 pm | Comments (9)
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Master chef Arturo Camacho onsite.
Chef Arturo Camacho is about to do what you would expect Arturo Camacho to do: open a new restaurant amid a pandemic.
by | May 14, 2020 5:19 pm | Comments (9)
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Jordan’s Hot Dogs & Mac’s Corey Spruill Thursday, ready for business.
Outside J.P. Dempsey’s on State Street.
City officials and state business leaders are hustling to get the word out about the upcoming phased statewide “reopening” — which comes with a host of recommendations, rules, detailed planning, and apprehension around how this economic experiment can be done safely during a pandemic.
by | May 14, 2020 12:37 pm | Comments (0)
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Dakoulas next to both sales counter and packing area.
Alex Dakoulas plans to reopen his Westville shop Strange Ways on May 20. He would still prefer for his customers to continue to shop online.
by | May 13, 2020 3:31 pm | Comments (3)
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Proposed 101 College tower; Kendall Square in Cambridge.
The developer of a planned new half-a-million square-foot bioscience lab and office tower at 101 College St. said the Covid-19 pandemic has only encouraged him to proceed with the estimated $100 million building project.
by | May 13, 2020 3:02 pm | Comments (3)
Dave Duda takes the long view on pandemic business survival.