by | Jul 12, 2018 4:57 pm | Comments (14)
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Soon to shrink: The cheese display.
Partners Jason Sobocinski, Craig Hutchinson and Alex Lishchynsky: “Let’s face it. Vegetables are the future.”
More vegetables. Less cheese. And more take out.
Jason Sobocinski is banking on that formula as he prepares to close his popular decade-old Trumbull Street restaurant and fromagerie Caseus and reopen under a new name, ownership, and menu.
by | Jul 10, 2018 7:47 am | Comments (3)
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Angela Pullo on the cafe side of Mew Haven.
A haven for cats and the humans who enjoy them will be the first test of Westville Village’s new zoning rules.
by | Jul 5, 2018 6:05 pm | Comments (4)
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Smith-Bolden, left, with Imani Dawson at CannaHealth’s Thursday opening.
When he was growing up in Dixwell, Johntaye Greene stood near the corner of Webster and Dixwell when a man was shot, fell, then died at his feet.
Traumatic incidents like that led Greene to self-medicate with marijuana to manage the effects.
Now, thanks to a new downtown New Haven business, he can take care of himself legally since three months ago he received a diagnosis of PTSD, based on his experience of chronic urban violence.
by | Jun 28, 2018 12:58 pm | Comments (3)
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Chief Maker J.R. Logan at maker space’s basement shop.
A maker space on Chapel Street will soon allow members to build metal prototypes and do office work at rentable on-site desk spaces in addition to activities ranging from sewing to 3D printing to brewing beer.
by | Jun 27, 2018 8:17 am | Comments (23)
PERKINS EASTMAN
Rendering of Long Wharf’s proposed “Market District.”
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Artspace’s Kauder (left) at Tuesday’s gathering.
What about arts? And sports?
And for goodness sake, where are all these people going to park?
Neighbors popped those questions Tuesday evening as they helped refine a vision for a new Long Wharf District.
by | Jun 27, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (0)
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Concepts for Adaptive Learning Executive Director Curtis Hill at the summer showcase party for the Elm City Innovation Collaborative (ECIC).
Curtis Hill had to cut back on the statewide reach of his free computer training and giveaway program when his 15-year-old company lost its line item in the state budget last year.
Continue reading ‘Tech-Tonic Shift Underway In Local Economy’
by | Jun 20, 2018 3:39 pm | Comments (1)
Michael D’Avino.
Green’s Cleaners is no more.
by | Jun 18, 2018 3:01 pm | Comments (1)
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Seamus Joyce-Johnson at the historic commission meeting.
Among fourth-year urban planning student Seamus Joyce-Johnson’s favorite buildings to visit in New Haven is a 1948-era late Art Deco or “art moderne” structure on Elm Street near Orange — the long vacant, old Webster bank building at 80 Elm St.
He’s going to have to make a lot of visits within the next month or two, because the demolition clock is ticking away.
Continue reading ‘Demolition Clock Still Ticking On Venerable Bank Building’
by | Jun 15, 2018 1:37 pm | Comments (2)
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Alder Aaron Greenberg at the opening celebration.
Mayor Toni Harp, Economic Development Officer Matthew Nemerson and other city officials gathered Thursday afternoon for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Bender New Haven’s 21,000 square foot showroom at 335 East St. in the Mill River district.
by | Jun 15, 2018 8:00 am | Comments (1)
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King’s Bock’s east-facing facade.
The owner sells the oldest surviving Federalist commercial building in the area to her tenant.
When they raise their glasses to mark the occasion, they toast not each other or to the deal they have just signed, but to “202 years of beauty in Fair Haven. May it go on.”
Continue reading ‘King’s Block Changes Hands; Historic Building Endures’
by | Jun 14, 2018 2:08 pm | Comments (3)
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Ribbon cutting at Health Haven Hub at 195 Church St.
A new innovation incubator will provide healthcare startups with funding, expertise, industry connections, and complementary office space in downtown New Haven, just a few blocks from the city’s universities and hospitals.
by | Jun 14, 2018 8:29 am | Comments (0)
With help from a New Haven start-up backer, a new New Haven company is hoping that people will start broadening their social circles while simultaneously enjoying a homecooked meal prepared by local chefs.
by | Jun 12, 2018 2:46 pm | Comments (4)
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Dimitri Rimsky surveys remnants of Hamilton Clock Factory.
Before the new owners of the historic Hamilton Street Clock Factory seal it up and begin the arduous process of turning it into artist lofts, a few ghosts returned to haunt the buildings abandoned halls.
Continue reading ‘Artists Go Back In Time At Ex-Clock Factory’
by | Jun 7, 2018 7:53 am | Comments (1)
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Gov. Malloy the Graduate Club Wednesday.
Connecticut can’t prosper if some groups get left out of the equation, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told a crowd in New Haven Wednesday evening.
Continue reading ‘Guv: Progress Can’t Come With Discrimination’
by | Jun 6, 2018 5:09 pm | Comments (5)
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New Haven Port Authority chief Judi Sheiffele.
The New Haven Port now has $500,000 to spend to figure out how best to connect freight rail lines and the city’s port authority so that more and more incoming cargo is carried by train rather than by truck.
by | Jun 5, 2018 7:58 pm | Comments (0)
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Wisdom with Zucker and Mayor Harp.
Neville Wisdom, a New Haven-based fashion designer born and raised in Jamaica, is back downtown.
by | Jun 5, 2018 8:17 am | Comments (17)
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Roth speaks out from the floor.
Were they voting to save SROs? Or preventing them from being built?
Downtown Alder Abby Roth asked colleagues that question during debates over two bills that became law Monday night.
by | Jun 4, 2018 9:01 am | Comments (5)
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Deputy Economic Development Administrator Steve Fontana and Canal Dock Boathouse Coach John Pescatore announced the start of the regatta.
New Haven held its largest food truck festival yet at Long Wharf Pier last Saturday with 50 food trucks and a dragon boat regatta along the Quinnipiac River.
by | May 31, 2018 7:44 am | Comments (0)
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Arvinas founder Craig Crews and Murphy talk about federal funding Wednesday.
Recruit and retain scientists. Attract more venture capital money. Start more businesses. Develop more treatments and cures for diseases.
Those are some of the ways that New Haven that bioscience and biotechnology companies would like to spend money if Congress gives the National Institutes of Health more funding.
by | May 24, 2018 7:37 am | Comments (1)
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J.P. Dempsey’s, undergoing renovations.
JP Dempsey’s will no longer be a bar exclusively the province of Patriots fans.
by | May 23, 2018 8:01 am | Comments (13)
CROSSKEY ARCHITECTS
Rendering of the future Clock Shop Lofts.
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Alder Reveiz with developer Reed before the vote.
The historic Hamilton Street clock factory will get a new lease as an apartment complex on life now that city alders have struck a deal that balances the city’s need for affordable housing with a developer’s need for tax relief to make an affordable-housing project viable.
by | May 23, 2018 8:00 am | Comments (40)
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Up-for-grabs space on street level of Crown Street Garage.
Robert Greenberg with archive he’d like to move to the storefront.
The city is looking for a new tenant for a nearly 10,000 square-foot, publicly owned commercial space on College Street, with an eye toward bringing in a new performance venue sized between the College Street Music Hall and clubs like Café Nine.
by | May 17, 2018 12:41 pm | Comments (14)
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Greenberg at City Hall Wednesday night.
A medical marijuana dispensary could be coming to New Haven — specifically to Amity Road — if the state approves an application from a local businessman.
by | May 17, 2018 7:52 am | Comments (3)
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David Stemerman in Fair Haven Wednesday.
Republican gubernatorial candidate David Stemerman wants to cut Connecticut’s taxes, improve its school systems, and repair its transportation infrastructure, and he’s looking for inspiration to one of the most liberal states in the union: Massachusetts.
Continue reading ‘GOP Hopeful Brings Tax-Cut Message To DISTRICT’
by | May 15, 2018 4:14 pm | Comments (16)
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205-7 Orange; builders Jacob and Joseph Feldman (inset).
New Haven’s legal aid agency is moving up, as is a block of downtown that has proved resistant to the economic boom remaking surrounding blocks.