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.
by | May 15, 2018 7:40 am | Comments (9)
The Shops At Yale
An outdoor sports clothing retailer that has catered to the Broadway commercial district for the past quarter century will be closing its doors later this month.
by | May 11, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (0)
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Cavaliere and one of the first purchases she made with her mother.
Lorri Cavaliere had one wish — to own a store that sells the kinds of antiques and collectibles she has found at estate sales for 20 years.
That wish came true when her husband handed her the keys to 865 Whalley Ave.
by | May 9, 2018 2:50 pm | Comments (34)
Hartford—A last-minute effort to show support for a bill allowing paving another 1,000 feet of Tweed New Haven Airport’s runway wasn’t enough to cross the goal line this legislative session.
by | May 8, 2018 12:28 pm | Comments (0)
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Frank Douglass at Monday night’s meeting.
Local social service and neighborhood improvement agencies will see some of their funding restored thanks to an unexpected boost in federal aid.
by | May 8, 2018 8:37 am | Comments (25)
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Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola, who spoke against the Tweed expansion resolution.
With just 48 hours left to get a bill that would expand Tweed-New Haven’s runway out of this year’s state legislative session, alders threw a Hail Mary, passing a resolution in support of the airport’s future growth.
by | May 4, 2018 8:09 am | Comments (20)
Rendering of Clock Shop Lofts.
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Festa: Good project. Tax break’s too big.
Let’s talk numbers. But let’s talk quickly.
That was the upshot of a meeting between alders and a developer about how much of a tax break the city can afford on a plan to turn an historic clock factory into 130 affordable apartments.
by | May 3, 2018 10:58 am | Comments (14)
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Alexander with grandchildren Hannah, 8, Natalie, 11, and Jeremy, 4, at the recent corner naming for his late wife Christine.
An era in town-gown relations is ending with the retirement of Bruce Alexander, Yale’s top official dedicated to relations with New Haven.
by | May 1, 2018 4:29 pm | Comments (19)
Hill Alder David Reyes attends his first hardhat ceremony.
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City, state officials join Salvatore and Harp for groundbreaking.
Hardhats were donned and hands were put to shovel by a Stamford developer and Mayor Toni Harp on a bright Tuesday to officially mark the start of construction for the first phase of the Hill to Downtown Project.
by | Apr 26, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (76)
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Larson describes neighborhood concessions.
One argument: Start-ups and out of town developers who see a potential for profit shouldn’t dictate the fate of a neighborhood.
A counter-argument: Neighbors who knowingly move near airport shouldn’t be allowed to hold the city and the state economically hostage.
by | Apr 25, 2018 1:04 pm | Comments (15)
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Trash behind 873-887 Grand Ave.
A landlord amassing thousands of dollars in blight fines on a deteriorating building he owns in Westville is suing the city for harassment over another property he owns at the edge of Wooster Square. The city’s suing him back.
by | Apr 24, 2018 1:42 pm | Comments (9)
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Ward 1 Alder Catalbasoglu at Monday night’s meeting.
Advocates for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Connecticut are pushing for the Board of Alders to move faster than the stereotypical stoner on a resolution in support of such efforts in the state.
by | Apr 23, 2018 4:19 pm | Comments (21)
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Updated rendering of the 201 Munson St. project.
The latest plans for a new apartment complex at the border of the Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods show slightly more apartments than had been previously pitched to neighbors and a less prominent “moat” of parking around the rest of the site.
Continue reading ‘Munson Project Inches Closer To 400 Units’
by | Apr 23, 2018 12:16 pm | Comments (4)
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Brooks announces new partnership for Beulah Land.
A longtime dream of redeveloping a vacant parcel at 340 Dixwell Ave. into affordable housing moved a step closer to coming true.
by | Apr 20, 2018 1:02 pm | Comments (11)
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The Pirelli Building.
The iconic Pirelli Building on Long Wharf, beloved by preservationists who feared it would be destroyed, is slated for new life as a hotel.
by | Apr 20, 2018 7:49 am | Comments (6)
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Amy Liu, who like the foundation’s Will Ginsberg served in the first Clinton administration, at HUD.
It was a mistake for New Haven to pursue, along with Bridgeport, old ideas of economic development, like the elusive goal of attracting Amazon’s second headquarters with large tax incentives.
But the two cities should continue working together and through other regional partnerships — along with new approaches — so that economic growth and social equity can grow hand in hand in Greater New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Urban Expert Calls For “Inclusive Growth”’
by | Apr 19, 2018 4:33 pm | Comments (14)
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Top development commissioner Pedro Soto (at left) at Space-Craft.
New Haven has hundreds of new apartments that most people can’t afford to rent? Not to worry — other rents may go down as a result. And no one’s being displaced.
An out-of-town company bought a local factory and is sending its workforce to Meriden? Not to worry — the workers will keep their jobs, and a new owner will bring more jobs than before the local factory.
by | Apr 18, 2018 3:21 pm | Comments (1)
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Mayor Harp: New Haven is important to the health of the state.
Andy Wolf helps show off the state’s cultural capital at the State Capitol.
Hartford—New Haven invited state lawmakers and others at the state Capitol Wednesday to have a slice of apizza pie — and learn why the Elm City is one of the most important slices of Connecticut.
Continue reading ‘New Haven Day At the Capitol: A Slice Of The Pie’
by | Apr 17, 2018 1:15 pm | Comments (3)
Zanders helps a client get wedding ready.
I was 10, maybe 11 when I got my first Vigorol Liquid Relaxer.
For most Black girls before Y2K this was a right of passage and a privilege. In hindsight I can’t fully wrap my head around why: It’s like we were all lining and signing up for the risk of chemical burns in exchange for a weak guarantee of straight hair. And at the age of 11, that cost-benefit analysis didn’t add up for me.
by | Apr 16, 2018 4:42 pm | Comments (15)
Yale In China
Harp at one pitch session.
The owners of two Chinese agricultural-products companes plan to visit New Haven this summer, the first potential fruits of a trip local officials took last week.
Twenty-two New Haveners made the trip to China in a delegation led by Mayor Toni Harp.
by | Apr 13, 2018 7:50 am | Comments (0)
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Old C. Cowles Company building on Water Street, acquired by U-Haul.
U-Haul’s Levi Parmerter and Patrick Keefe with neighbors.
Starting Aug. 1, Wooster Square residents will have a new neighbor on Water Street offering 200 self-storage units, upwards of 69 rental vans, 25 new jobs — and some bike racks and a hydration station — at a refurbished factory that has been vacant for the past three years.
by | Apr 12, 2018 12:39 pm | Comments (6)
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Bob Grzywacz and Anstress Farwell, two of the city’s most ardent preservationists, both used to bank in the building.
Although they hadn’t been inside it in decades, they remember a high, two-tiered lobby that just might make a signature restaurant or an elegant entryway to a boutique hotel.
by | Apr 11, 2018 12:11 pm | Comments (17)
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Slate Ballard and Carlos Wells reveal plans Tuesday night.
The State House
The new venue, accessible by State Street.
Theatrical shows, world-music concerts, poetry slams, book signings and industry festivals could all soon take over a forgotten, century-old warehouse on the Ninth Square’s periphery.
by | Apr 11, 2018 8:13 am | Comments (14)
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Revamped designs for Delaney’s.
BZA’s Mildred Melendez and Anne Stone split on approvals.
Westville Village’s nightlife is poised to change dramatically, after the zoning board Tuesday night gave the green light for two restaurants, Delaney’s Taproom and Manjares Fine Foods, to proceed with building and expansion plans.
by | Apr 10, 2018 12:01 pm | Comments (4)
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Murray and Biondi.
Brian Murray and Matt Biondi have revived a beloved neighborhood restaurant in Morris Cove. They’ve brought back the pizza. Now, to complete their own vision for what their restaurant can be, they just need a smoker.