by | Feb 1, 2018 1:24 pm | Comments (7)
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Compliance officer Charlene Taylor on the food-truck beat.
The tacos looked in order at the truck as Charlene Taylor pulled into the parking lot at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Stiles Street. But something was missing.
by | Jan 31, 2018 1:20 pm | Comments (7)
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Tessema with sidelined cart parked in alley.
Wub misses Cedar Street. Cedar Street misses Wub’s grub.
Thanks to a paperwork snag in the city’s new mobile-food system, the two remain apart, at least for now.
by | Jan 29, 2018 5:40 pm | Comments (16)
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State panel co-chair Patricelli hunts for ideas in New Haven.
Monday felt like Groundhog Day for Matthew Nemerson, as he watched a parade of government and business leaders assembled in New Haven pitch how to move Connecticut’s economy forward.
So he decided to change the script.
by | Jan 29, 2018 3:39 pm | Comments (3)
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New Chamber prez Garrett F. Sheehan.
This time, the man the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce chose as its next president said yes.
by | Jan 26, 2018 9:14 am | Comments (37)
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A rendering of the new Delaney’s-apartment complex planned for Central and Whalley.
The burned-down Delaney’s Restaurant & Tap Room is making a comeback to Westville Village along with new apartments on top, if a newly submitted zoning application gets approved.
by | Jan 25, 2018 3:34 pm | Comments (5)
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630 Chapel St., Spinnaker’s contested property.
Enough already, a judge told a property development company that has filed multiple rounds of litigation to block potential competitors from building apartments at the downtown edge of Wooster Square.
by | Jan 19, 2018 2:04 pm | Comments (3)
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Engineer David Sacco details site improvements.
The old Whalley Avenue CVS will get a new parking lot and cosmetic improvements — and still, despite some neighborhood opposition, become a Family Dollar in the end.
by | Jan 17, 2018 5:29 pm | Comments (1)
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A private biomedical company hatched in Science Park is growing — and not even leaving town, or the neighborhood, to do it.
by | Jan 15, 2018 3:13 pm | Comments (15)
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Recco, Toma, Anthony, and Jennifer D’Amato from left to right, front row with the kitchen crew Timothy Davidovich, Adam Kelshall, Vivian Kledaras and Deborah Appleby. Below: The Combo #1.
For the first time in 85 years of feeding New Haveners fresh fried seafood, the D’Amatos have invited them to sit down.
by | Jan 11, 2018 9:28 am | Comments (6)
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The harbor, where main channel begins beyond the breakwater and would be extended into the Sound, as well as deepened.
You dredge, deepen and extend the New Haven harbor channel to bring in bigger ships leading to more efficient business.
Then you take the sand, silt, and other stuff you’ve hauled out of the depths and use it to shore up washing away beaches, to create new shellfish habitats and salt marshes. Who knows? Maybe you even find three of Fort Hale’s three missing 1779 cannon.
That rosy picture of an invigorated harbor all depends on one big “if”: If the dredged out material is biologically safe —non-toxic, and suitable for such beneficial uses.
Continue reading ‘Plan Previewed For Deepened Harbor Channel’
by | Jan 10, 2018 9:04 am | Comments (33)
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Initial rendering unveiled Tuesday night; dream-team designer Fang with participants at meeting (below).
Imagine this day spent on Long Wharf: You take a trolley or bike through the “stormwater” park that strategically connects to the Farmington Canal trail to the expanded IKEA “village,” where you buy furniture or browse shops and restaurants. Then you jump back on the trail and head to the New Haven Food Terminal to pick up fresh produce and other sundries for a picnic. You take your bike and picnic lunch on a water taxi that ferries you across the Long Island Sound for an afternoon at Lighthouse Park.
by | Jan 3, 2018 3:10 pm | Comments (28)
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Design for rebuilt intersection at Coliseum site’s corner.
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Former Webster bank building: Downtown’s next hotel?
Hundreds of new apartments might start rising this year just east of the State Street railroad tracks. Three blocks west, five separate development projects are either completed or underway on a single block of Crown Street. Three new downtown hotels are taking shape.
So who’s worried about that conspicuous unbuilt stretch of asphalt where the New Haven Coliseum once stood?
Continue reading ‘2018: Hotels Rising; Not At Coliseum Site’
by | Jan 3, 2018 1:35 pm | Comments (2)
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An early rendition of the 201 Munson St. plan
Alders voted unanimously to rezone a 13-acre parcel in Newhallville, clearing the way for a proposed 385-apartment complex.
Continue reading ‘Alders OKs Zone Change For Munson St. Project’
by | Dec 20, 2017 3:10 pm | Comments (1)
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Graduates of the program with advisors.
The city’s Small Business Resource Center graduated a small but intimate class of 13 participants Tuesday from an entrepreneurial development class at the New Haven Opportunity Center, at 316 Dixwell Ave.
by | Dec 15, 2017 9:12 am | Comments (12)
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An early rendition of the 201 Munson St. plan.
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Newhallville Alders Delphine Clyburn and Brenda Foskey-Hill express support for the project.
The quest to transform 13 acres in Newhallville from vacant industrial land into 385 new apartments won a crucial vote Thursday night despite last-minute efforts to delay the decision.
by | Dec 14, 2017 4:31 pm | Comments (8)
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Nemerson breaks news to riled neighbors.
After months of debate of what kind of retail belongs in Westville — and how much government can and cannot exert its will on private property owners — a Family Dollar is likely coming to a vacant building on upper Whalley Avenue.
by | Dec 14, 2017 1:48 pm | Comments (1)
New Haven has a long history of sizable businesses that closed their doors or pulled up stakes and moved elsewhere. So why not build local businesses from the ground up that are friendly to the environment, provide good jobs, and are unlikely to leave?
by | Dec 12, 2017 9:33 am | Comments (6)
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Anthony Allen and Michelle Stronz, the founders of A Tipping Point (ATP), at Monday night’s meeting.
A new not-for-profit committed to economic development with a social impact is looking to convert a vacant industrial building near the Mill River into the new home for a brewery, a coffee roaster and an indoor mushroom farm.
Continue reading ‘Beer, Coffee, & Mushrooms, All Under One Roof’
by | Dec 11, 2017 4:46 pm | Comments (11)
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Fred McKinney: “Do I want to spend the next three or five years of my life in an environment like that?”
The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce is resuming its search for a new president after concerns over its top pick’s published views on white supremacy led him to turn down the job.
by | Dec 8, 2017 1:21 pm | Comments (3)
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Schneider leads a small group on a lunchtime walk around downtown Thursday.
Shana Schneider wants to help you take the guilt out of having to choose between squeezing in a workout and spending more time enjoying the city.
She says you can have both if you take a one-hour walk with her.
Continue reading ‘New Walking Tour Reveals City In 5,000 Steps’
by | Dec 8, 2017 8:46 am | Comments (2)
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Harp models a Tinaliah Hat original.
You can’t go to 163 Orange St. to talk to Mayor Toni Harp about her reelection campaign — she won. But you could meet her there to talk about her holiday shopping list.
by | Dec 6, 2017 9:07 am | Comments (10)
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The 1198 Chapel lot.
A builder is a step closer to getting a second chance to construct a residential building on a Chapel Street lot — as long as he agrees to include four affordable apartments this time.
by | Dec 6, 2017 8:17 am | Comments (2)
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Mayor Harp helps cut the ribbon.
Say you want to take 30 minutes at lunch time to give a touch up to that hairdo. Also maybe upgrade those lashes a bit and perhaps add a je ne sais quoi of mystery to your hairline in some tonsorial manner. Then head back to work renewed, and maybe even a touch more beautiful.
by | Dec 6, 2017 8:16 am | Comments (14)
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Fang and Eckstut of Perkins Eastman, who’ll lead Long Wharf 2.0 study.
The team that designed and planned a $2 billion transformation of a mile and a half stretch of Washington D.C.‘s Southwest waterfront has been tapped to create a strategic development and economic plan for the city’s Long Wharf District.
by | Dec 4, 2017 8:52 am | Comments (22)
Neighbors hash out zoning board strategy.
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1377 Ella T. Grasso Blvd.
The president has his war room. Boulevard neighbors have Doris and Edward Zelinsky’s dining room table.