by
Brian Slattery |
Apr 3, 2023 11:33 am
|
Comments
(36)
Paul Bass photo
Ready for departure for a larger airport?
“No to Tweed expansion; yes to EIS.”
“How does destroying the Cove make New Haven a better place?”
“Stop paving our wetlands.”
“This is all greed.”
That panoply of protest signs in the lobby of East Haven High School’s auditorium offered a harbinger for the direction of the public meeting to come regarding the proposed expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Mar 30, 2023 12:30 pm
|
Comments
(13)
MCCA image
A rendering of the rehab clinic that could be at 215 Whalley...
Nora Grace-Flood photo
...vs. what's there now: An abandoned CVS.
The planned conversion of a former CVS pharmacy on Whalley Avenue into an abstinence-focused drug rehab clinic moved ahead, as the project’s backers seek approval to keep using an adjacent fenced-off asphalt lot for surface parking.
Ex-Coliseum, next bioscience hub? Below: Ancora CEO Parker.
Contributed photo
Why is a London-insurance-giant-backed real estate developer about to drop $220 million on constructing a new 11-story lab and office building atop a “10th Square” surface parking lot?
by
Karen Ponzio |
Mar 27, 2023 8:46 am
|
Comments
(3)
Addy Reyes Ramos Photo
A sample of Tierra Soap Co.'s offerings.
For some, a bar of soap is a common household item that helps them get their body clean. For Tierra Soap Co., a bar of soap has become a fusion of art, wellness, and culture as well as a way to connect to earth, nature, and community.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Mar 17, 2023 3:08 pm
|
Comments
(14)
Thomas Breen photos
Neighbor Shawn Nesmith outside 949 Whalley: "Tell them to get rid of that blighted property."
Still fenced off. Still tax-exempt.
A former Westville department store remains fenced off, empty and rundown — 20 years after the Church of Scientology bought the property, five years after the church last won permission to convert the site into a religious hub, and one year after a city board found that the long-vacant building should stay off the tax rolls.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Mar 17, 2023 3:02 pm
|
Comments
(27)
Rendering of planned apartment complex situated next to St. Luke's.
St. Luke's — and Papa John's — hanging out together on Friday morning.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church received a final OK to demolish Papa John’s pizza to bring 55 new affordable apartments to the holy gateway of Whalley Avenue.
A sketch of the proposed new Long Wharf Drive park.
An aldermanic committee endorsed the Elicker Administration’s plan to build a new community marina and expanded waterfront park on Long Wharf — as well as a cafe kiosk and bathroom on the Green and a family-friendly playground downtown — if the city manages to secure $32.1 million in infrastructure-boosting state aid.
Arnold Gorlick saw one of the best leading-actress performances on the screen — then was outraged not to see it acknowledged Sunday night at the Oscars.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Mar 10, 2023 9:30 am
|
Comments
(17)
Twining / L&M Partners image
A rendering of the future Winchester Green apartments.
Alders approved a 17-year tax abatement for dozens of planned new income-restricted apartments in Science Park — along with a rezoning plan that could allow for even more places to live, shop, and conduct research at the former Winchester factory site.
Security footage of burglar seeking to open cash drawer.
Police said they have a suspect in a string of commercial burglaries and are buttressing patrols to help business owners like Benny Lieblich avoid needing to pay to replace any more broken windows.
The new normal? Duncan Goodall by his Koffee? outdoor patio.
Contributed Photo
A winter fondue meal outside Choupette Crêperie & Cafè.
After maintaining street dining throughout the winter, four local restaurateurs now have five days to dismantle their patios for five weeks or face $250 daily fines.
by
Laura Glesby |
Mar 6, 2023 3:09 pm
|
Comments
(4)
Laura Glesby Photo
EMERGE's Richard Watkins on Monday: Young people's voices matter.
Aspiring medical assistants, landscapers, and manufacturers now have a clearer path to career success, thanks to a new city grant designed to skill up New Haven’s workforce.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Feb 28, 2023 2:31 pm
|
Comments
(4)
Nora Grace-Flood photo
Caroline Smith and crew at work on Upper State.
Caroline Smith slid a shovel beneath some slush obscuring a State Street sidewalk — and cleared a pathway to keep some of the city’s small businesses open for snow day shoppers.
She was joined by a handful of other volunteers looking to lend some muscle to a slew of stores thrown off by the previous night’s snowstorm.
A 2019 rendering of the proposed Miller Street development.
Alders signed off on more tax relief — for fewer below-market-rent apartments — for a developer team planning to build a 56-unit majority-affordable housing complex atop a long-vacant lot in West River.
Regular salsa event on the now-closed-to-traffic "Central Patio" linking Whalley and Fountain and bordering the undeveloped former Cape Codder/Delaney's lot.
Westville Village’s empty gateway lot is back up for sale — offering a chance to rethink its future.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Feb 17, 2023 10:01 am
|
Comments
(6)
Nora Grace-Flood photo
263 Dixwell Ave.: One of 2 Ocean-owned properties the city plans to sell to Beulah.
The Elicker Administration is one step closer to buying and selling two two-family homes on Dixwell Avenue — so that a nonprofit can maintain the currently megalandlord-held properties as rentals.
Today they’ll be able to pursue careers working in labs helping test drugs to cure diseases like cancer, thanks to a new pipeline created to help New Haveners find their way to some of the jobs of the future pouring into the city.
by
Nora Grace-Flood |
Feb 10, 2023 10:04 am
|
Comments
(11)
Nora Grace-Flood photos
Vacant former Winchester factory at Munson/Mansfield ...
... Kim Harris with Harris & Tucker students: Hoping to see a "great, eye-popping development that will move everyone forward."
Alders endorsed a 17-year tax break deal for dozens of planned new below-market-rent Science Park apartments — as part of a broader set of local legislative proposals designed to further the redevelopment of the former Winchester Arms Factory’s remaining parking lots and vacant industrial buildings into new housing, retail, and bioscience labs.
by
Paul Bass & Thomas Breen |
Feb 9, 2023 4:02 pm
|
Comments
(45)
Paul Bass file photo
The former Church Street South property, above and below.
Elicker (at bottom left): "Disappointed & frustrated." Northland's Gottesdiener (bottom right): City's version "inaccurate at best, a lie at worst."
Five years after bulldozers demolished the 30-building Church Street South community across from Union Station, the land remains a fenced-off wasteland of prime real estate with no signs of progress on plans to rebuild.
Rendering of a proposed new "Gateway District" on Long Wharf.
Laura Glesby Photo
Community members hear a presentation at the Betsy Ross School Parish Hall.
A park and pedestrian-friendly walkway where cars now roar down Long Wharf Drive.
An automotive trade school where the former Gateway Community College building is starting to crumble.
A new home base for all of the APT Foundation’s New Haven substance-use treatment programs in a building specifically designed to address neighbors’ concerns.
Those ideas stand at the center of a new plan put together by top city officials on how to transform Long Wharf — a waterfront neighborhood currently dominated by big-box stores, parking lots, and the highway — into a mixed-use district bustling with education, healthcare, and outdoor recreation.
