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Alders Approve 55-Year Union Station Deal

by | Nov 16, 2021 9:59 am | Comments (3)

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Rendering of redeveloped Union Station.

On the same day that President Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill targeted at improving the country’s transportation networks, the Board of Alder granted final approval to a three-part plan to redevelop Union Station to include 600 new parking spaces, an intermodal center” for bus riders, and improved retail options.

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Orange Street’s Reconnection Draws Near

by | Oct 13, 2021 11:36 am | Comments (21)

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Pedestrian, bike infrastructure at almost-done Orange intersection.

Donna Hall (right) leads Wednesday morning’s site visit.

Painted crosswalks, protected bike lanes, sculptural light fixtures, and pedestrian crossing signals now line a new almost-finished Orange Street intersection that — when it opens in a few weeks — will mark the culmination of the city’s latest efforts to stitch together downtown and the Hill.

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Look Out! 6 “Unsafe Structures” Cited

by | Sep 21, 2021 8:16 am | Comments (13)

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Demolition underway at 276 Howard Ave…

… fire-damaged homes at 25 and 21 Sheffield Ave…

… and a partially collapsed rear wall at 133 Hamilton St.

A Howard Avenue barbershop has been reduced to a dusty pile of wood and bricks.

Two fire-damaged Sheffield Avenue homes are boarded up and awaiting repairs.

And the old clock factory on Hamilton Street has a collapsed rear wall, 20 leaking oil drums, a corner apron of fallen bricks — and no construction workers in sight.

City building inspectors have their eyes on those derelict properties and more, according to a half dozen newly issued unsafe structure” notices filed by the Building Department on the city land records database.

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Latest Land Transactions, LLC Mortgages: Mandy Buys 11 Apts. For $1.1M+

by | Sep 2, 2021 3:43 pm | Comments (14)

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346 Norton St., one of Mandy Management’s latest acquisitions.

An affiliate of the local mega-landlord Mandy Management spent more than $1.1 million adding another 11 apartments to its local rental housing portfolio — and a Hill redeveloper pulled a 10-year, $22.5 million mortgage for a newly built and leased up apartment building on Lafayette Street.

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Immigrants’ Kids Pumped For School Year

by | Aug 30, 2021 10:19 am | Comments (2)

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Lucia Nunez Del Prado, Brayan Sanchez, and Milton Guzman.

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NHPS Student Enrollment Count by Race/Ethnicity.

Lucia Nunez Del Prado, Brayan Sanchez, and Milton Guzman are ready for the new school year to begin Monday: They have their vaccine shots, they’re even OK with wearing masks. And, after experiencing remote learning, they much prefer the idea of being back in class in person.

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St. Martin de Porres Academy Moving Ahead With New Campus Construction Plan

by | Aug 18, 2021 3:52 pm | Comments (8)

Rendering of new campus plan.

An historic church and an historic school building will be renovated, and a crumbling former rectory and convent will come down to make room for new athletic fields and a basketball court, under a plan to build a new campus for St. Martin de Porres Academy.

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Alders Legislate Live, In Person

by | Aug 3, 2021 9:57 am | Comments (6)

Board Prez Tyisha Walker-Myers: Vaccinated, back in the chair.

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That’s not Zoom: Alders in City Hall Monday night.

New Haven’s Board of Alders returned to in-person public meetings for the first time since the outbreak of a life-threatening pandemic — then voted to protect lives of pedestrians on Death Boulevard” and to push D.C. lawmakers to save lives with universal health insurance.

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New Union Station Deal Draws Near

by | Jul 20, 2021 1:08 pm | Comments (13)

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Union Station: Final details of next iteration being hammered out.

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Hausladen at Monday meeting: Details ready by September.

A planned new 55-year accord between the city and the state over the future of Union Station is in the final stages of negotiation, with formal submission of a detailed lease and funding” document expected within two months.

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