Wooster Square

Neighbors Debate How “Historic” To Get

by | Jun 27, 2016 7:37 am | Comments (14)

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Kerekes: A gateway to more restrictions.

Soto: Opportunity, not risk.

Barbara Iannaconne has spent thousands of dollars on renovations to bring 86 William St. to the modern age from 1870 over the last 29 years. Now she worries that if all of Wooster Square becomes historic,” she’ll have to spend more money — money she doesn’t have.

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Walking History Project Mines Wooster Sq.

by | May 30, 2016 9:40 am | Comments (1)

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Rhoda Zahler Samuel leads pilot walking tour.

The former settlement house site, where Cavaliere played as a boy.

A mission to develop New Haven’s rich ethnic history into structured neighborhood walks” added some new data: Emiddio Cavaliere’s memories of how kindly old Mr. Gitlitz took care of Italian-American kids like him at the original Farnam Neighborhood House, in Wooster Memorial Park.

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The Benches Are Back

by | Apr 12, 2016 7:15 am | Comments (0)

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Without fanfare, the attractive benches have returned to Wooster Square Park, restored, plaqued, spiffy, and bolted into place.

They are there gleaming in the sunlight as if waiting for the hundreds of visitors expected at the upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival on April 24 to have comfortable places to rest and take in the history and beauty of one of the city’s most notable settings.

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“Robust Dust” Plan Clears Way For Industrial Pile To Grow

by | Mar 17, 2016 12:04 pm | Comments (3)

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The approved sites are directly north of the entryway at East and Ives in the picture; the proposed new piles of dry materials would be half as high as these salt piles.

Piles of steel, rebar, and other heavy industrial materials are about to grow higher along the banks of the Mill River, despite fears of neighbors about what’s in the dust that gets kicked up in the process.

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Popular Beat Cop Beat The Odds

by | Mar 10, 2016 1:02 pm | Comments (5)

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Officer Krause, who died Wednesday at 51.

The medical prognosis called for Wooster Square’s officer of the year” to turn in his badge and pass quietly into the night.

Instead, he beat that prognosis, survived five years of grueling radiation and chemotherapy treatments for a brain tumor, got married, kept coming to work, and continued living a full life.

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Elm City Celebrates Mardi Gras At Least Twice

by | Feb 10, 2016 4:38 pm | Comments (0)

At St. Paul and St. James Church on Wooster Street, the band was already swinging through some New Orleans classics and the food was out, a rich spread of gumbo, jambalaya, and rice and beans, complemented by a stack of pies from Pepe’s and a salad.

Did you get a plate?” a parishioner asked. It’s Fat Tuesday. You’re supposed to indulge a little.”

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