by | Apr 21, 2016 4:53 pm | Comments (15)
Recknagel: Where will cars go?
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Rendering of proposed Olive Street cycletrack.
As transit officials prepare to test a “pop-up” temporary protected bike lane on Olive Street, some neighbors organized against them— while others signed up to help build it.
Continue reading ‘Bike Lane Cheers, Jeers “Pop Up” On Olive’
by | Apr 15, 2016 5:03 pm | Comments (1)
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Wooster Square’s spring riot has sprung.
When the flowers did not bloom in time for the first Cherry Blossom Festival in 1974, “Queen of Wooster Square” Beverly Carbonella wired fake blossoms onto a Yoshino cherry tree for a newspaper photo op.
by | Apr 15, 2016 12:28 pm | Comments (53)
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Rendering of temporary Olive Street cycletrack.
You might have only a month to pedal on New Haven’s first-ever protected bike lane — or it may become permanent. Either way, you can help build it and then decide if it should remain.
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.
by | Apr 5, 2016 2:38 pm | Comments (1)
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Guest takes helm of the “Toyota rather than the Cadillac.”
Donald Guest joked that he emerged with “no damaged equipment and no damaged people” after his first day of the season training to drive a street sweeper to clean winter’s gunk from the side of the curb.
by | Apr 4, 2016 7:35 am | Comments (4)
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A cat on the crumbling steps of 79 William St.
Front entryway.
Michael Smart was walking home on William Street in Wooster Square when a man who spoke little English asked for help: He had no running water in his apartment, he said, and his building was falling apart.
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.
Continue reading ‘“Robust Dust” Plan Clears Way For Industrial Pile To Grow’
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.
by | Mar 3, 2016 4:02 pm | Comments (25)
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Hamilton at her Wooster Square home.
Brand-new heiress Wendy Hamilton said that she wants to donate a million inherited dollars to the city’s poor, black and homeless — a process that’s at times is proving more complicated than she expected.
by | Feb 13, 2016 8:27 pm | Comments (3)
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Salvatore presents Cowles plan to Wooster Square neighbors.
The potential sale of an abandoned old Wooster Square factory has been put on hold not because pollution was found there —- but because it wasn’t found there.
Continue reading ‘Enviromental Snag Puts C. Cowles Talks On Hold’
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.”
Continue reading ‘Elm City Celebrates Mardi Gras At Least Twice’
by | Jan 21, 2016 5:05 pm | Comments (1)
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Layne & DeGray cart away the benches, en route to repairs.
If you want to have a seat or enjoy a siesta in Wooster Square on one of these fine, brisk, winter afternoons, you’ll have to settle for the grass, or a rock, or one of the limited places at the DeLauro Family Table on the northern end of the stately park.
by | Dec 25, 2015 9:19 am | Comments (17)
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Tenant Vincenti: Giving up on management, moving out.
It turns out that the Strouse, Adler apartment complex by the State Street train station has far bigger problems than a busted water-heater — and the city has issued an emergency demand for immediate action.
Continue reading ‘Strouse, Adler Complex Hit With New Emergency Order’
by | Dec 24, 2015 2:28 pm | Comments (1)
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Inspectors check out the third story exterior …
… then head inside to check further.
Firefighters evacuated all a 12-unit Warren Street apartment building Thursday after part of the veneer collapsed.
by | Dec 14, 2015 5:57 pm | Comments (14)
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Turcio on site Monday.
A busted pipe at the Strouse Adler apartment complex — the result of unpermitted work — has forced some tenants to move to hotels.
by | Dec 7, 2015 8:24 am | Comments (0)
Wooster Square got in the holiday spirit, dunking old-fashioned donuts in warm cider, exchanging warm wishes, and wassailing — ye olde English word for caroling — with the help of the New Haven Oratorio Choir.
by | Dec 3, 2015 9:08 am | Comments (9)
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Salvatore with neighbors Wednesday night.
Bring in people who will value the neighborhood. Make it affordable, but not too “affordable.” And for the good of all, create enough parking to avoid disrupting the neighborhood.
by | Nov 20, 2015 1:36 pm | Comments (0)
by | Nov 18, 2015 8:36 am | Comments (15)
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Salvatore, left, at Tuesday night’s meeting.
A factory that for almost two centuries turned out parts for horse-drawn carriages and then cars and trucks may now become the latest Wooster Square housing conversion, at the hands of one of New Haven’s busiest builders.
by | Nov 17, 2015 5:11 pm | Comments (17)
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Before crossing Olive at Greene Street to get to his car, Giovanni Zinn pressed a button at the intersection to flash a message to passing drivers.
Continue reading ‘“Rapid Flashes” Slow Olive Street Traffic’
by | Nov 10, 2015 8:49 am | Comments (15)
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Sharon Lewis said she wants her four grandchildren to ultimately have better educational options in New Haven, evening out the playing field instead of allowing for disparity.
Continue reading ‘Charter School Families Call For More Funding’
by | Oct 26, 2015 12:06 pm | Comments (8)
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Courtney Ciesla wasn’t sure she was ready to open. Then she took the curtain down off of the window of the new Fuel Coffee Shop, to reveal people waiting outside.
by | Oct 7, 2015 3:02 pm | Comments (20)
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Sgt. Roy Davis offered Wooster Square neighbors scared of increased crime a promise for more officers — and advice to keep their fear in check.
Continue reading ‘New Top Wooster Sq. Cop: Attack “Fear Of Crime”’
by | Oct 1, 2015 2:13 pm | Comments (1)
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Ross cleaning trash in Wooster Square.
Andy Ross, a realtor and Wooster Square activist who ran for alder on a good-government platform, appealed to his former neighbors for forgiveness in the wake of his guilty plea on a bribery charge.
by | Aug 27, 2015 3:57 pm | Comments (8)
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Cafe Sunrise’s three major amigos, Ragsdale, Gabriel, and Johnson
The people on line at Wooster Square’s remarkable new breakfast spot, most of them homeless, are asked these questions: Your name? Your table number? And would you like banana or pineapple for your homemade smoothie?
Continue reading ‘Sunrise Cafe Serves Oatmeal Topped With Dignity’