1 Day, 3 Neighborhoods

Special Report: A Day In The Life Of Fair Haven, East Rock And Newhallville

by | Mar 21, 2012 11:18 pm | Comments (1)

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4:15 p.m.: Kevin Isonilla takes a water break at Boxing in Faith gym.

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Noon: Ka Wa Chan replaces a landmark’s front door.

From dreams pursued on cracked asphalt to a first-day-of-spring surprise hatched in a laundromat, from a gender-bending fresh” cut to a 46-pound meat bargain and stood-up Mormons on a Fillmore Street stoop, the Independent spent a day tracking the rhythms of neighborhood life.

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On Asphalt Oasis, Willie Wins The Warm-Up

by | Mar 21, 2012 5:28 pm | Comments (0)

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4:21 p.m. Newhallville: After school and ahead of the evening’s basketball tryouts, 14-year-old Willie Wiggins tuned up his game on the cracked asphalt of a vacant lot at Newhall and Starr streets — a lot his mother considers safe enough to hang out on, a lot at least one neighbor fears might become lost to gentrification.”

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