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So Long Playground, Hello Home

by Thomas MacMillan | May 15, 2012 10:30 am | Comments (5)

As workers lowered the first walls of a new Yale-designed house into place at the corner of Newhall and Starr streets, neighbors mourned the loss of a neighborhood basketball court, and began working to create a new one.

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Rooming House Retreats

by Thomas MacMillan | May 9, 2012 8:09 am | Comments (13)

Over two dozen Cedar Hill neighbors showed up with media in tow at the the Board of Zoning Appeals, girded for battle with a property owner looking to legitimize its illegal rooming house. But there was no fight to be had.

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City Wants Its Workers To “Buy New Haven”

by Paul Bass | May 3, 2012 4:10 pm | Comments (49)

Taking a page from a political campaign opponent, City Hall unveiled a plan to convince teachers, cops, firefighters, and other government employees to buy homes in town.

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Homeless Camping Request Rejected

by Thomas MacMillan | May 3, 2012 11:05 am | Comments (17)

A group of homeless people came to City Hall seeking an OK to set up a new outdoor camp. No can do, the mayor replied. It’s too dangerous.

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Hovel Draws Trouble While Politics Stymies Sale

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 27, 2012 8:08 am | Comments (26)

Gil Marshak is ready to buy a blighted Fair Haven home from the city, kick out the hookers, clean up the trash, gut rehab the rooms, and rent or sell it to a family. The local alderwoman won’t let him.

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First 8 Families Return To Brookside

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 25, 2012 2:30 pm | Comments (6)

Fifteen years after leaving the West Rock projects, Lisa Daniels stepped into her first brand-new apartment in a reborn Brookside.

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Two Fair Haven Blocks Revamped

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 13, 2012 11:01 am | Comments (1)

Construction workers tore into the remnants of a row of rundown houses as a not-for-profit builder launched a $13 million effort to remake Fair Haven streets.

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Historic Downtown Rehab Hits Parking Challenge

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 12, 2012 8:00 am | Comments (14)

What happens if you want to renovate a downtown building constructed years before people drove cars, and turn the building into apartments? Better find off-street parking.

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At Bella Vista, Losing The Battle With Smoke

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 2, 2012 11:20 am | Comments (6)

Nydia Canales has stuffed plastic bags into every crack around her door, caulked every gap in her walls, even put cling film over her light switches. She still can’t escape the cigarette smoke that filters into her apartment, triggering an allergic reaction that wakes her up coughing every night.

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$30M Farnam Redo Evolves

by Allan Appel | Mar 9, 2012 9:11 am

A 72-year-old woman had an idea for how the housing authority should replace the 70-year-old Farnam Courts complex at Grand and Hamilton: Put up a new building set aside for seniors.

The answer from the authority: Sorry, no can do, but please apply anyway. We’ll have room for you.

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