W. Rock Senior Housing Plan Back On Track

We shouldn't allow valuable urban space with good transit service to be used for projects that are this small. There is a massive need for housing in New Haven. The housing complex should be much larger - at least 6-7 stories high.

A project that would put 124 market-rate senior apartments in the shadow of West Rock is a step closer to happening about 19 years after it was approved the first time.

The Gentrification Vampires at their Best.And what will happen to the seniors who can not afford this 124 market-rate senior apartments?

Thank-GOD they are doing this in D.C.

Washington, DC, Is Being Sued for Gentrification
Terrell Jermaine Starr
A civil rights lawyer is suing Washington, D.C., for what he claims are the city's discriminatory housing and urban-renewal policies that favor white millennial renters over long-standing black residents, according to DCist.Aristotle Theresa out of nearby Anacostia is representing three native Washingtonians and community group CARE. The lawsuit claims that the policies of the previous mayoral administrations of Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray were designed to attract "creative" workers who tend to come in fields like journalism, technology, the arts and science. Theresa claims that D.C.'s success in attracting these types of workers has come at the expense of low- and middle-income African-American families who can no longer afford housing in the city."The city is intentionally trying to lighten black neighborhoods, and the way they have primarily been doing it is through construction of high density, luxury buildings, that primarily only offer studios and one bedrooms," the suit reads.

https://www.theroot.com/washington-d-c-is-being-sued-for-gentrification-1826899679

Dear 3/5's, my thoughts did not immediately go to racism but your secondary question of what happens to seniors who can't afford market rate. Not black seniors or white seniors but seniors who are not rich. Not all black seniors are poor ; not all white seniors are rich. Most seniors are not rich. Can't we ever approach an issue without the lens of racism ? Class-ism is a issue that would unite groups to fight this while racism is often used as a tool to separate people and defeat each group in turn. There is strength in numbers and we must unite to survive our old age years!!!

The trend today is trying to do developments with mixed generations including special facilities for seniors. Ghettoizing them is a thing of the past.

At least make it convenient for the seniors citizens who are going to be living in the building. Given that the project site is alongside a vibrant corridor with Decent Bus Service is already a plus. It's indeed a GREAT location! West Rock is definitely the right neighborhood for this kind of development. It's also good that there's a CVS in the area with some other local businesses. However, I do think that part of Whalley should have traffic calming. I think instead of there being two lanes in both directions there should really be only one lane for traffic in both directions and another lane that's ONLY for Buses. There should also be some mid-block crosswalks that are signalized as well. I think slowing down drivers is vital for the safety of pedestrians including the senior citizens.

@ AMDC

You said.

Dear 3/5's, my thoughts did not immediately go to racism but your secondary question of what happens to seniors who can't afford market rate. Not black seniors or white seniors but seniors who are not rich. Not all black seniors are poor ; not all white seniors are rich. Most seniors are not rich.

I said The Gentrification Vampires at their Best.And what will happen to the seniors who can not afford this 124 market-rate senior apartments?

Notice I said seniors.Show me where I used Race.

As far as Washington, DC, Is Being Sued for Gentrification. Washington D.C. was call chocolate city for its predominately black population.That population is now being push out do to gentrification.

I feel like D.C. is no longer the Chocolate City, because of the amount of gentrification and the demographics are changing," says Kobi Marshall, 22, who was born in Washington.

s D.C. Still the Chocolate City?

"They are ripping down mom-and-pop shops and replacing them with high-priced condos," she adds. "It's causing the cost of living for the city to go up to where a lot of African Americans can no longer afford it, and they're moving out to the suburbs of Maryland."

http://truthbetold.news/2015/11/is-d-c-still-the-chocolate-city/

Can't we ever approach an issue without the lens of racism ?

Racism is on the Rise.Take a look.This is the New Thing that is used on people of color

White people keep calling the cops on black people for no reason.

What makes the police encounters chilling is how routine they are.
They happen while black people are going about their everyday lives, only to be interrupted by someone calling the police for the thinnest of suspicions.In the past month, more than a handful of such interactions have attracted widespread attention on social media — and, in turn, in national outlets like The Times, CNN and The Washington Post."It happens so frequently to people of color that we don't often think of it as a big deal

Part One.

Part Two.

People of color can not even go to Waffle House with out the police being called on them.

Waffle House Apologizes for Handcuffing Black Customers in Bill Dispute.

The dispute occurred around 1:30 a.m. and appeared to have to do with how much the couple should pay for a glass of orange juice: $2.50, as a restaurant employee stated, or $1, as the couple interpreted the menu to indicate, according to the footage.The disagreement escalated. The couple states in the video that they did not understand why their bill was $27 instead of $18. They said they had tried to pay but had not received their food.I'm willing to pay my bill, I'm trying," the man says. "I'm sitting here adding my bill up, 'How is my bill this high?'"A police officer pointed a Taser at the man, who was then handcuffed and placed in a police car. The woman was handcuffed shortly afterward.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/waffle-house-black-couple-handcuffs.html

And we all know what happen at starbucks

Racism is Global and on the Rise Also.My wife peeps live London and send this about groups of young black boys and young black girls being harrassed by the British Transport Police who use stop and frisk like the NYPD did to people of color in New York.

https://www.facebook.com/Blackpower635/videos/10156640644822474/

You said Class-ism is a issue that would unite groups to fight this while racism is often used as a tool to separate people and defeat each group in turn. There is strength in numbers and we must unite to survive our old age years!!!

If this is the case.The march I want to see go down: white folks marching on every damn police station in this country and shutting it down take arrests, hits and blows,filling up the jails,stopping the flow of traffic and disrupting commerce. It's not like we won't be out there, we always are, So are you ready to start?

How will they cross the street to catch a bus downtown?

Nearby is the former site of a series of industrial mills. I wonder if the developer can include a commemoration of some kind.

<blockquote>Abel Buell, on a trip to England to buy copper for his New Haven mint, visited a number of mills that were involved in the production of cotton cloth. He persuaded William McIntosh, skilled weaver and mechanic, to come to New Haven and help establish a cotton mill. The year was 1787. Two things a textile mill needed was land for a large building and a stream with a moderate flow of water to turn the waterwheel. A site on the West River was chosen. This mill lasted only a few years possibly because of poor financial management.

In 1796 McIntosh, David Dixon and some New York investors, including John Livingston, constructed a large building 100 feet long and four stories high at Main and Orange Streets, now Whalley and Dayton. Here they began the manufacture of cotton cloth. For a few years the mill produced cloth, yarn, wicks, etc.. The majority of the workers at the mill were pauper children brought over from Scotland. For some unknown reason the mills machinery was changed over to the production of woolen cloth. A few years later the mill closed again for an unknown reason. The site was then occupied by a paper mill owned by William Buddington. In 1837 the mill was destroyed by a fire. In 1840 this site became the location of the Parker Paper Company.</blockquote>

http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1984/6/84.06.09.x.html

@Hewhaven, perhaps they can wait for a BoyScout, oh sorry a Scout. Are all Senior Citizens invalids?

JCF,

I wasn't trying to make a point about the relative ability for SCs to cross the street. I'm talking about this particularly dangerous intersection (Whalley/Dayton). I'm sorry if I offended you in any way.

@Hewhaven I was being sarcastic, so I'm not offended. Reminds me of the story coming out of another dysfunctional city south of us. For years a there had been a wide boulevard crossing near a senior center. At the crossing there had been an inordinate amount of pedestrians being hit by cars. TV crews would arrive and report, politicians would arrive and promise hearings, local residents wanted cars to slow down. After a long study turns out the walk sign was not set properly for a wide boulevard leaving seniors trapped in mid crossing. Just a heads up to the our DOT.