Comments on: I heart New Haven http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/ Musings on beer, music, technology, urbanism, and life... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: DesignNewHaven http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/#comment-1248 DesignNewHaven Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:27:03 +0000 http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/#comment-1248 Great post on what makes for a great, walkable, high-land-value and high-quality-of-life city. I highlighted your post at DesignNewHaven. Great post on what makes for a great, walkable, high-land-value and high-quality-of-life city. I highlighted your post at DesignNewHaven.

]]> By: Jim http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/#comment-1238 Jim Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:38:43 +0000 http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/#comment-1238 That's kind of funny. About a year or 2 ago, things were really going well here. Then the economy tanked and a lot of the progress we were making had stopped, and in some cases went the wrong direction. We've got a mayor who won on a promise of transparency in city hall and completely turned back on that promise with all sorts of back room deals (some would even say more than the previous mayor who went to prison because of those deals). The mall was a great quick fix for getting downtown development moving, but it's got a lot of tax breaks I've heard. It also has brought people indoors and off the streets, though that has started to turn around. Your downtown is definitely more interesting, but I think a lot of that has to do with Yale buying up a lot of property (though that's not a bad thing, I wish our colleges would help out the city a bit). I would die for a city that was a combination of New Haven and Providence, but on the same scale. The biggest deterrent for me is the beer scene in CT. It's not as good as it is here. That and finding a job in the city for me might be a problem (mainly because I love my current job). That’s kind of funny. About a year or 2 ago, things were really going well here. Then the economy tanked and a lot of the progress we were making had stopped, and in some cases went the wrong direction. We’ve got a mayor who won on a promise of transparency in city hall and completely turned back on that promise with all sorts of back room deals (some would even say more than the previous mayor who went to prison because of those deals).

The mall was a great quick fix for getting downtown development moving, but it’s got a lot of tax breaks I’ve heard. It also has brought people indoors and off the streets, though that has started to turn around. Your downtown is definitely more interesting, but I think a lot of that has to do with Yale buying up a lot of property (though that’s not a bad thing, I wish our colleges would help out the city a bit).

I would die for a city that was a combination of New Haven and Providence, but on the same scale. The biggest deterrent for me is the beer scene in CT. It’s not as good as it is here. That and finding a job in the city for me might be a problem (mainly because I love my current job).

]]> By: Esbey http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/#comment-1236 Esbey Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:42:37 +0000 http://runawayjim.org/2008/04/18/i-heart-new-haven/#comment-1236 Here in New Haven, folks are always saying that we should "look to Providence" for ideas. We don't have anything dowtown as flashy as the river walk in Providence, and of course there is not a big downtown mall (maybe that is good, but shopping here is good for some items and very poor for others.) I do think our downtown is more walkable and interesting overall. Maybe some mutual learning is possible. Here in New Haven, folks are always saying that we should “look to Providence” for ideas. We don’t have anything dowtown as flashy as the river walk in Providence, and of course there is not a big downtown mall (maybe that is good, but shopping here is good for some items and very poor for others.) I do think our downtown is more walkable and interesting overall.

Maybe some mutual learning is possible.

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