Some Longhill Gardens condo units condemned

by | Jul 15, 2007 | Urban Compass

22News has produced a report about units at Longhill Gardens Condominiums being condemned this week, saying that 32 tenants are being displaced due to the unlivable conditions there and three of the five buildings’ danger of collapse. Structural defects have...

Spotlight on homelessness

by | Jul 24, 2007 | Urban Compass

Springfield’s homeless providers have been going through a number of changes in the last several weeks. While I’ve been on a blogging hiatus here during a move from Springfield to Hartford, which took place June 30, on my other blog I’ve been able to...

Leslie Clement, developer versus VFW

by | Jul 25, 2007 | Urban Compass

Late last fall, on a walk, I came upon developer Leslie Clement’s housing construction underway along Springfield’s Tiffany Street (pictured at left), in the Forest Park neighborhood. The cluster of arts-and-crafts style homes can be found along Tiffany,...

Races brewing; perspective needed

by | Jul 28, 2007 | Urban Compass

Both Springfield and Hartford face mayoral races this fall. As a new Hartford resident, I have little clue what’s going on in my new city, but I’ll be doing some catching up at the blog Real Hartford, which documented a mayoral candidates’ forum in...