City Councilwoman Mary McBride-Lee remembers when Martin Luther King Drive on the East Side was a war zone of gunfire, drug gangs, crime and grime and despair for public housing residents of the 1,000-unit Father Panik Village, the sanctuary of Waltersville School where she has taught for 35 years beckoning the children of the tenement-style projects. […]
Entries Tagged as 'Tom Gill'
Crescent Crossings Brightens The East Side, Location Of Notorious Former Federal Housing Project
July 19th, 2017 · 18 Comments · Development and Zoning, Uncategorized
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Joe Ganim·Kim Staley·Mary McBride-Lee·Tom Bucci·Tom Gill
A Majestic Development Plan For Downtown, Ganim: Main Street’s Bookends Of Progress Coming Together
June 20th, 2017 · 24 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Declaring “We don’t look at what it is, we look at what we want it to be,” the managing partner of the Manhattan-based commercial real estate firm Exact Capital Group joined Mayor Joe Ganim and other officials Monday afternoon to announce a $400 million redevelopment of the shuttered and nostalgic Poli and Majestic theaters Downtown […]
Tags: Bridgeport Bluefish·David Carson·Joe Ganim·Mickey Herbert·Tom Gill·Webster Bank Arena
Trantolo Law Firm Adds Bridgeport Presence
June 10th, 2017 · 4 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Connecticut’s oldest continual family law firm Trantolo & Trantolo on Friday opened a Bridgeport regional office next to the city’s theatrical gem Klein Memorial Auditorium at 944 Fairfield Avenue, joining offices in Hartford, Waterbury and Torrington. The personal injury law firm handed out helmets to students at nearby Curiale School as part of a bicycle […]
The Quest To Make Steelpointe Harbor Vertical–Marina, Restaurant, Waterfront Walkway On Horizon
May 16th, 2017 · 38 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
Surrounded by elected officials and neighborhood and business leaders, developer Robert Christoph Sr. and Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday broke ground for the 35,000 square foot waterfront dockmaster’s building that will house a raw bar restaurant, retail and an engineering company on Steelpointe Harbor accompanied by a harbor walk platform, marina and docks that Christoph […]
Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Bill Finch·Ernie Newton·Frank Gerratana·Joe Ganim·Lenny Paoletta·Marilyn Moore·Mickey Herbert·Robert Christoph·Steelpointe Harbor·Tom Gill
Lee Dredges Up Questions About Port Authority
May 16th, 2017 · 10 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Community watchdog John Marshall Lee has a wave of questions regarding operations of the Bridgeport Port Authority including the lack of appointments to the board of directors. Who is feeling “shy” at this waterfront moment? What else is ongoing but unsaid by those interested in Port development? Why is there no reference to other harbor front […]
Mario’s La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) Of Raising Money, Behold Ganim’s $200K Finance Report
April 11th, 2017 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Standing on the concourse of Bridgeport’s closed nostalgic twin gems the Poli and Majestic Theaters that city officials hope a New York architectural developer will resuscitate into a Downtown economic revival, Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa waxed sentimentally Monday afternoon about his visits there when he was a young man in a new country. “La […]
City Reviewing Proposals To Revitalize Vacant Downtown Theaters
March 6th, 2017 · 26 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
The city has received four responses to a request for proposals for the historic Poli Palace and Majestic theaters, the nostalgic Downtown venues shuttered for more than 40 years. Economic Development Director Tom Gill says advancement of Downtown North redevelopment projects spurred interest in the twin gems, once a magnet for Broadway’s theater and pageantry.
Tags: Tom Gill
Tangible Economics Of Steelpointe Harbor “Enlivening The Waterfront”
July 17th, 2017 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
What’s the economic impact of Steelpointe Harbor, the redevelopment of the East Side with Bass Pro Shops as the anchor tenant? It’s been a long elusive question that has never been fully rolled out publicly by city officials, perhaps because city-controlled parcels were acquired by the developer in stages. As progress continues OIB reached out […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Lenny Paoletta·Robert Christoph Jr.·Robert Christoph Sr.·Steelpointe Harbor·Tom Gill