by Heather Brandon | Sep 12, 2007 | Urban Compass
Growing up in Springfield, and now living in New Haven—both medium-sized cities—says writer Mark Oppenheimer in an article (PDF) in his new publication, The New Haven Review of Books, has released him from a destructive quest for status into a realm of...
by Heather Brandon | 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,...
by Heather Brandon | 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...
by Heather Brandon | Sep 17, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield’s notorious riverfront prison, a late-1800s brick building complex, is slated for demolition, with interior remediation work to begin this month including the painstaking removal of asbestos and likely lead paint. North American Site Development...
