2019 Cherry Blossom Festival a big success despite dodging & dancing in raindrops!

Breaking Blossom Business!!! 

The Wooster Square Blossom Blog Turns 250!!

Two Hundred Fifty

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250

New Haven is an old City.

 Settlers laid out the Nine Squares in 1638 who were 

Puritan settlers from England.

New Haven, just celebrated its Birthday.

New Haven is 381 years old.

Of course, I'm not 250 years old.

This simply is the 250th Blog Post of the Eight Years 
I was given the  keys to the 
powder house in charge of documenting our 
Historic Wooster Square Cherry Blossoms!

And, for the 8th straight year,

I was 100% accurate in predicting*, 

forecasting and showing you the 

progression of our precious pink pretties.

*(I simply take photos everyday and post on twitter, our WSBB facebook page and on the WSBB Blog).

I have lived in New Haven

since 1988.

I have lived in Wooster Square since 2006.

New Haven today, would make 
my jaw drop if I walked out of my 
old Chapel Street apartment back then.

There's at least 10 new residential rental developments. The kind with all the amenities.

And thousands more people live downtown.

Back then, people were on their own.

No crosswalks with flashing lights. 

(no, somebody had to lose their life before that)

No Elm City Market!

No Wine Thief (wine store), not much for residents

who want to walk and shop locally.

On Saturdays it was hard to find a restaurant open

for lunch, forget breakfast too.

I guess I might have been on to something.

Wooster Square is a tight 
knit welcoming neighborhood.

The neighborhoods where people live, are driving what they want as far as entertainment, policing, parks and you name it. New Haven is plugged in.

Last Sunday we had our 46th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival here in Wooster Square.

The impending showers put a damper on the numbers that turned out. But the ones that 

did come out did so with gusto! 

People Dancing to the music of the 
final and only band that 

was able to play outside without cover.

Read about the festival in the New Haven Independent.

Still about 2-3 thousand people showed up to picnic

and visit all the attractions in the park.

I had a table selling photos and many 

people thanked me for doing this blog 

and I greatly appreciate the support!

I guess if you do something long enough, consistently enough, 

then maybe someone will notice!

Wooster Street

Thank You Flower Following Fans!

All the data and photos are being

analysed by the Blossom Mainframe.

Take a look at what the Square has turned into with all this wet weather we've had!

Last holdouts

Crab apple blossoms

City Sights

From Pink to Green

Hughes Place last Hanami Hurrah

Our sweet Sakura Square

History Loves Company!

Future Whirley things

Hurray for the Pink, white and Blue!

See you next year!

pink carpet

One mean green machine

Littly Italy

Pink Nation!

The Final results are in!

Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Hanami History

A special thanks to 
Cheryl Szczarba, Realtor, who is the 
Wooster Square Blossom Blog's 
main sponsor and Camera Sponsor.
Without her $ support,
these photos wouldn't be possible.

Call Cheryl for all your 
Real Estate needs.
203-996-8328