Colleges Empty, New Haven now home to townies, newbies, Alumni, and tourists!

Long gone are the days when all the schools let out New Haven seemed like a ghost town. Trying to find a spot open for breakfast seemed like a chore. Lunch? Maybe to watch some sports? Nope. Nada. How about an early happy hour? Good luck. Most of downtown New Haven didn't open back up until 5pm.

Of course, this was all pre-pandemic and the Booming bounteous apartments springing up in every neighborhood in New Haven. Seems like everyone figured out, "I'm always in New Haven, why don't I just live there?"

For me, the move downtown came in 2006. I wanted to be closer to my doctors (arthritis), be able to walk everywhere (or bike!) and meet people.

However, my decision to move to New Haven was made in 1988 purchasing a condo in Fair Haven Heights and later a home in Westville on Alden Ave.

Move ahead 10 years and I'm out walking Zippy, my blind Rock Star Italian Stallion Greyhound. On one of my first walks I bumped into my future Bride and Joy, Cheryl Szczarba walking her teensy tiny dog Chyna (toy poodle). In 2008 we eloped and the rest is er History.

So I guess we were somewhat trailblazers back then.

Wooster Square is a tight knit little neighborhood.

People love our Saturday Farmers Market, Wooster Street, the restaurants and our Wooster Park. The secret is out of the bag now. Thousands have made the move downtown.

But I digress. My job here is not to just tell people about Wooster Square. The Blossom Blog is like show and tell in kindergarten. Dumbed down of course for internet purposes. After all, you've hung on until now without a single photo to entertain you so I must return to my duties as dictated by the Historic Wooster Square Commission in the year Two Thousand and Twelve (2012). My how time flies when you're having fun in the #GSCIA - Greatest Small City in America!

#nhv #newhaven #woostersquare

I've been lucky enough and healthy enough to get out on my bike and do a little birding. Let's take a look around from the past week!