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AT&T is opening a retail store at 936 Chapel St., where the old tattoo shop used to be. This is probably the ugliest storefront in all of downtown -- completely covered in black styrofoam. The building owner has not been motivated to improve their building, but perhaps AT&T can be persuaded that they owe it to New Haven to make their business look halfway decent. I've already written their "corporate citizenship" PR representative, requesting that they at least remove the dryvit. I would also like to see that their signage, when installed, is of appropriate quality and scale. (The tattoo shop had a plastic sign about five feet tall.) Is there any local approvals process that has guidelines for signage?
30 Comments
BB (Registered User)
Absolutely agree. These guys are the worst absentee landlords downtown.
If ATT really lets the building stay like that it would be disgusting.
Let's make sure they fix it!
Pedro Soto (Registered User)
This poor building is a dagger in the heart of New Haven. Apparently the owners are the Malley family (of Malley's department store), but since there are something like 20 heirs and they all own a stake in the building, it's next to impossible to track them down and get them all to sell.
I call BS on that story, and even if there is a grain of truth, I think that it's more a lack of imagination and effort that has stopped people from resolving this.
Maybe we should open up a SCF or other appropriate venue dedicated to getting to the bottom of this. At the very least we should be able to track down just exactly what the ownership is of this building and find out the next step.
Anonymous (Guest)
Information about this property from:
http://www.visionappraisal.com/
and
http://www.concord-sots.ct.gov
BUSINESS DETAILS:
Business Name:
MJB REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP, 260 QUARRY ROAD, UNIT A, MILFORD, CT, 06460
Member:
DANIEL JOHNSON
Residence Address:
9 VAIL COURT, TRUMBULL, CT, 06611
Anonymous (Guest)
Agree. This building is horrendous. It brings down property values of the entire city.
I know that downtown property owners, city ED officials and activists have been trying pretty consistently to do something about it for at least 10 years, with no results... so good luck. Maybe SCF will have better luck!
Liz (Guest)
BB (Registered User)
Hey Liz,
I agree that there needs to be stricter signage an facade regulations for new permits in New Haven.
Citizen (Registered User)
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juli (Registered User)
yeah, but something tells me that they won't be open for very long. maybe its a hunch based on the overlapping 8 x 11 copier paper advertising campaign in their windows? ;)
we'll just have to be ready to pressure the next business to rent the space.
Erin Gustafson (Registered User)
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zakstone333 (Registered User)
This issue was just mentioned in a story by the English newspaper The Guardian!
Check it out here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jun/01/crowdsourcing-internet
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