Elizabeth Kim
Stamford Advocate
New York, NY, United States
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In Stamford, two bike commuters launch a ride-share website
Commuters start website to help riders find one another to bike together Eventually, Robert, a 48-year-old resident who lives in Norwalk and works at Gen Re in Stamford, came to see the barriers to bike commuting as not so much physical but mental. While some of the talk will focus on practical issues, such as how to pack efficiently and without wrinkling your clothes, the two are also planning… → Read More
In Stamford, a 28-mile bike commute that crosses from New York
With Bike to Work Week in Stamford underway, The Advocate contrinues its series on bicycle commuters and city initiatives to improve bike transportation. During the warm-weather months, he rides 28 miles between his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. to the Danny's Cycles shop on High Ridge Road in North Stamford. In 2013, the New York Times reported on the growing number of bike commuters who… → Read More
Spring in Stamford means return of Urban Transitway construction
Spring marks the arrival of chirping birds ' and the jackhammering of construction crews. [...] it was with little fanfare this month that the city resumed work on the Urban Transitway, a federally-funded, road-widening initiative that is designed to alleviate traffic around the downtown train station by providing an alternate route through the city's East Side. While city officials are planning… → Read More
Fleet Feet Stamford gets the city running
Midwest couple jetisons corporate life for community business If you happen to see hordes of people sprinting across the city's downtown, chances are you've come across a running group organized by Fleet Feet Stamford, a locally-owned running shoe and apparel franchise that opened in May 2013 on Bedford Street. Troy Burk, 43, a former corporate attorney who owns the store with his wife, Victoria… → Read More
Stamford's new school, police hq bulk up capital budget
Faced with the prospect of building a new police headquarters as well as a new school, the city is set to see capital spending rise dramatically in the next several years. The bulk of next year's spending plan is dedicated toward the new police headquarters, which is being estimated as costing $45 million. A total of $3 million was budgeted for the design and engineering costs associated with… → Read More
Fight to save Stamford post office suffers another setback
A legal battle spearheaded by preservationists to prevent the redevelopment of the city's downtown historic post office was dealt another defeat this week after the Postal Regulatory Commission dismissed their complaint over the sale and closure of the Atlantic Street post office. The complainants, who had tried to buy the 1916 post office building, accused the U.S. Postal Service of failing to… → Read More
Stamford business leaders say RBS downsizing was expected
Taken together, it would mean that the city's two most high-profile commercial properties on Washington Boulevard may eventually be filled by new occupants in a couple of years. [...] the fact that the blow comes during a building boom in the downtown and South End has made some officials in the business community see the city's future as less bleak than some would think. According to McGee, the… → Read More
Stamford's oldest house must move, but how?
Over the years as the city's downtown redeveloped with glistening corporate headquarters and apartment complexes, the Hoyt Barnum House has been one of its unexpected yet often overlooked historic vestiges. Yet aside from the annual Halloween Day tours, the house has attracted little public attention, available for visits only by appointment and during special events. All that, however, changed… → Read More
Stamford survey shows demand for bike lanes downtown
The results of a recent transportation survey highlight where the city can improve the quality of life for bikers and pedestrians, including the introduction of bike lanes in the downtown and creating safer road environments for bikers and pedestrians alike. The survey conducted online last month was commissioned by People Friendly Stamford, a bike and pedestrian advocacy group that has become… → Read More
Artist blames downtown group for damaging sculpture
The sidewalk art displays in the downtown have become a summer staple in Stamford, a largely feel-good exhibit that is part of a long-standing project to inject culture and stir some conversation. [...] the Downtown Special Services District, which has spearheaded the exhibit "Art in Public Spaces" for 21 years, is fending off complaints from an artist who wants the organization to help him… → Read More
Stamford's first baby of 2015 born less than an hour into new year
Leaning against the window in the hospital room, the proud father was catching up with his wife and baby. With help from a translator, he and his wife, who looked happy but tired, gave an account of their whirlwind night. On a brisk and cold Thursday afternoon, they agreed to let a reporter and photographer meet the latest addition to their family. Because the newborn had trouble eating, she was… → Read More
Thirteen years later, Stamford is set to collect two state grants
The grants were awarded to Stamford in 2001 under Connecticut's open space and watershed land acquisition grant program, which enables land purchased by municipalities and land conservation nonprofits to be protected in perpetuity for residents. Unlike other types of state and federal grants, these two awards required no matching funds from the city. Since 2012, the city's failure to collect the… → Read More
Three years after deadly Christmas Day fire, city remains in legal limbo
Three years have passed since the tragic Christmas Day blaze, during which Madonna Badger, a prominent advertising executive, lost her three children and parents. [...] Badger has gone on to become a symbol of resilience. Matthew Badger's claim also alleges that building officials were negligent in inspections of the house, which was undergoing extensive renovations. Kathryn Emmett, the city's… → Read More
In Stamford, an animator finds his Hollywood ending
Laid-back Colorado couple makes a home on Stamford's West Side and finds a multi-dimensional, animated life straight out of a sitcom. In high school, he would go on to write a 20-page thesis in which he boldly argued that 3-D animation was "just a fad" and that 2-D would make a comeback that would revitalize the movie business. In 2009, after graduating from Rocky Mountain College of Art and… → Read More
Stamford neighbors angry at business expansion
Despite protests from residents, a developer's request to change plans to a nearly completed housing development and day care on High Ridge Road has won approval from the city's Zoning Board. Nagi Osta, who owns a jewelry store adjacent to the project, will now be able to build 19 rental units and a day care that supports as many as 120 children on a 1.5-acre site along High Ridge Road, between… → Read More
Stamford neighborhood cries foul over development on High Ridge Road
[...] across the neighborhood, which is made up of small cul-de-sacs, there are other signs, those saying "Stop Nagi," referring to the developer Nagi Osta and a renewed battle over exactly how the project will be completed. Three years after the city's Zoning Board narrowly approved his 17-unit residential complex and day care, Osta, a well-known High Ridge jewelry store owner, is seeking to… → Read More
Both of Stamford's main parties optimistic for elections
John Mallozzi, the Democratic City Committee Chairman, said early voting result totals were showing that political newcomer and Democrat Caroline Simmons had upset Republican incumbent Michael Molgano in the the 144th District. Despite the elation, the biggest question that hung over the night for Democrats was whether their state party leader and former Stamford mayor Dannel P. Malloy would… → Read More
In Stamford, Fox seeks seat held by his father
In the spring, the latter announced his intention to run for probate judge rather than seek a sixth term as the Democratic state representative for the 146th House District. In a telephone interview, Hanser said he is merely trying to maintain his party's presence on the ballot, but added he believed there should be term limits for all elected positions. In 2004, the Shippan resident catapulted… → Read More
Stamford developer pitches waterfront rentals in Waterside
Avalon on Stamford Harbor, which was built in 2001 and has 323 rental units; and Stamford Landing, a mixed commercial and residential development that was completed in 1987 with 88 condominiums. The development team is led by Paxton Kinol, a prominent developer based in Greenwich who has built other residential projects in Stamford, including Mill River House, Glenview House, and Eastside… → Read More
Stamford developer expands reach and profile in downtown project
After nibbling at the northern edges of the downtown with a series of successful mid-sized rental buildings, Stamford developer Randy Salvatore is now back with another residential project, only this time he has set his sights on the very heart of the downtown. Salvatore, who runs RMS Properties, has submitted plans to construct 122 units in a six-story apartment building at the corner of… → Read More