tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post3128590300302114916..comments2024-03-28T22:51:39.946-04:00Comments on Waterbury Thoughts: Holiday Season DowntownRaechel Guesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00877208684670929373noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-42403300797968724092010-11-27T14:26:52.558-05:002010-11-27T14:26:52.558-05:00I can say what it is sad conditions we have a long...I can say what it is sad conditions we have a long way to go, but I will not change this place for any other one. I am Puertorrican and proud of it but waterbury is my home my safe haven, I been here for 20 years and will not change it for any other place. Proud to be in Waterubry, Connecticut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-59155564715169972132010-11-11T12:12:48.111-05:002010-11-11T12:12:48.111-05:00Waterbury will never be what it was--the past is t...Waterbury will never be what it was--the past is the past. The present can't compete with nostalgia and rosy memories, but I think our downtown is doing really well. I spend far more time downtown than at any mall, and I spend more money downtown than at the mall. There are so many things to do downtown, and every year there are more things happening. Downtown Waterbury is not what it was in Raechel Guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877208684670929373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-66981861090635229022010-11-10T22:23:20.867-05:002010-11-10T22:23:20.867-05:00Sad conditions downtown? I guess you haven't n...Sad conditions downtown? I guess you haven't noticed the 18 new appartments on Bank St. The 2 other buildings that have had new facades put on thanks to a Main Street Waterbury program. The work done in the old Apothecary Building. The Spirit of Wterbury Festival that drew a few thousand to the green on a Saturday.<br /><br />Yes Waterbury has a long way to go, but it is moving in the right Bryan P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01873738854423448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-91490609739310006142010-11-10T19:26:36.536-05:002010-11-10T19:26:36.536-05:00Kudos for trying! But Try as try you might Waterbu...Kudos for trying! But Try as try you might Waterbury will never be as beautiful as it was in it's glory days. Familes would go to shop at all the fine stores dressed festively for the Christmas celebration. The beautiful Creche on the Green, the bells from the churches...a sense of belonging and family neigborhoods supporting their local merchants. It no longer happens. The malls, pathetic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com