Business

Steel Frame of ‘Pine Street Concessions’ To Rise This Month, Early-2016 Opening Now Planned

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The foundation for the planned Pine Street Concessions marketplace will be poured next week and the steel skeleton of the structure will start to take shape in the next few weeks, according to its owner. An original fall opening for the Grand Central-style marketplace has been pushed back to early 2016 due to a more involved environmental cleanup of the site at 75 Pine St. than what had been expected, according to Peter Lane of NCLC. Four primary vendors will occupy space inside the 3,000-square-foot metal, framed open structure is to resemble an old railroad building, Lane said: Two food vendors, a sweets and ice cream vendor, and a vendor of beer, wine and spirits. “We are looking for gourmet food you can eat on premise,” he told NewCanaanite.com.

Around Town

Did You Hear … ?

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We’re hearing that the wonderful New Canaan Beautification League hosted its second annual Mead Park Breakfast on a recent sunny morning, as a way to say ‘Thank You’ to town employees including many DPW crewmen for their support and partnership in making our village lovely throughout the year (see gallery above). The event was held in the colonnade at Mead Park (a popular spot that had been WPA-era children’s wading pool, originally). Recognized at a recent Town Council meeting for its effective local work, the nonprofit organization creates the hanging baskets downtown and manages many of the traffic triangles around New Canaan. “This non-profit organization of volunteers is open to all, whether for social, civic-minded or educational purposes,” league memberts tell us. “No green thumb is necessary.