History of New Haven, Connecticut / History of towns in United States
Country: United States
State: Connecticut
County: New Haven
City: New Haven
Population (2010):
• City 129,779
• Density 6,500/sq mi (2,500/km2)
• Metro 862,477
New Haven is the second largest city in Connecticut and the seat of New Haven County. Situated on Long Island Sound about 75 miles from New York City, New Haven is both a manufacturing and educational center for Connecticut. Neighboring Waterbury is 21 miles from New Havenand situated on the Naugatuck River.
In the spring of 1638, a group of English Puritans led by Theophilus Eaton and the Rev. John Davenport, settled at the head of New Haven Bay. At first it was ruled by a plantation covenant, but in 1639, the settlers decided to become a theocracy and to be ruled entirely by scripture. The Old Green in the center of the city was laid out by the surveyor John Brockett around 1640.
In 1664, New Haven became part of the colony of Connecticut. From 1701 to 1873, New Haven shared the title of capital with Hartford. During the Revolutionary War, New Haven supported the American cause, although there were numerous Loyalists in the city, 75 of whom had their property confiscated. New Haven was invaded by General William Tryon in 1779, but the British were repulsed before they could burn the city.
Yale College, founded in Saybrook, was moved to New Haven in 1717, where it developed into Yale University. Some of Yale's buildings are found around the Old Green, along with three churches that were built in 1814: Trinity, Center, and United. Another landmark is the Ives Memorial Library, the central library of the New Haven Free Public Library, built in 1908. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is the fourth oldest symphony in America, having given its first performance in 1895.
Edgerton Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Edgewood Park began with sixty acres donated in 1889. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed the layout in 1910.
In 1954, Mayor Richard Lee began his first of eight terms as Mayor of New Haven. Lee hoped to stem the emigration of the middle class, eliminate the slums and revitalize the economy. More than $300 million dollars was spent in public and private construction in renewal areas during Lee's administration.
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Yale-New Haven Hospital is the primary hospital associated with Yale University. St. Raphael's Hospital, founded in 1907, also co-operates with Yale's medical school.
However, revitalization of many areas of the city continued after Lee left office in 1969. Wooster Square, which in the 1950's was a slum, is now home to new commercial and industrial buildings and an established historic district. In 1994 The Audubon Arts Center Complex was completed. Revitalization is also occurring in Science Park, the East Shore community, the harborfront, Upper State Street and many other areas.
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Tour of Westville (New Haven) Connecticut
Westville – a neighborhood of the City of New Haven, Ct., an area Pearce Real Estate serves for buying or selling a home.
Westville is a great neighborhood to call home. Diverse, cultural, educated, community-minded are words residents use to describe this enclave. Located in the northwest corner of New Haven, Old Westville Village, designated an historical landmark, is boarded by the Yale Bowl and University-owned playing fields, the Connecticut Tennis Center where world class talent plays every August, Edgewood Park with walking trails and waterways and its own public basketball and tennis courts, Forest Road and a section of Whalley Avenue which is home to the area’s businesses, numerous cafes, bistros and restaurants such as Lena, Stone Hearth, Bella’s, and House of Chao; critically-acclaimed art galleries including the Gabriel deSilva’s Frame Shop and Kehler Liddell ; antique shops; and the famous Lyric Hall Theater, venue for lively music and scores of talented visual and performing artists.
Residential streets south of the bustling center are lush with mature trees, green lawns and large, stately homes which reflect the architectural styles of early to mid 20th century America. Take a morning run or evening stroll, as many residents do, down McKinley and Alston Avenues or on upper Chapel Street and marvel at the colonial, Tudor, bungalow, art and craft, and even Spanish-revival styles. Walk the dog or wheel the baby in the carriage to the Yale Bowl via tree-lined Cleveland Road, where one side abuts the open polo fields. Apartments and condos, built in the style of the surrounding architecture, fit right in on Fountain Street close to the commercial area. The population is as varied as the architecture: young, professional couples with children; hip artistic types; older “Villagers” who raised their families there and still enjoy the communal ambiance of the area; doctors, lawyers and bio-tech executives who drive the short distance to their workplaces in downtown New Haven. Neighbors know each other and gather together for community events such as the annual Spring ArtWalk, block watch meetings, legislative hearings on traffic control or fund raising drives. At Christmas, carolers with fire-lit lanterns walk the streets and sing in return for freshly baked goodies; at Halloween, children and their parents go door to welcoming door with their increasing heavy bags of treats.
Westville is home to two distinguished elementary (kindergarten through 7) magnet schools and the Hopkins School, a private institution founded in 1660, for grades 7 through 12. It is close to Southern Connecticut State University, the University of New Haven, and, of course, Yale University. It’s a quick drive for access to Interstates 91 and 95, as well as the Merritt Parkway. Area churches (including one in the Korean language) and synagogues, all within walking distance, schedule events for children and seniors. Community events and numerous reading programs for children are held at Mitchell Library (including classes by Literacy Volunteers of New Haven). The Library’s adjacent Beecher Park is the summer setting for Monday evening picnics and concerts with beautiful West Rock as the backdrop. The best gathering of residents is on Sunday mornings when the cafes are filled with those who brunch and then visit the area’s Farmer’s Market held at Edgewood Park for local produce and artisan wares.
Visit Westville soon. There’s a lot to like.
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DERBY Connecticut Downtown Driving Tour - 4k
In this video we explore downtown Derby, Connecticut.
Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, approximately 8 miles west-northwest of New Haven, Connecticut. Derby is located in southwest Connecticut at the confluence of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers.
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Yale University, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale Center for British Art, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, East Rock Park, Shubert Theater, Grove Street Cemetery, Knights of Columbus Museum, Harkness Tower at Yale University, New Haven Green, Little Italy, Carousel at Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven Museum, Center Church, City Hall
Bibles for America (BfA) 9/11 Anniversary Tour—Day 14—Connecticut
Shortly after the deadly terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Bibles for America set out on a cross-country Bible distribution tour. We reached Ground Zero in New York City in November and provided free New Testaments and spiritual help to a city that had been shaken to its core. You can see an excerpt of the video that Bibles for America produced concerning that tour here:
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Lord led us to return to New York City. Beginning in New York City, we went on a two-week tour through the Northeastern United States down to Washington D.C. to distribute free Bibles and books. This video highlights the distribution activities in Connecticut on Day 14 of the 2011 tour.
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History of Waterbury, Connecticut / History of towns in United States
Country: United States
State: Connecticut
County: New Haven
City: Waterbury
Population (2010):
• Total 110,366
• Total 109,307 (US: 240th) (2014)
• Density 3,872.5/sq mi (1,495.2/km2)
Waterbury, the seat of New Haven County, is situated on the Naugatuck River, 21 miles from New Haven. It has been called the Brass Center of the World.
Waterbury was purchased from the Indians by residents of Farmington in 1674. They started a new community in 1677 which they named Mattatuck, changed to Waterbury when the town was incorporated in 1686. It was chartered as a city in 1853; in 1901, city and town were consolidated.
Waterbury became famous in the 19th century for the manufacture of brass items. Its brass industry can be traced to 1802. The Waterbury Mint, owned by the Scovill Manufacturing Company, produced planchets (blanks for coins), which the U.S. Mint used to produce coins for an assortment of foreign countries.
In 1878, the Waterbury Watch Company was organized for the explicit purpose of producing cheap watches. These watches gained a reputation for shoddy workmanship, so the company abandoned the brand and renamed itself the New England Watch Company. It was later incorporated into the company that became Timex. A visit to Timexpo provides a look into a century and a half of watch making in Waterbury.
Waterbury's two hospitals are Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital. Waterbury hospital opened in 1890 in a Victorian mansion overlooking the city. The cornerstone of St. Mary's was laid in 1907 and the hospital was dedicated two years later. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Mary's of Chambery.
Post College, a regional business college, was founded in 1890. In 1990, it affiliated itself with the worldwide Teikyo Group and is now known as Teikyo Post University. The University of Connecticut has operated a campus in Waterbury for about half a century.
The Railroad Museum of New England operates the Naugatuck Railroad between Thomaston and Waterbury. The Golden Age of Trucking Museum displays exhibits from the history of trucking, with an emphasis on the 1950's. The Mattatuck Museum, located on the Green in central Waterbury, provides highlights from Waterbury's three centuries of history.
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Driving Downtown - Stamford 4K - Connecticut USA
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Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 Companies,[2] nine Fortune 1000 Companies, and 13 Courant 100 Companies, as well as numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives Stamford the largest financial district in New York Metro outside New York City itself and one of the largest concentrations of corporations in the nation.
Economy
Among the larger companies with headquarters in Stamford are Vineyard Vines, WWE, Tasty Bite, Pitney Bowes, Gen Re, Frontier Communications, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Crane Co., and Charter Communications. UBS also has its North American headquarters here and its trading floor holds the Guinness World Record as the largest column-less trading floor in the world. The Royal Bank of Scotland moved its North American operations into Stamford in 2009, including its RBS Greenwich Capital subsidiary.[14]
In recent years, many large corporations have moved offices outside of the city due to the high rental cost, including Xerox, MeadWestvaco, International Paper, GE Capital, NBC, and Clairol. The Harbor Point development, located in the South End, is one of the largest private-sector development projects in the United States.[15] Many large retail stores, such as Design within Reach and Fairway Market have moved in, along with multiple hedge funds.
History
In the 1960s and 1970s, Stamford's commercial real estate boomed as corporations relocated from New York City to peripheral areas.[5] A massive urban redevelopment campaign during that time resulted in a downtown with many tall office buildings. The F.D. Rich Co. was the city-designated urban renewal developer of the downtown in an ongoing redevelopment project that was contentious, beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the 1970s. The company put up what was the city's tallest structure, One Landmark Square, at 21 floors high, and the GTE building (now One Stamford Forum), along with the Marriott Hotel, the Stamford Town Center and many of the other downtown office buildings. One Landmark Square has since been dwarfed by the new 35-story Trump Parc condominium tower (topped out), and soon by the 400-foot 39 story Ritz Carlton Hotel and Residences development, another project by the Rich Company in partnership with Cappelli Enterprises.[6] Over the years, other developers have joined in building up the downtown, a process that continued, with breaks during downturns in the economy, through the 1980s, 1990s and into the new century.
New Haven, Connecticut | Wikipedia audio article
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New Haven, Connecticut
00:01:56 1 History
00:02:05 1.1 Pre-colonial foundation as an independent colony
00:04:37 1.2 As part of the Connecticut Colony
00:07:16 1.3 Post-colonial period and industrialization
00:10:08 1.4 Post-industrial era and urban redevelopment
00:15:32 1.5 Timeline of notable firsts
00:18:05 2 Geography
00:19:48 2.1 Climate
00:21:15 2.2 Streetscape
00:22:39 2.3 Neighborhoods
00:23:34 3 Economy
00:25:13 3.1 Headquarters
00:26:57 4 Demographics
00:27:06 4.1 Census data
00:30:31 4.2 Other data
00:31:46 5 Law and Government
00:31:55 5.1 Political structure
00:34:18 5.2 Political history
00:39:29 5.3 Crime
00:41:08 6 Education
00:41:17 6.1 Colleges and universities
00:42:17 6.2 Primary and secondary schools
00:43:28 6.3 New Haven Promise
00:44:12 7 Culture
00:44:21 7.1 Cuisine
00:48:38 7.2 Theatre and film
00:50:12 7.3 Museums
00:52:03 7.4 Music
00:53:47 7.5 Festivals
00:55:01 7.6 Nightlife
00:55:37 7.7 Newspapers and media
00:56:47 7.8 Sports and athletics
01:00:00 8 Structures
01:00:09 8.1 Architecture
01:02:26 8.2 Historic points of interest
01:07:20 9 Transportation
01:07:29 9.1 Rail
01:09:16 9.2 Bus
01:10:58 9.3 Bicycle
01:11:07 9.3.1 Bikeshare
01:11:46 9.3.2 Bike lanes
01:12:48 9.3.3 Farmington Canal Greenway
01:13:35 9.4 Roads
01:16:27 9.5 Airport
01:17:07 9.6 Seaport
01:18:12 10 Infrastructure
01:18:21 10.1 Hospitals and medicine
01:20:32 10.2 Power supply facilities
01:22:26 11 In popular culture
01:23:53 12 Notable people
01:24:02 13 Sister cities
01:24:51 14 See also
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New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, and is part of the New York metropolitan area. With a population of 129,779 as determined by the 2010 United States Census, it is the second-largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport. New Haven is the principal municipality of Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010.New Haven was the first planned city in America. Founded in 1638 by English Puritans, a year later eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four grid, creating what is commonly known as the Nine Square Plan. The central common block is the New Haven Green, a 16-acre (6 ha) square, and the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is now a National Historic Landmark and the Nine Square Plan is recognized by the American Planning Association as a National Planning Landmark.New Haven is the home of Yale University. As New Haven's biggest taxpayer and employer, Yale serves as an integral part of the city's economy. Health care (hospitals and biotechnology), professional services (legal, architectural, marketing, and engineering), financial services, and retail trade also contribute to the city's economic activity.
The city served as co-capital of Connecticut from 1701 until 1873, when sole governance was transferred to the more centrally located city of Hartford. New Haven has since billed itself as the Cultural Capital of Connecticut for its supply of established theaters, museums, and music venues. New Haven had the first public tree planting program in America, producing a canopy of mature trees (including some large elms) that gave New Haven the nickname The Elm City.
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From Bridgeport to New Haven, Stamford to Hartford, Waterbury to Norwalk, the Constitution State has tales of disturbing and creepy hauntings around every corner. Which is why The Speakeasy presents our list of the top ten most haunted places in Connecticut. Enjoy!
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St Louis, Missouri
This Midwestern city has one of the highest homicide rates of American cities, with the risk of becoming a victim of a violent crime at approximately 1 in 53 and a property crime 1 in 10. The high crime rate is most blamed on the shrinking economy with many of the 318,069 long-time residents leaving the city for greener pastures. This obviously impacted economically on the city too. However, what’s often overlooked is the revitalization that’s occurring over the past decade in efforts to revitalize historic neighborhoods throughout St. Louis which is attracting new investment.
Cleveland, Ohio
It’s true that Cleveland is plagued by high crime, brutally frigid and unpredictable winters, and a mass exodus of residents that has equaled 71,000 migrating out of the city over the past 5 years. However, one can’t overlook that despite being one of the poorest cities in the U.S. as it shifts from a rust belt city, Cleveland is culturally diverse as a rap/hip hop Mecca. It also boasts some stellar cultural attractions—including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Orchestra, Progressive Field and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is best known for being home to Yale University. However, the surrounding area suffers from a dark reality, and one of the highest crime rates on the East Coast. Crime rates are staggering making it the most dangerous city in America. And constantly growing unemployment rates only exacerbate the problem. Crime is so bad that The New Haven Police Department is considering adding cameras at every intersection in one particular neighborhood where shootings are the most common.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit probably has the worst reputation of any American city, and many tourists steer clear from the once formidable “Motor City” due to rumor of high crime rates and abandoned downtown buildings. Once celebrated around the world as the center of the American automobile industry, Detroit experienced an influx of poverty, crime, and exodus of city residents from 2008 to 2010. However, the Detroit of today is experiencing a million dollar revitalization, with abandoned buildings undergoing commercial real estate developments breathing new life into the area.
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Protesters Call for Troopers Job; Call West Haven Officer-Involved Shooting Unjust
NEW HAVEN - Protesters marched in New Haven to protest the killing of 19-year-old Murbarak Soulemane.The chants from the steps of City Hall were clear, Justice for Mubi.
I’m angry. It's something that happens across the United States over and over again with different black boys. It’s the same story with a different name, said Soulemane's close friend Kira Ortoleva.
Family, friends and city leaders spoke to the large crowd describing a call for justice.
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