Downtown New Haven
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Downtown New Haven is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It is comprised of the New Haven Green and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus. With hundreds of restaurants, cafes, theaters and stores, the streets of downtown New Haven's major shopping areas bustle with activity 24 hours a day, drawing millions of residents and students from a much wider region than simply the area around Yale. Downtown New Haven is now widely considered to be one of the best college towns in the United States.[citation needed]
Downtown is bordered by several other neighborhoods of the city; Wooster Square borders downtown to the east, Long Wharf to the south, and East Rock to the northeast.
Downtown New Haven is one of the densest downtown areas in the United States, with a population density of nearly 6000 people/km² [www.cityofnewhaven.com, City Plan Comprehensive Plan]. The area has recently seen a massive surge in economic activity brought by the arrival of hundreds of new white-linen restaurants, cafes and stores, theaters, movie cinemas, and thousands of new luxury housing units, including several million-dollar condominiums. This trend is continuing despite the housing slowdown in other areas of the country. For example, in August 2006, a private developer in Hartford proposed to build a 19-story, $140 million condominium tower with 50,000SF of retail space in the center of the downtown area. This project's site plan was approved by New Haven's City Plan Commission on November 15, 2006. Demand for housing in downtown New Haven is very high among not only local residents and people affiliated with Yale, but also residents across a much wider region of Connecticut, who recognize that New Haven has the downtown ambience of a much larger city, unique in Connecticut.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable sites
- Grove Street Cemetery
- Harkness Tower
- Knights of Columbus' headquarters
- New Haven City Hall
- New Haven Coliseum
- New Haven Free Public Library
- New Haven Green
- Omni Hotel
- Criterion Cinemas
- Shubert Theatre
- Toad's Place
- Yale Center for British Art
- Yale Repertory Theatre
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Yale University's Old Campus
Other places include the Green's three historic churches, as well as state and federal courthouses.
[edit] Notable sites of the past
- Chapel Square Mall
- Kresge's
- Macy's
- The Edward Malley Co.
- Park Plaza Hotel
- York Square Cinema
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