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. City nickname: The Elm City Location in the state of Connecticut Founded April 24, 1638 County New Haven County Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th) - Land 12,559 km² - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... The New Haven Green is a public park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ...
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. Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut. ... Long Wharf is a waterfront district and neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. ... East Rock is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, named for a nearby hill of the same name. ...
Other places include the Green's three historic churches, as well as state and federal courthouses. Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground in New Haven, Connecticut is located in the center of the Yale University campus. ... Harkness Tower Harkness Tower is a prominent Gothic structure at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, built from 1917 to 1921. ... Knights of Columbus marching in a St. ... The New Haven Coliseum is a sports-entertainment facility located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. ... The New Haven Green is a public park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. ... Many theatres are named the Shubert Theatre; many of these are now or were previously owned by the Shubert Theatre Corporation. ... The Yale Center for British Art is an art museum associated with Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States. ... Yale Repertory Theatre at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded by Robert Brustein, dean of the Yale School of Drama in 1966, with the goal of facilitating a meaningful collaboration between theatre professionals and talented students. ...
By 1701, NewHaven had grown to be the village center of a mainly agricultural township and became co-capital of Connecticut, along with Hartford.
In 1784, NewHaven was incorporated as a city and Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was elected first mayor.
The Elm City--Green and Clean initiative, the return of an AHL hockey team to the NewHaven Coliseum, the revitalization of Ninth Square and the redevelopment of downtown are restoring a sense of hope and future to the fabric of the community.
But NewHaven, if you consider it as a city (and not just the 17 square miles laid out in the 1700s), has continued to grow rapidly since the 1950s.
The fact that NewHaven has one of the densest downtown areas in the country - denser than Seattle, Denver, Baltimore or many other large cities - is a testament to the fact that NewHaven is really a much larger city than some people think of it as.
Also, NewHaven is not one of the poorest cities in the country (Hartford and Providence, but not NewHaven, are in the top 10 poorest, if you take the % of families living in poverty), and if you consider what I said above it's actually one of the richest cities in the country.
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