Photo of current conditions, courtesy NHI: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/09/kresge_grant_si.php

Green street

A perfect place to build the kind of "cosmopolitan canopies" suggested by preeminent Urban Sociologist Elijah Anderson, author of "Code of the Street" and "Against the Wall: Poor, Black, and Male."

Examples: Public markets such as Reading Terminal; rec centers; urban gardens; interpretative centers; and uses tied to the new Gateway College being built for 10,000 students across the street.

Scale diagram of the area.

Black = Buildings
Green = Park or plaza
Yellow = General area for a new street
Red "P" = Current area used for parking lot or parking garage
Green Star = Non-historic structure that could be repurposed or demolished in order to create increased density along the street.

Another view (axon/aerial).

Yellow = Open parking lots available for new street, new plazas and/or new construction.

Purple = Additional sites recommended for new construction or renovations (see above, non-historic buildings with green stars, currently used as low-capacity parking garages)

helps to name the street first, sometimes.

naming highways the "patriot expressway" or "roosevelt drive" allowed planners in the 1950s to bulldoze entire cities in order to build freeways, because nobody was willing to speak out against a "patriot" highway or a road named after a president.

what are some good names for this?

Center City

I believe this would create natural mixed-affordability housing, with more affordable being interior in the alleys and also help boost overall property value by improving the walkability and adding more facades.

If the street had on-street parking (perhaps even on both sides), it could potentially do the job of both a street and a parking lot at the same time.

Good Idea!!!!

angled on-street parking please!

please post sketches here of how the buildings and streets might be laid out.

...and parks/plazas too. i think you would want some interior plaza spaces, even if modest like in the ones on the first sketch

This is great.

I am going to forward on to Alex Marathas one of the property developers and see if he will chime in.

Another meeting next week to discuss. Feel free to write downtownnewhaven (one word) at gmail if interested.

Acknowledged By the Department.

This Saturday the Downtown-Wooster Square Community Management Team and Wooster Square Watch are sponsoring a community planning meeting.
Results from the 2010 New Haven quality of life survey are now available and will be a terrific indicator of the areas of focus for improving the quality of life in our neighborhood.

Please join us!

Saturday, May 8th
8:30 am -- 12 pm
(coffee and refreshments provided)
Conte Hills School Cafeteria

I hope many of you can make it to think strategically as a group about how we as citizens can make a difference in the neighborhood within our broader mission of safety through awareness and prevention.

See you there!

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http://groups.google.com/group/DWSCMT

I have a feeling this issue will be open for a while, unless the economy gets significantly better. The former Coliseum Site doesn't seem to be moving yet because of holdups at the train station TOD, the legal issues with Northside Development are ongoing, and even Federal Plaza is currently being used for parking.

However, if folks want to contribute better sketches of the area and what it could look like as a new street, we could mount a small public exhibition to help build support for the idea.

How's this one going ???
Do you realize it is actually totally absurd ?

No progress on this yet, "Guest" - last I heard, some of the properties are still involved in a legal action related to the fire at the site. It might be in the City's best interest to settle that soon, so that this block doesn't continue to look like a giant set of gaping teeth.

It's hardly absurd, given that other towns and cities do things like this all the time.

Progress:

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/kresge_grant_settlement/
http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2008/04/91-church-street-saved.html

This settlement opens the way for a new street and retail / living area to be developed.

The 1.25 acre parcel is now for sale for an undisclosed price

http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2008/04/91-church-street-saved.html

Hope the new street will be accommodated.

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