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New Street Needed, from George to Chapel, to promote City Tax Revenue and Walkability is Acknowledged 16 People want this fixed
Connecting these empty lots and parking lots (visible on the satellite image) should be a priority.
A new street would activate and provide more window frontage on blocks that are currently far too wide, therefore tremendously increasing the potential for real estate development and new tax revenue for the city.
Models can be found from elsewhere in New Haven, for example, the Temple Street Plaza, which breaks down a large block into a series of pathways connecting College, Chapel, Temple and Crown. What makes cities successful these days are the "nooks and crannies" like these.
Other small streets in New Haven have since disappeared due to urban renewal. For example, Pitkin Plaza, now home to 360 State, used to be a small street.
See here for additional discussion of the idea, recently presented by architect George Knight: http://newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/02/knight_blaze_ne.php The proposed street should be extended all the way to the Coliseum Site and perhaps tie in, through an indoor arcade, to the Federal Plaza (former Court Street) located just north of Chapel, between Orange and Church.
26 Center St,New Haven,CT 06510
submitted by Mark
11 months ago
30 Comments
wrote on 09/23/2009 at 07:19PM
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wrote on 09/23/2009 at 07:36PM
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wrote on 09/23/2009 at 07:48PM
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.
wrote on 09/23/2009 at 08:15PM
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wrote on 09/23/2009 at 08:46PM
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wrote on 09/23/2009 at 09:00PM
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Mark wrote on 09/23/2009 at 10:36PM
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.
Mark wrote on 09/23/2009 at 10:48PM
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)
wrote on 09/24/2009 at 01:29AM
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?
Doug Hausladen wrote on 09/24/2009 at 05:08AM
Center City
Doug Hausladen wrote on 09/24/2009 at 05:14AM
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.
Brian Tang wrote on 09/24/2009 at 09:16AM
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.
wrote on 09/24/2009 at 09:34AM
Good Idea!!!!
Doug Hausladen wrote on 09/24/2009 at 10:00AM
angled on-street parking please!
wrote on 09/24/2009 at 10:02AM
please post sketches here of how the buildings and streets might be laid out.
wrote on 09/24/2009 at 10:03AM
...and parks/plazas too. i think you would want some interior plaza spaces, even if modest like in the ones on the first sketch
wrote on 09/24/2009 at 11:33AM
This is great. I am going to forward on to Alex Marathas one of the property developers and see if he will chime in.
wrote on 09/24/2009 at 12:51PM
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Mark wrote on 09/23/2009 at 07:42PM
Green street
Mark wrote on 09/23/2009 at 07:23PM
Photo of current conditions, courtesy NHI: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2009/09/kresge_grant_si.php
Mark wrote on 09/23/2009 at 07:23PM
Image of possible ground floor plan.
wrote on 12/08/2009 at 02:18PM
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wrote on 12/09/2009 at 11:10AM
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Mark wrote on 12/10/2009 at 06:17PM
Another meeting next week to discuss. Feel free to write downtownnewhaven (one word) at gmail if interested.
wrote on 12/11/2009 at 10:35AM
Acknowledged By the Department.
wrote on 05/03/2010 at 08:45PM
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wrote on 05/04/2010 at 02:34AM
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wrote on 05/04/2010 at 02:34AM
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Doug Hausladen wrote on 05/05/2010 at 03:18PM
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! twitter.com/dwscmt http://groups.google.com/group/DWSCMT
Mark wrote on 07/23/2010 at 04:47AM
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.