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  Encyclopedia: New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is generally considered to be halfway between the greater New York metropolitan area and the greater New England area, and can be said to be culturally split between the influence of the larger cities and its own New England roots.
New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when, in 1839, the trial of mutineering Mendi tribesmen being transported as slaves on the Spanish slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court.
New Haven is also the home port of a life-size replica of the historical Amistad slaveship which is open for tours at Long Wharf pier at certain times during the summer.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Haven,-Connecticut   (10603 words)

  
 New Haven Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Haven Green is a public park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut.
Located on the green are three historic 17th century churches which reflect the city's theocratic roots.
The green is also host to numerous public events, such as the Festival of Arts and Ideas, summer jazz and classical music concerts, as well as more mundane daily park activities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Haven_Green   (310 words)

  
 New Haven Green
The significance of the New Haven Green Historic District lies in the presence on the green of three remarkably fine churches which, because of their architectural merit as well as their setting, compose an outstanding urban ensemble of nineteenth century America.
Built of seam-faced local trap rock in the incipient Gothic style for New Haven’s Episcopal congregation, trinity Church (1814-16) was one of the first large Gothic structures in America, and forms a striking contrast to the neoclassical Center and United Churches.
The New Haven green’s three historic churches are ranged equidistantly along Temple Street, between Elm and Chapel Streets on the sixteen-acre common.
www.nhpt.org /Historic_District_Pages/nhgreen.html   (699 words)

  
 ipedia.com: New Haven, Connecticut Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
New Haven is generally considered to be within the greater New York metropolitan area, and can be said to be culturally split between New York's influence and its own New England roots.
New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when in 1839, the trial of the mutineering Mendi tribesmen from the slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court.
New Haven's best-known geographic features are its large deep harbor, and two reddish sandstone "trap rocks" which rise to the northeast and northwest of the city core.
www.ipedia.com /new_haven__connecticut.html   (2988 words)

  
 New Haven Green - Amistad: Seeking Freedom in Connecticut - A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
During the time the Mende were held in New Haven, the U.S. District Court convened here in January of 1840, after having postponed the Mende's hearing from their session in Hartford the previous fall.
The New Haven Green Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, is roughly bounded by Chapel, College, Elm and Church sts.
The green is the common property of the residents of New Haven, and a popular spot for walking, lunching, summer concerts and other events.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/amistad/gre.htm   (334 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - New Haven, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
New Haven was founded in 1637–38 by Puritans led by Theophilus Eaton and John Davenport.
In the late 18th and early 19th cent., New Haven was a thriving port.
New Haven was raided by a British and Tory force in the American Revolution, and the port was blockaded during the War of 1812.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NewHaven.html   (484 words)

  
 New Haven Green -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The New Haven Green is a public park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of (Click link for more info and facts about New Haven, Connecticut) New Haven, Connecticut.
It comprises the central square of the original nine square settlement plan of the original (Adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures) Puritan colonists, and is bordered by the modern paved roads of College, Chapel, Church, and Elm streets.
Located on the green are three historic (Click link for more info and facts about 17th century) 17th century churches which reflect the city's theocratic roots.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_haven_green.htm   (324 words)

  
 83.01.05: Living in Style—The New Haven Green and Its Architecture
From its colonial beginnings, New Haven has drawn people to engage in various endeavors; over the centuries, it has developed, expanded, modernized and restored itself while reflecting the needs of its inhabitants and their style of living.
Since New Haven was settled around the existing Green and it remains for all practical purposes the center of the city, this unit focuses on the buildings that border the upper and lower Green.
At New Haven’s center, these elements are still present as well as people’s continued attempts to dramatize their dream in monuments of human accomplishment, During its Greek Revival period, New Haven divided its Green with a street appropriately called Temple Street.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/1/83.01.05.x.html   (6278 words)

  
 79.03.06: Urban Renewal in New Haven
New Haven was once a national leader among cities in the United States for its efforts in pioneering urban renewal.
While these projects cannot compare in scope to the changes that took place in New Haven in the years from the fifties to the present, they are important to note, for they illustrate the persisting efforts of New Haveners to improve their city.
We in New Haven believe that the goal of a democratic society is the fullest possible development of the individual potentialities of all its people.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1979/3/79.03.06.x.html   (4815 words)

  
 NEW HAVEN - Online Information article about NEW HAVEN
New Haven is popularly known as the "City of Elms," because of the number of these trees.
To that conflict New Haven contributed approximately $30,000,000, and 3000 men, 500 of whom were killed.
Fair Haven was annexed to New Haven in 1897.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /NAN_NEW/NEW_HAVEN.html   (2745 words)

  
 TownGreens.com : Online Exhibit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Because New Haven was envisioned as a thriving commercial port, however, the green was also conceived as a trade center and town square, and was in fact known as "the market place" into the 1700s.
A series of improvements to the New Haven Green indicate that the common was regarded by townspeople as an important asset early in its history.
Institutional architecture was another attribute: after New Haven was declared co-capital, with Hartford, of the Colony of Connecticut in 1701, the Connecticut State House (1717) was built on the green's northwest side.
www.towngreens.com /exhibits/index.cgi/2   (383 words)

  
 New Haven Advocate: Green Inside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
First, the musicianship is top-notch; In particular, the bass lines stand out for their clear melodicism and deep rhythmic technique, and the twangy guitar solos stand out for actually building around a melodic idea and having a definite beginning and end.
Second--this is what sets this CD apart from Green Insides peers (and a lot of their own earlier material)--every song has at least one hook.
Green Inside play a CD release party at Toads Place on Jan. 14, with Darik and the Funbags.
www.newhavenadvocate.com /gbase/Music/content?oid=oid:96296   (438 words)

  
 Welcome to the New Haven Greens
New Haven - At a New Haven County Green Party meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Green Party, by the necessary two-thirds majority, nominated local activist Charlie Pillsbury to challenge democratic incumbent Rosa DeLauro this November for the Third Congressional District seat in Congress.
New Haven - Quinnipiac Energy is attempting to reopen an antiquated power plant in the Fair Haven neighborhood of New Haven.
The New Haven Green's have joined this coalition in seeking a new social contract between Yale and the New Haven Community.
newhaven.ctgreens.org   (483 words)

  
 Green Inside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Green Inside's latest CD, Left at the Prom, is at the merchandise booth.
For those expecting to see Green Inside in the Mid-West this fall, we are sorry to report that the tour has postponed until the spring.
We are proud to announce that Green Inside has won the Battle of the Bands at AlternativeAddiction.com for the month of July!
www.greeninside.com   (677 words)

  
 Connecticut Green Party
A unity of local Green Party chapters, the CTGP is committed to grassroots democracy, social justice, non-violence and ecological wisdom.
The New Haven Register covered the Hamden Green Party convention at which McCarthy was endorsed.
The New Haven Register has written two articles about the CT Green Party in less than a week.
www.ctgreens.org   (1653 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / War protesters mark King's birthday on New Haven green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- More than 100 war protesters marked Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday Saturday by reading the names of more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers and Iraqi killed in the war.
At noon at the New Haven green, Humphries read excerpts from King's speech "A Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam", delivered in 1967 in New York.
Supporters of the war see a hopeful sign in the upcoming elections Jan. 30, when Iraqis will elect a 275-seat assembly that will elect a new president and two vice presidents who, in turn, will name a prime minister.
www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/01/15/war_protesters_mark_kings_birthday_on_new_haven_green   (421 words)

  
 Great Public Spaces: New Haven Green | Project for Public Spaces (PPS) - Placemaking for Communities
Center of New Haven, bordered by College, Chapel, Church and Elm streets, New Haven, CT A 17th century town green, cited by numerous historical organizations as one of the most beautiful public greens in the country.
The Green is often overflowing with visitors on these occasions, and since New Haven is not that large, it can seem like the entire city is out enjoying the spectacle.
The original town plan of New Haven, circa 1640, was based on a grid of nine squares.
www.pps.org /gps/one?public_place_id=183   (692 words)

  
 Guide Entry 83.01.05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This unit can be used to help illustrate the development of New England towns; New Haven will be the model, showing how people have strived to improve their environment.
New Haven’s center reflects the Greek emphasis concerning religion, government and the market place.
It is a place of pride where our accomplishments are evidenced in stone, glass, etc. At New Haven’s center, the past is still present in its structures, it still serves our many needs and is a source of civic pride.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/guides/1983/1/83.01.05.x.html   (228 words)

  
 New Haven, CT: Transportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1787, 17 years before Fulton's Clermont, New Havener John Fitch built a 45-ft. boat, equipped it with a steam engine and sailed it on Long Island Sound for 40 miles at 4 mph.
The New Haven Railroad ran the first large-scale trunk line electric train in the country--from New Haven to New York in 1895, electrified the first steam railroad in America and developed the first continuous type of automatic train stop in the U.S. Automobile Self-Starter--1900
Route 34 (Derby Ave.) east to New Haven to the fork of Derby Ave.
www.cityofnewhaven.com /today/trans.html   (631 words)

  
 United Church on the Green (New Haven) - Music
United Church is pleased to continue sharing the joy of great music with New Haven school children through the Kid's Concert Connection.
Prior to coming to New Haven in 1992 he taught organ, harpsichord and church music at Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ) and at the Universities of Illinois and Oregon.
The tracker-action pipe organ at United Church was built by Hermann Hillebrand and Sons of Hannover, Germany, in 1967, and renovated by A. David Moore, Inc., of North Pomfret, Vermont, in 1999.
users.javanet.com /u/c/ucg/music.html   (808 words)

  
 New Haven Advocate: Block Out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rob Bartolomeo of Gotham Citi, the man who brought Gay Pride to New Haven, will be honored at the eighth annual Gay Pride Block Party June 5 on New Haven Green.
The Gay Pride Block Party on New Haven Green is once again upon us.
Frank DeMayo, who's been involved with the New Haven Gay Pride event since its inception, and has been its co-chair for the past two years, will host once again.
www.newhavenadvocate.com /gbase/News/content?oid=oid:68083   (414 words)

  
 New Haven County Courthouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A prominent and stately presence on the New Haven Green since its opening in 1914, the New Haven County Courthouse at the corner of Elm and Church Streets was one of a handful of buildings commissioned by New Haven County to bolster its City Beautiful movement.
Modeled after St. George's Hall in Liverpool, England, the courthouse was designed by New Haven architects William Allen and Richard Williams.
Today it serves as the New Haven Judicial District Courthouse.
www.jud.state.ct.us /external/kids/history/postcards/NHJD.htm   (156 words)

  
 Campaigns - Stop Foie Gras Production - Duck protest held on New Haven Green - Animal Defenders of Westchester - We ...
Visitors to the New Haven Green on Sat., Oct. 4, may have run into a gaggle of protestors wearing signs with slogans such as "Force-Feeding Ducks Sucks."
The protest was organized by The Ducks' Voice, an Internet-based group which coordinates word-of-mouth campaigns in an effort to prevent restaurants from selling foie gras and end duck force-feeding.
New Haven was chosen as the site of the protest because a member of the website, Kim Turner, is a city resident concerned with the number of restaurants on Chapel Street (citing Zinc, Roomba, and Union League Café) who sell foie gras on their regular menu.
www.all-creatures.org /adow/cam-foie-20031010.html   (395 words)

  
 new haven apartments
These brand new one and two bedroom apartment homes with beautiful fl granite kitchen counters are secured by a full-time concierge.
Live in a modernist tower with huge storefront windows opening to a spectacular view of Yale and historic New Haven.
These personalized communities are primely located in and near vibrant downtown New Haven.
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 New Haven CT Lodging - Find New Haven CT Bed & Breakfasts, Inns & Lodging at Escapemaker.com
New Haven may conjure up Ivy League images, and rightly so.
Due to successful revitalizing efforts in the second half of the last century, New Haven is now bustling with activity.
This commemorative brick walkway, connects downtown New Haven with the harbor and West Haven's Savin Rock.
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 United Church on the Green, UCC - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
We worship Sunday mornings at 10:30 in the meetinghouse on the corner of Temple and Elm Streets in downtown New Haven.
United Church on the Green is part of the larger United Church of Christ (or UCC) across the country and in Connecticut.
Believing that "God is still speaking" in the world, we join with our denomination in advocating a new vision of a "multi-racial, multi-cultural, open and affirming church, accessible to all."
www.newlights.org   (264 words)

  
 Center Church on-the-Green - New Haven, Connecticut
A beautiful and historic church, located on the green in downtown New Haven, Connecticut.
Center Church is a registered New Haven Connecticut Landmark and a congregation of the United Church of Christ.
The ariel photograph of the New Haven Green is used by permission from T. Benincas, Jr.: www.nephotoct.com
www.newhavencenterchurch.org   (105 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nineteen years ago a group of friends decided they wanted to create a May Day Festival on the green in NEW HAVEN CT. We formed the May Day Celebration Committee.
We are all volunteers and the group is open to anyone who wants to help.
Our vision 19 years ago remains the same - to organize a multi-cultural festival that honors and celebrates our labor history and the labor, peace, social service and social justice groups that today continue the struggle for peace and human rights.
www.maydaynewhaven.org   (86 words)

  
 Events & Dining In New Haven | INFONewHaven.com
New Haven features the finest restaurants, cafes and clubs in Connecticut.
See how artists in New Haven are transforming historic buildings and neighborhoods into places where art is made.
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