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Downtown New Haven

Downtown New Haven is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the New Haven Green, and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus. The area includes many restaurants, cafes, theaters and stores. Downtown is bordered by Wooster Square to the east, Long Wharf to the southeast, the Hill neighborhood to the south, the Dwight neighborhood to the west, the Dixwell neighborhood to the northwest, the Prospect Hill area to the north, and East Rock to the northeast.

Downtown New Haven

Downtown New Haven is one of the most residential downtown areas in the United States, with nearly 7,000 inhabitants.[1] The expansion of housing options in recent years has helped support downtown businesses and has brought about a surge in economic activity.[2] Secondary streets and areas at the periphery of the neighborhood that once contained vacant storefronts are now almost entirely leased to restaurants and retailers, and the office vacancy rate has dramatically fallen as well.

Center Church on the Green Crypt, the best-preserved burial ground in the country (because it lies underneath a church), with gravestones dating back to the mid-17th century that include numerous colonial luminaries.

an area southwest of the Green containing many shops, restaurants, night clubs, bars, art museums, theaters, and book stores. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and includes areas along Crown Street.

Chapel Street Historic District

Criterion Cinemas, a seven-screen movie theater showing first-run and international films.

Grove Street Cemetery

Harkness Tower

Knights of Columbus Building

Oldest hamburger restaurant still operating in U.S.

Louis' Lunch

New Haven City Hall

New Haven County Courthouse

New Haven Free Public Library

New Haven Green

an NRHP-listed area of historic 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings, directly southeast of the Green. The area is also a special taxing district.

Ninth Square Historic District

Omni Hotel, a four-star high-rise hotel.

Shubert Theatre

(officially within the Dixwell neighborhood)

Toad's Place

Yale Center for British Art

Yale Repertory Theatre

Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University's

Old Campus

(1967–2002). Now converted to luxury apartments; the first indoor shopping mall in the country to be converted as such.

Chapel Square Mall

College Street Cinema

College (Hyperion) Theater (1880–1998)

(1852–1982). Demolished in 1997 and replaced by Gateway Community College.

The Edw. Malley Co.

Kresge's. Converted into a parking garage.

. Demolished in 2007. Replaced by Gateway Community College.

Macy's

(1914–1924, 1926-1972?)

New Haven Arena

(1972–2007). Razed and filled with a parking lot.

New Haven Coliseum

(1915–1962). Razed in 1964 as part of Mayor Richard C. Lee's redevelopment plans. For many years a parking lot, the site has been replaced by 360 State Street, a mixed-use development of high-rise condominiums, offices and apartments.

Shartenberg's Department Store

(1970–2005)

York Square Cinema

Oak Street Connector

Link to current Downtown New Haven framework plan for development and discussion

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