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Title	Church Street project area, Union Station and Oak Street Connector, New Haven.
Creator	Hansen, Ed.
Place	College Street (New Haven, Conn.) Church Street (New Haven, Conn.)
Topic	Urban renewal Railroad stations
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Union Station (New Haven, Conn.)
Theme	Environment Infrastructure
Description	Aerial view looking northwest showing the area of the Church Street redevelopment project, New Haven. Railroad tracks and Union Station can be seen at center. The Oak Street connector, College and Church Street bridges, and new Southern New England Telephone (SNET) building are visible in the upper right.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Dated March 1960. One of a collection of photographs taken by the New Haven Redevelopment Agency to document a massive urban planning and development project undertaken from 1956 through the mid-1970s. The federally-financed redevelopment initiative was realized through a series of projects focused on particular New Haven city neighborhoods identified by street or area names. These projects involved the demolition of old structures and construction of new buildings, roadways and other facilities. Much of the area involved in the Church Street project had been characterized by a mix of small stores, restaurants, theaters and residences. As part of redevelopment, whole blocks were demolished to make way for larger modern structures such as department stores, hotels, office buildings, a mall and the New Haven Coliseum. The Oak Street (Route 34) Connector is also known as the Richard C. Lee Connector. Lee was mayor of New Haven during the redevelopment period, and a driving force behind the effort. SNETno longer owns the George Street building, which is now occupied by other business firms. Union Station was designed by Cass Gilbert and built in 1918. As railroad travel waned in the mid-twentieth century, the station fell into disrepair and was on the verge of demolition by the late 1970s. It was restored in the 1980s.
Date created	1960.
Physical format	1 photograph ; 8 1/8 x 10 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	File name: nhchs_pha_nhrapc_f005_ph11.jpg
Source	New Haven Museum and Historical Society
Collection	The New Haven Redevelopment Agency Photograph Collection.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The New Haven Museum and Historical Society.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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