View of the corner of Church and Chapel Streets, New Haven, Church Street Project area, prior to redevelopment. View appears to be of the southwest corner, seen from the north side of Chapel. Signs visible on the windows and above the storefronts of a two-story commercial building on the corner identify some of the business occupants. They read (from left to right): """"NATIONAL/SHIRT SHOPS"""" (on the corner), """"John Irving/featuring/Mary Jane/Shoes, and """"A & S DISCOUNT HOUSE/SILVERWARE JEWELERY [sic] LINENS"""". A bus appears to be stopped in front of the building. A sign on the side of the bus reads """"PERELMUTTER'S/763 GRAND AVE..Cor. BRADLEY ST."""" Men and women pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks.

Title supplied by cataloger. Dated early 1959. 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. This building was located in """"the front block"""" of the Church Street Project. Prior to redevelopment the Church Street Project area had been characterized by a mix of small stores, restaurants, theaters and residences. In the course of redevelopment, whole blocks, including the one depicted, were demolished to make way for larger modern structures such as department stores, hotels, office buildings, a mall and the New Haven Coliseum.

1959

Church Street (New Haven, Conn.)
Chapel Street (New Haven, Conn.)

Urban renewal
Signs and signboards
Shoe industry
Clothing trade
Jewelry stores
Stores, Retail
Commercial buildings
Central business districts
Buses

photographs

Source extent: 1 photograph ; 8 1/8 x 10 in.

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The New Haven Colony Historical Society.

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