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New Haven CT |
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This is a town of spires and steeples, of Gothic towers and steel-and-glass towers, very much of the present and very much of the past. |
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Although New Haven was founded in 1638, the crucial year in its history was 1718, when Connecticut's "Collegiate School" for the training of young men for the ministry decided to make its permanent and perpetual home in New Haven, ignoring the suits and blandishments of the other notable towns of Hartford and Saybrook. Perhaps the college came to New Haven because a local man offered a good deal of financial assistance, and in fact it was for this assistance that the school's name was changed to honor Elihu Yale. New Haven has never been the same. Although today it is a town of business and industry—small arms, the telephone company, the county government—it is still more than anything the town where Yale is, and the presence of the great university dominates New Haven's social and cultural life. Unless you have a special interest in one of New Haven's attractions, you can see the high points in a day, or even a half day. Start your visit on New Haven Green, the spacious park at the city center. The Yale campus, with its museums, is north and west of the green, as are many restaurants. |
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New Haven City Hall, on New Haven Green
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