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| Title main | 1058 Chapel Street, and other commercial buildings and storefronts, New Haven. |
| Subject lcsh topical | Urban renewal
Streets
Stores, Retail
Signs and signboards
Storefronts
Commercial buildings
Central business districts
Automobiles
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| Subject tiger geographic | 1058 Chapel Street (New Haven, Conn.)
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| Category | Infrastructure
Livelihood
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| Description | View of commercial buildings and stores on the south side of Chapel Street between High and College Streets, New Haven. Signs visible on some of the buildings advertise (from right foreground to left background): (Kaye's) Art Shop, at 1058 Chapel; Loring Photographers, at 1054 Chapel; Arnold's Boot Shop; Enson's and the Arthur Murray School of Dancing. Parking meters and parked cars can be seen. A sign in the Art Shop display window reads 'PICTURE FRAMING/IS OUR SPECIALITY". Pedestrians on the sidewalk include two young women wearing dresses with miniskirts.
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| Description notes | Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Parts of Chapel Street and the downtown area were included in the Church Street project. Areas affected by redevelopment as part of this project had been characterized by a mix of small stores, restaurants, theaters and residences. As redevelopment proceeded, 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.
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| Date created | [196-] |
| Format extent | 1 photograph ; 10 x 8 in.
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| Format medium | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | File name: nhchs_pha_nhrapc_f029_ph07.jpg
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| Source | New Haven Museum and Historical Society |
| Relation isPartOf | The New Haven Redevelopment Agency Photograph Collection.
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| Rights | Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The New Haven Museum and Historical Society. |
| SeqNum | 45 |
| ObjCol | Photographs |
University of Connecticut | 
