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125 Wooster Street, Society of Santa Maria Maddelena, Wooster Square project area, New Haven, before redevelopment.
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| Title main | 125 Wooster Street, Society of Santa Maria Maddelena, Wooster Square project area, New Haven, before redevelopment. |
| Subject lcsh topical | Urban renewal
Friendly societies
Meat industry and trade
Stores, Retail
Commercial buildings
Automobiles
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| Subject lcsh genre | Photographs
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| Subject tiger geographic | 125 Wooster Street (New Haven, Conn.)
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| Category | Infrastructure
Livelihood
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| Description | View of 125 Wooster Street, identified as Society of Santa Maria Maddelena, Wooster Square project area, New Haven, before redevelopment. The organization appears to occupy part of the right-hand section of a group of row houses possibly converted to other than residential use. A meat market storefront appears to have been added on to the front of the section to the left.
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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.
The Wooster Square project targeted an old New Haven neighborhood with many lovely nineteenth-century houses as well as multi-family dwellings and industrial buildings. The construction of Interstates 95 and 91 and redevelopment initiatives swallowed up a number of buildings. Many others were refurbished as part of an effort to preserve the architectural heritage and character of the neighborhood.
The Society of Santa Maria Maddelena is a fraternal organization originally founded as a mutual aid society by immigrants from the town of Atrani, Italy in 1898.
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| Date created | 1961. |
| Format extent | 1 photograph ; 8 1/8 x 10 in.
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| Format medium | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | File name: nhchs_pha_nhrapc_f540_ph21.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 | 1443 |
| ObjCol | Photographs |
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