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108 Orange Street, State Street project area, New Haven.
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| Title main | 108 Orange Street, State Street project area, New Haven. |
| Creator | J.M.; |
| Subject lcsh topical | Urban renewal
Corset industry
Foundation garment industry
Stores, Retail
Commercial buildings
Signs and signboards
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| Subject tiger geographic | 108 Orange Street (New Haven, Conn.)
State Street (New Haven, Conn.)
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| Category | Infrastructure
Livelihood
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| Description | View of a three-story building at 108 Orange Street, State Street project area, New Haven. Signs for the Vee-Bee Corset Shop can be seen over the storefront. The Bargain Mart Pay Less Stores is visible to right, advertising vitamins and cosmetics.
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| Description notes | Title supplied by cataloger.
Dated July 18, 1968.
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 State Street project targeted the commercial thoroughfare extending from Water Street to the Hamden town line. The downtown section was a shopping district with a variety of stores; the east side of the street backing on the railroad cut. Redevelopment involved removing a number of older structures to widen State Street, as well as reconfigured roadways and new buildings. Adjacent areas were also included in the State Street project, and involved both new construction and preservation of old structures, many of them put to new uses.
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| Contributors | Vanacore, Ernest J. |
| Date created | 1968. |
| Format extent | 1 photograph ; 10 x 8 1/4 in.
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| Format medium | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | File name: nhchs_pha_nhrapc_f423_ph31.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 | 1106 |
| ObjCol | Photographs |
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