New Haven Museum and Historical Society

View looking north across the Oak Street Connector toward construction under way on the new Malley’s department store and Temple Street parking garage in the Church Street Project area, New Haven. The spire of the United Illuminating headquarters building on Temple Street can be seen behind a crane in the left background. The new First New Haven National Bank building on Church Street and Downtown Shopping Triangle are partially visible in the right background.

Title supplied by cataloger. Dated February 1961. 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. Much of the area involved in the Church Street project had been characterized by a mix of small stores, restaurants, theaters and residences. In the course of redevelopment, 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. As part of this project, Malley's department store was relocated from its old quarters at Chapel and Temple Streets to a new building that occupied the block between Church and Temple Streets south of George Street.

1962

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

Urban renewal
Building sites
Parking garages
Commercial buildings

photographs

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

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

nhchs_pha_nhrapc_f080_ph30.jpg

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/280002:87