The NEW HAVEN GREEN dates from 1638 and was the central square of the downtown area which was laid out by a group of Puritans who made sure it would be big enough to hold 144,000 people who would be spared in the Second Coming of Christ. 4,000 to 5,000 people were buried at the Green during its first 150 years and there is a crypt underneath the church in the center.
We visited on Wednesday July 31 2024 while on a walk around Downtown New Haven and the Yale University campus.
The New Haven Green is quite a size and is intersected by Temple St. and has three churches, a water fountain and flag pole and a small monument on a corner. The Green is the first example of a planned community in the United States.
We walked down the side of The Green bordered by Church and Chapel streets and found it to be populated by undesirables: one well-turned out lady with a child in a stroller was creaming out loud about goodness knows what. Nearby, there were crowds of the unhoused loitering about near the bus stops. The air was full of the smell of cannabis. It had an edgy atmosphere and was in stark contrast to the neighborhoods around the University we had just traversed on our walk in the sunshine.
Consequently we didn’t hang about and quickly took in the views before moving on.
📌 NEW HAVEN GREEN
250 Temple St., New Haven, CT 06511
🌐 www.newhavengreen.org
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