Local History Days: community discussions about how Urban Renewal changed our neighborhoods

At the New Haven Free Public Library and branch libraries. Bring your photographs! A chance for people who lived and worked in New Haven during the redevelopment programs of the 1950s and 1960s to help write the history of their hometown, through a series of group discussions. These coversations will be filmed and archived as part of the New Haven Oral History Collections at the Yale University Library and the New Haven Colony Historical Society.This project is made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

  • Oak Street / Legion Ave
    Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 12:00-2:00pm
    Mitchell Library: 37 Harrison Street
  • Dixwell
    Thursday, April 15, 2004, 12:00-2:00pm
    Stetson Library: 200 Dixwell Avenue
  • Wooster Sqaure
    Saturday, April 17, 2004, 12:00-2:00pm
    Ives (Main) Library: 133 Elm Street

A complimentary lunch will be served for all participants who RSVP by Monday, April 12 to (203) 432-7308. Transportation will be available from neighborhood senior centers.