Berlin Wall Falls; World Doesn’t End
by | May 12, 2014 2:23 pm | Comments (7)
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“It’s about time!” William Tucker exclaimed after watching a barrier fall Monday — a barrier that kept “his side” walled off from New Haven.
West Rock
Fence Set To Start Coming Down Monday
by | May 7, 2014 8:24 am | Comments (8)
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Reyes and DuBois-Walton tour the site, with Sgt. Renee Forte and Asst. Police Chief Luiz Casanova.
The “Berlin Wall” that has separated New Haven’s public housing projects from their suburban neighbors for five decades is set to come down Monday morning. A symbolic first piece of it, anyway.
New Haven-Hamden “Berlin Wall” Coming Down
by | May 4, 2014 4:49 pm | Comments (37)
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Tyshena Williams Sunday gets the kids ready for a roundabout drive from Rockview to a Hamden clothing store.
After decades of contention, the city is tearing down the fence that divides the public-housing developments in the shadow of West Rock from the town of Hamden.
New Haven’s housing authority plans to meet with a contractor Tuesday morning to finalize details for razing the fence within two weeks. The plan is to reconnect Wilmot Road back to Hamden’s Woodin Street.
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