YaleNews | Alumni assemble to assess New Haven renaissance

Alumni assemble to assess New Haven renaissance

By Michael Morand
November 19, 2013

Photos: New Haven's renaissance

Yale Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development Bruce Alexander ’65 with Toni Harp ’78 M.Env.D., who will become New Haven's new mayor in January 2014, and Yale President Peter Salovey ’86 Ph.D. Both Harp and Salovey came to New Haven for their graduate education at Yale.

The Apple store opened on Broadway two years ago. New Haven was one of just five new retail locations for Apple in the quarter the store opened here.

The popular Claire's Corner Copia has been in the city for nearly 40 years, and is now flanked by newer businesses.


Also near the corner of College and Chapel streets is Shake Shack, which opened last year. Its founder, New York restaurateur Danny Meyer, described New Haven at its opening as a "food-loving, bustling city."

Higher One, started by three Yale College graduates, is among the newer companies making New Haven their headquarters. Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Molloy (second from left) and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. (far right) are pictured here with two of the company's founders.

Yale and the New Haven Public Schools collaborate on numerous ventures for city schoolchildren, including an annual science fair held on the campus.

More than 1,000 Yale employees have purchased homes in New Haven since 1994 via the Yale Homebuyer Program.

A farm market on Wooster Street — a neighborhood in which many Yale staff and students live — is one of the city's many amenities.

The newly renovated Yale University Art Gallery is a popular destination for many of the city's residents and visitors, and hosts an array of school and community programs.

With views out to the sea, East Rock is another popular visiting place for New Haven area residents and guests.

The towering 360 State Street — a 500-unit apartment building with a full-service grocery story on ground level — is among the development projects that have taken place in the city in the past several years. New Haven was recently cited by Reuters as having the highest apartment occupancy rate in any city in the nation.

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“Beyond our beautiful courtyards is another part of what makes Yale a special place … the city of New Haven,” said Yale President Peter Salovey ’86 Ph.D. in his Inaugural Address on Oct. 13. Yale’s hometown will be the focus of the annual assembly of the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) Nov. 21-23.
Titled “New Haven at 375, Celebrating a Remarkable City,” the AYA Assembly LXXIII will bring together more than 500 alumni delegates and guests for a program of lectures, tours, and conversations with campus and civic leaders. 
The assembly comes amidst New Haven’s ongoing renaissance and at a time of robust connections among “town and gown.” It also occurs as the university and city both mark leadership transitions: Salovey took office on July 1 and New Haven’s newly elected mayor, Toni N. Harp ’78 M.Env.D., will take office on Jan. 1, 2014.

YaleNews | Alumni assemble to assess New Haven renaissance