Editing Hamden, Connecticut (section)

=== Notable areas ===
[[File:Edgerton1.jpg|thumb|[[Edgerton Park]] Conservancy]]

The Town Hall at the center of Hamden has a distinctive appearance. The rotunda includes commemorative stained glass windows. Across the street is Freedom Park, which contains a fountain with concrete stepping stones leading to a sign that pleads for peace in several different languages. The Town recently completed new facilities for the police and fire departments in the newly renovated Town Hall.

Hamden was host to the Ghost Parking Lot, a notable roadside [[public art]] [[installation art|installation]] by [[James Wines]] located in front of the Hamden Plaza [[shopping center]] in Hamden's commercial district on Dixwell Avenue. Erected in 1978, it consisted of 15 car hulks, specially treated and encased in asphalt. Although featured in over 100 art books, the attraction was torn down in 2003 due to the excessive cost of restoration and repair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/10828|title=Ghost Parking Lot Will Rest In Peace|website=planetizen.com|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.courant.com/2003/08/08/ghost-lot-being-exhumed/ "Ghost Lot Being Exhumed"], ''[[Hartford Courant]]'', August 8, 2003</ref>