Editing New Haven, Connecticut (section)

=== Streetscape ===
[[File:Yale University 08.jpg|thumb|right|The city from the south with [[The Hill, New Haven|The Hill]] in the foreground. [[East Rock, New Haven|East Rock]] is visible in the background.]]
[[File:Large American Elm Tree, New Haven, CT - June 10, 2017.jpg|thumb|[[Ulmus americana|American Elm]] in New Haven]]

New Haven has a long tradition of [[urban planning]] and a purposeful design for the city's layout.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newhaven1879.blogspot.com/ |title=New Haven 1879-An Architectural Guide |website=Newhaven1879.blogspot.com |access-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084249/https://newhaven1879.blogspot.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city could be argued to have some of the first preconceived layouts in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1638_new_haven_plan.htm |title=The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut |publisher=Colonialwarsct.org |access-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-date=January 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106135222/http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1638_new_haven_plan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/CityPlan/pdfs/PlanningPrograms/ComprehensivePlan/SectionIIntroduction.pdf |title=New Haven's Comprehensive Plan |access-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-date=September 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926235355/http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/CityPlan/pdfs/PlanningPrograms/ComprehensivePlan/SectionIIntroduction.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon founding, New Haven was laid out in a [[grid plan]] of nine square blocks; the central square was left open, in the tradition of many New England towns, as the [[village green|city green]] (a commons area). The city also instituted the first public tree planting program in America. As in other cities, many of the [[elm]]s that gave New Haven the nickname "Elm City" perished in the mid-20th century due to [[Dutch elm disease]], although many have since been replanted. The [[New Haven Green]] is currently home to three separate historic churches which speak to the original theocratic nature of the city.<ref name="nhtowngreen" /> The Green remains the social center of the city today. It was named a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1970.

[[Downtown New Haven]], occupied by nearly 7,000 residents, has a more residential character than most downtowns.<ref name="downtown">[http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/CityPlan/pdfs/PlanningPrograms/ComprehensivePlan/SectionVIDowntown.pdf CityOfNewHaven.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301230330/https://www.cityofnewhaven.com/CityPlan/pdfs/PlanningPrograms/ComprehensivePlan/SectionVIDowntown.pdf |date=March 1, 2016 }} Comprehensive Report: New Haven pg3</ref> The downtown area provides about half of the city's jobs and half of its tax base<ref name="downtown" /> and in recent years has become filled with dozens of new upscale restaurants, in addition to shops and thousands of apartments and condominium units which subsequently help overall growth of the city.<ref name="new_development">{{cite web |url=http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=40054 |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 11, 2009 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804104839/http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=40054 |url-status=dead }}</ref>