Elm Street's Missing Lane
the deal on new haven's biggest traffic concern

 

City Construction Continues.

After over a decade, practically, of downtown renovations, downtown continues to lose traffic lanes and parking spots to the exhorbitant task of yale college dormatory renovation.

Due to the vast funding provided by donors, known as endowments, the college in downtown known as Yale University, recieves more money as gifts than any other college in America.

As a result of this, one major application of these funds go towards the renovation and restoration of its historic buildings, which provide the city of New Haven with its unique architectural style.

The dormatory's stone structure is preserved, but its internal components are removed and then replaced with better materials, better electrical wiring, better heating, and generally modernized.

A dormatory known as "swing space" was constructed to house the students who are supposed to live in any of the colleges being renovated. Yale calls its dormatories "colleges" for some arbitrary reason, but this subdivides the university by residential zones.

Its policy of renovating one or two colleges at a time has continued for quite some time. The construction on York Street, as well as that on Park Street, between Elm and Chapel, is in fact linked because it's construction is on the same dormatory bloc known as "Pierson."

The college being renovated which is blocking traffic on Elm Street, and on York Street, is known as Trumbull College, and the impliments on traffic will continue for at least a full year. The City of New Haven authorized the construction by issuing official permits.


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