Construction Galore.

Takes you to various construction projects in and around the area.

This is the infamous 'daily curb,' known to many skateboarders in New Haven as the quintessential starting point for skate missions in the 1990's.

The small section of Elm Street that merges with Whalley has been under construction since winter, due to the construction of a new building complex where once a parking lot existed.

Modifications to this area began in December of 2005, but the street will soon be open to thru traffic this month.

The erasure of yet another parking lot makes even fewer places downtown to park, while the number of cars is increasing at a steady rate.

Says business owner of Bulldog Burrito, "We can't wait until they're done with the construction. Kids know where we are, but it hels to be a little more visible. We're kind of hidden behind that blue wall."

The new building will feature restaurants and shops on the first floor, with apartments above, very similar to the way that much of Broadway is currently designed.

Also under construction is the Yale Bowl. Not to mention, the renovation of many colleges in Yale which involve the blocking of lanes throughout the downtown area, including Grove Street, College Street, York Street, and Elm Street. Yale is building a new religious center on Park Street, next to St. Thomas Moore, as well as restoring the Dramat building on York, while renovating numerous colleges throughout downtown.

The town continues to demolish the coliseum, by chipping all of the cement out of the parking structure, then removing the steel support beams by each rivet individually. Much to the speculation that they were going to blast the whole place to smithereens, it has become a game of meticulous care, sort of like jenga.

August is a major month for construction, but this year, it's been going down in a major way, with significant changes being made all over the place.

Keep in mind that everything on Church Street went up during Richard C. Lee's term as mayor in the 1960s, so this isn't the worst that construction has ever been. Civilization wasn't built in a day; it was more like a couple centuries.