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Common Ground High School (CGHS) is a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, that aims to prepare students for "college success and environmental leadership". [1] It was founded in 1997 in the first round of charter schools created in Connecticut and is the oldest environmental charter school in the United States. [2] The school subsequently expanded to reach approximately ...
New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, [ 2 ] New Haven is the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford, the largest city in the South Central ...
Louis' Lunch is a fast food hamburger restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut, which claims to be the first fast food restaurant to serve hamburgers and the oldest continuously operated hamburger restaurant in the United States. It was opened as a small lunch wagon in 1895 and was one of the first places in the U.S. to serve steak sandwiches. According to Louis' Lunch, the hamburger was created ...
Hopkins School is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational, day school for grades 7–12 located in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1660, Edward Hopkins, seven-time governor of the Connecticut Colony, bequeathed a portion of his estate to found schools dedicated to "the breeding up of hopeful youths." With a portion of the bequest, Hopkins ...
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) is a school district serving the city of New Haven, Connecticut. Wilbur Cross High School and Hillhouse High School are New Haven's two largest public secondary schools and the only non- magnet secondary schools in the district.
The New Haven Green is a 16-acre (65,000 m 2) privately owned park and recreation area located in the downtown district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
New Haven Coliseum was a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972. The Coliseum was officially closed on September 1, 2002, by Mayor John DeStefano Jr., and demolished by implosion on January 20, 2007. The arena's formal name was New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but most locals simply referred to it as ...
From 1716 to 1718, the Collegiate School was briefly located in Wethersfield; it moved to New Haven and developed over the decades as Yale University. [15] [16] The Wethersfield elm, pictured in 1917, was the largest in New England at 27 ft (8.2 m) in circumference. [16]