New Haven Urban Design League

06/19/2026

The city's Housing Authority is seeking $5.54 million from the state to remediate part of the site of the old Church Street South apartments — and pave the way for a new era of environmentally-sound housing at a location once known for making tenants sick from mold.

06/17/2026

A Boston-based real estate firm undertaking an $85 million apartment complex is marking completion of a $56 million project

06/17/2026

The program is intended to improve accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians in urban, suburban and rural community centers.

06/16/2026

We lost a great sub station on the corner of Olive and Court Streets a few years ago. There are still some other distinguished and useful sub stations worth finding reuses for, once they are decommissioned. See 247 Forbes Ave -- a simple and great little building.

06/11/2026

Although US traffic deaths dropped in the last two years, the number of people killed on US roads remains much higher than two decades ago.

06/10/2026

See our comments in this story about the importance of planning and preservation in the Hill.

Yale plans to demolish a vacant former rubber factory in the Hill that was once home to vibrant, illegal live-work artist studios -- prompting pushback from some neighbors who don't want to see the site turned into an 89-space surface parking lot.

06/06/2026

Ninth Square's "Rainbow Road" has once again closed to cars -- this time with fewer tables and a shorter season -- after a failed effort by some business owners to end a five-year tradition of turning the block into a pedestrian-friendly plaza in the warmer months.

06/02/2026

"The Hill," a powerful documentary by filmmaker Lisa Molomot about the League's efforts in the early 2000s to save homes in the Hill neighborhood from eminent domain and demolition, will be screening as part of the New Haven kickoff event on June 18. Hope you can join us!

05/30/2026