What is credited with the origins of the German identity?

The event of the Protestant Reformation and the politics that ensued has been cited as the origins of German identity that arose in response to the spread of a common German language and literature. Early German national culture was developed through literary and religious figures including Martin Luther, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. The concept of a German nation was developed by German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder. The popularity of German identity arose in the aftermath of the French Revolution.


What man is credited with the emergence of the German nation?


When did the popularity of the German nation increase?


What is credited with creating the Origins of a German identity?


Who developed the concept of a German Nation?


When did the popularity of a German identity arise?


Residence that speak German as their mother tongue and families have been in place for generations are often consider?

Persons who speak German as their first language, look German and whose families have lived in Germany for generations are considered "most German", followed by categories of diminishing Germanness such as Aussiedler (people of German ancestry whose families have lived in Eastern Europe but who have returned to Germany), Restdeutsche (people living in lands that have historically belonged to Germany but which is currently outside of Germany), Auswanderer (people whose families have emigrated from Germany and who still speak German), German speakers in German-speaking nations such as Austrians, and finally people of German emigrant background who no longer speak German.


What is the name given to Germans who family left but came back to the lands?


What is the name of gven to the population that lives outside of current Germany boundary but still within historic Germany?


What are refugees from Germany that still speak German referred to?


People who have generations of family in Germany, and look and speak German are classified as what?


Who are people of German ancestry but have lived in other parts of Europe, then returned to Germany?


What are people who have ancestral roots in Germany, but now live outside of Germany called?


What are people called who have left Germany but still speak German?


The native language of Germans is German, a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch, and sharing many similarities with the North Germanic and Scandinavian languages. Spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. German has been replaced by English as the dominant language of science-related Nobel Prize laureates during the second half of the 20th century. It was a lingua franca in the Holy Roman Empire.


What is the most commonly spoken language in the European Union?


What is the dominant language of science?


People of German origin are found in various places around the globe. United States is home to approximately 50 million German Americans or one third of the German diaspora, making it the largest centre of German-descended people outside Germany. Brazil is the second largest with 5 million people claiming German ancestry. Other significant centres are Canada, Argentina, South Africa and France each accounting for at least 1 million. While the exact number of German-descended people is difficult to calculate, the available data makes it safe to claim the number is exceeding 100 million people.


How many people in the world have German heritage?


America is home to what percentage of German decedent people?


Who is a German philosopher from the middle ages?

German philosophers have helped shape western philosophy from as early as the Middle Ages (Albertus Magnus). Later, Leibniz (17th century) and most importantly Kant played central roles in the history of philosophy. Kantianism inspired the work of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche as well as German idealism defended by Fichte and Hegel. Engels helped develop communist theory in the second half of the 19th century while Heidegger and Gadamer pursued the tradition of German philosophy in the 20th century. A number of German intellectuals were also influential in sociology, most notably Adorno, Habermas, Horkheimer, Luhmann, Simmel, Tönnies, and Weber. The University of Berlin founded in 1810 by linguist and philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt served as an influential model for a number of modern western universities.


What German philosopher inspired Schopenhauer and Nietzsche?


In the late 19th century, which German philosopher helped develop the idea of communism?


When was the University of Berlin founded?


The work of David Hilbert and Max Planck was crucial to the foundation of modern physics, which Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger developed further. They were preceded by such key physicists as Hermann von Helmholtz, Joseph von Fraunhofer, and Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, among others. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays, an accomplishment that made him the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The Walhalla temple for "laudable and distinguished Germans", features a number of scientists, and is located east of Regensburg, in Bavaria.


Who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics?


In what year, was the first Nobel Prize in Physics won?


What two people were important to the creation of modern physics?


From which country is Bach, Mozart and Beethoven from?

In the field of music, Germany claims some of the most renowned classical composers of the world including Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, who marked the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music. Other composers of the Austro-German tradition who achieved international fame include Brahms, Wagner, Haydn, Schubert, Händel, Schumann, Liszt, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Strauss II, Bruckner, Mahler, Telemann, Richard Strauss, Schoenberg, Orff, and most recently, Henze, Lachenmann, and Stockhausen.


In what tradition of music did Brahms Wagner and Hadyn achieve fame?


Who marked the switch from classical to romantic eras in classical music?


In 2008,, where was Germany ranked as a world music market?

As of 2008[update], Germany is the fourth largest music market in the world and has exerted a strong influence on Dance and Rock music, and pioneered trance music. Artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Scorpions, Rammstein, Nena, Dieter Bohlen, Tokio Hotel and Modern Talking have enjoyed international fame. German musicians and, particularly, the pioneering bands Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk have also contributed to the development of electronic music. Germany hosts many large rock music festivals annually. The Rock am Ring festival is the largest music festival in Germany, and among the largest in the world. German artists also make up a large percentage of Industrial music acts, which is called Neue Deutsche Härte. Germany hosts some of the largest Goth scenes and festivals in the entire world, with events like Wave-Gothic-Treffen and M'era Luna Festival easily attracting up to 30,000 people. Amongst Germany's famous artists there are various Dutch entertainers, such as Johannes Heesters.


What type of music was pioneered in Germany?


What is the largest music festival in Germany?


How many people does M'era Luna Festival attract?


German cinema dates back to the very early years of the medium with the work of Max Skladanowsky. It was particularly influential during the years of the Weimar Republic with German expressionists such as Robert Wiene and Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. The Nazi era produced mostly propaganda films although the work of Leni Riefenstahl still introduced new aesthetics in film. From the 1960s, New German Cinema directors such as Volker Schlöndorff, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder placed West-German cinema back onto the international stage with their often provocative films, while the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft controlled film production in the GDR.


What types of film were produced in the Nazi era?


Who controls film production in the GDR?


When did German cinema come back internationally?


In what year was the never ending story made?

More recently, films such as Das Boot (1981), The Never Ending Story (1984) Run Lola Run (1998), Das Experiment (2001), Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Gegen die Wand (Head-on) (2004) and Der Untergang (Downfall) (2004) have enjoyed international success. In 2002 the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film went to Caroline Link's Nowhere in Africa, in 2007 to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others. The Berlin International Film Festival, held yearly since 1951, is one of the world's foremost film and cinema festivals.


What award did Nowhere in Africa win in 2002?


In what year did The Lives of Others win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language?


How often is the Berlin International Film Festival held?


What was the first year of the Berlin International Film Festival?


In what year did Martin Luther challenge the Catholic Church?

Roman Catholicism was the sole established religion in the Holy Roman Empire until the Reformation changed this drastically. In 1517, Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church as he saw it as a corruption of Christian faith. Through this, he altered the course of European and world history and established Protestantism. The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe. The war was fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire.


During what years was the thirty year war?


Until the Reformation, what was the established religion in Germany?


Where was the thirty year war primarily fought?


What percentage of Germans are Roman Catholic?

According to the latest nationwide census, Roman Catholics constituted 30.8% of the total population of Germany, followed by the Evangelical Protestants at 30.3%. Other religions, atheists or not specified constituted 38.8% of the population at the time. Among "others" are Protestants not included in Evangelical Church of Germany, and other Christians such as the Restorationist New Apostolic Church. Protestantism was more common among the citizens of Germany. The North and East Germany is predominantly Protestant, the South and West rather Catholic. Nowadays there is a non-religious majority in Hamburg and the East German states.


What percentage of Germans are Evangelical Protestants?


What religion is the North and East part of Germany?


Where is there a non-religious majority?


How many Germans are members of sports clubs?

Sport forms an integral part of German life, as demonstrated by the fact that 27 million Germans are members of a sports club and an additional twelve million pursue such an activity individually. Football is by far the most popular sport, and the German Football Federation (Deutscher Fußballbund) with more than 6.3 million members is the largest athletic organisation in the country. It also attracts the greatest audience, with hundreds of thousands of spectators attending Bundesliga matches and millions more watching on television.


What is the most popular sport in Germany?


What is the largest athletic organisation in the country?


How many members are in the German Football Federation?


What year was the turning point for Germany in the Nation Brands Index?

Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the internal and external evaluation of Germany's national image has changed. In the annual Nation Brands Index global survey, Germany became significantly and repeatedly more highly ranked after the tournament. People in 20 different states assessed the country's reputation in terms of culture, politics, exports, its people and its attractiveness to tourists, immigrants and investments. Germany has been named the world's second most valued nation among 50 countries in 2010. Another global opinion poll, for the BBC, revealed that Germany is recognised for the most positive influence in the world in 2010. A majority of 59% have a positive view of the country, while 14% have a negative view.


What year did BBC reveal that Germany is the most positive influence in the world?


what percentage have a negative view of Germany?


What percentage of people have a positive view of Germany?


In what century did the Pan-Germanisms origins begin?

Pan-Germanism's origins began in the early 19th century following the Napoleonic Wars. The wars launched a new movement that was born in France itself during the French Revolution. Nationalism during the 19th century threatened the old aristocratic regimes. Many ethnic groups of Central and Eastern Europe had been divided for centuries, ruled over by the old Monarchies of the Romanovs and the Habsburgs. Germans, for the most part, had been a loose and disunited people since the Reformation when the Holy Roman Empire was shattered into a patchwork of states. The new German nationalists, mostly young reformers such as Johann Tillmann of East Prussia, sought to unite all the German-speaking and ethnic-German (Volksdeutsche) people.


What movement came out of the French Revolution?


Who ruled central and Eastern Europe during the 19th century?


Who were the two most powerful nations in the 1860's?

By the 1860s the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire were the two most powerful nations dominated by German-speaking elites. Both sought to expand their influence and territory. The Austrian Empire – like the Holy Roman Empire – was a multi-ethnic state, but German-speaking people there did not have an absolute numerical majority; the creation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was one result of the growing nationalism of other ethnicities especially the Hungarians. Prussia under Otto von Bismarck would ride on the coat-tails of nationalism to unite all of modern-day Germany. The German Empire ("Second Reich") was created in 1871 following the proclamation of Wilhelm I as head of a union of German-speaking states, while disregarding millions of its non-German subjects who desired self-determination from German rule.


What were Prussia and Austria looking to expand?


What greatly reduced the size of Germany after WWI?

Following the defeat in World War I, influence of German-speaking elites over Central and Eastern Europe was greatly limited. At the treaty of Versailles Germany was substantially reduced in size. Austria-Hungary was split up. Rump-Austria, which to a certain extent corresponded to the German-speaking areas of Austria-Hungary (a complete split into language groups was impossible due to multi-lingual areas and language-exclaves) adopted the name "German-Austria" (German: Deutschösterreich). The name German-Austria was forbidden by the victorious powers of World War I. Volga Germans living in the Soviet Union were interned in gulags or forcibly relocated during the Second World War.


Who was relocated during the second world war from the Soviet Union?


What is the German translation for German-Austria?


What percentage of 14 year olds said they were proud to be German in 2009?

For decades after the Second World War, any national symbol or expression was a taboo. However, the Germans are becoming increasingly patriotic. During a study in 2009, in which some 2,000 German citizens age 14 and upwards filled out a questionnaire, nearly 60% of those surveyed agreed with the sentiment "I'm proud to be German." And 78%, if free to choose their nation, would opt for German nationality with "near or absolute certainty". Another study in 2009, carried out by the Identity Foundation in Düsseldorf, showed that 73% of the Germans were proud of their country, twice more than 8 years earlier. According to Eugen Buss, a sociology professor at the University of Hohenheim, there's an ongoing normalisation and more and more Germans are becoming openly proud of their country.


What percentage of 14 year olds in 2009 said they would choose German for their nationality if they got to choose?


Who was Poland's foreign minister in 2011?

In the midst of the European sovereign-debt crisis, Radek Sikorski, Poland's Foreign Minister, stated in November 2011, "I will probably be the first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity. You have become Europe's indispensable nation." According to Jacob Heilbrunn, a senior editor at The National Interest, such a statement is unprecedented when taking into consideration Germany's history. "This was an extraordinary statement from a top official of a nation that was ravaged by Germany during World War II. And it reflects a profound shift taking place throughout Germany and Europe about Berlin's position at the center of the Continent." Heilbrunn believes that the adage, "what was good for Germany was bad for the European Union" has been supplanted by a new mentality—what is in the interest of Germany is also in the interest of its neighbors. The evolution in Germany's national identity stems from focusing less on its Nazi past and more on its Prussian history, which many Germans believe was betrayed—and not represented—by Nazism. The evolution is further precipitated by Germany's conspicuous position as Europe's strongest economy. Indeed, this German sphere of influence has been welcomed by the countries that border it, as demonstrated by Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski's effusive praise for his country's western neighbor. This shift in thinking is boosted by a newer generation of Germans who see World War II as a distant memory.


What is the largest city in Connecticuty?

New Haven (local /nuː ˈheɪvən/, noo-HAY-vən), in the U.S. state of Connecticut, is the principal municipality in Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of the Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, which in turn comprises the outer limits of the New York metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Connecticut (after Bridgeport), with a population of 129,779 people as of the 2010 United States Census. According to a census of 1 July 2012, by the Census Bureau, the city had a population of 130,741.


What was the population of New Haven according to the 2012 Census?


What was the population of New Haven according to the 2010 Census?


What was the population of Greater New Haven in 2010?


New Haven Harbor is located on the northern shore of what waterway?


What is the population of New Haven according to the 2010 United States Census?


New Haven County makes up the outer limits of what major metropolitan area?


What is the population of New Haven City in 2010?


The population of the Greater New Haven in 2010?


What is the metropolitan next to New Haven County, Connecticut?


How many Puritans were in the initial group that settled New Haven?

In 1637 a small party of Puritans reconnoitered the New Haven harbor area and wintered over. In April 1638, the main party of five hundred Puritans who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the leadership of the Reverend John Davenport and the London merchant Theophilus Eaton sailed into the harbor. These settlers were hoping to establish a (in their mind) better theological community, with the government more closely linked to the church than the one they left in Massachusetts and sought to take advantage of the excellent port capabilities of the harbor. The Quinnipiacs, who were under attack by neighboring Pequots, sold their land to the settlers in return for protection.


What group sold the land to the Puritans?


The Quinnipiacs were under attack by what group?


What is the name of the religious leader who co-led this founding group?


What is the name of the London merchant who co-led this founding group?


In what year did the Puritans survey New Haven Harbor?


From what colony did the original 500 Puritan settlers originate?


Who was the religious leader of the original Puritan settlers?


In what year did the original 500 Puritan settlers arrive in the New Haven harbor area?


From what native tribe did the original Puritan settlers purchase land in exchange for the offer of providing protection?


What year begin the founding of New Haven Harbor?


What was the name of the Native Americans that sold them the land?


In comparison to Massachusetts what where settlers hoping to establish in New Haven Harbor?


Who was the religious leader that lead the pilgrims to New Haven Harbor?


How did New Haven colony differ from Connecticut colony in regard to religion?

By 1640, the town's theocratic government and nine-square grid plan were in place, and the town was renamed Newhaven from Quinnipiac. However, the area north of New Haven remained Quinnipiac until 1678, when it was renamed Hamden. The settlement became the headquarters of the New Haven Colony. At the time, the New Haven Colony was separate from the Connecticut Colony, which had been established to the north centering on Hartford. One of the principal differences between the two colonies was that the New Haven colony was an intolerant theocracy that did not permit other churches to be established, while the Connecticut colony permitted the establishment of other churches.


What was the name of the settlement before it was called New Haven?


What was the name of the area north of New Haven changed to in 1678?


What was the town center of the Connecticut colony?


What type of government did the Puritan settlers establish?


By what year did the Puritan settlers rename the area from Quinnipac to Newhaven?


In what year was the northern area of New Haven renamed Hamden?


What colony was located to the north of New Haven Colony, centered around the area known as Hartford?


What did New Haven Colony not permit that principally distinguished it from Connecticut Colony?


In 1678 what was the new name of the Northern part of New Haven?


New Haven Colony was separated from the Connecticut Colony which was located where?


What made New Haven different from the other colonies in Connecticut?


Where was the headquarters of the New Haven Colony located?


What is the name given to the celebrated date of 23 April 1775 in New Haven?

For over a century, New Haven citizens had fought in the colonial militia alongside regular British forces, as in the French and Indian War. As the American Revolution approached, General David Wooster and other influential residents hoped that the conflict with the government in Britain could be resolved short of rebellion. On 23 April 1775, which is still celebrated in New Haven as Powder House Day, the Second Company, Governor's Foot Guard, of New Haven entered the struggle against the governing British parliament. Under Captain Benedict Arnold, they broke into the powder house to arm themselves and began a three-day march to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Other New Haven militia members were on hand to escort George Washington from his overnight stay in New Haven on his way to Cambridge. Contemporary reports, from both sides, remark on the New Haven volunteers' professional military bearing, including uniforms.


Who was the captain of New Haven's Second Company, Governor's Foot Guard?


How long did the march from New Haven to Cambridge, Massachusetts take Arnold and his men?


Who was the influential New Haven general that hoped to avoid conflict with the British Parliament as the American Revolution loomed closer?


What date is still commemorated by Powder House Day in New Haven?


What was the name of the Second Company in New Haven that was the first to enter the inaugural struggle with the British?


Under whose leadership did the Governor's Foot Guard break into the powder house to arm themselves?


Toward what area did the New Haven militia march for three days following the powder house incident?


Power House Day is celebrated on what day in New Haven?


What is the name of infamous historical person who played an important role on Power House Day?


Where was George Washington planning to go after staying in New Haven?


What is the name of the New Haven Militia that fought on during Powder House Day?


Although the militia were mainly made of volunteers what item distinguish them from other militia companies?


What is the name of the General who led the raid against New Haven on July 5, 1779?

On July 5, 1779, 2,600 loyalists and British regulars under General William Tryon, governor of New York, landed in New Haven Harbor and raided the 3,500-person town. A militia of Yale students had been prepping for battle, and former Yale president and Yale Divinity School professor Naphtali Daggett rode out to confront the Redcoats. Yale president Ezra Stiles recounted in his diary that while he moved furniture in anticipation of battle, he still couldn't quite believe the revolution had begun. New Haven was not torched as the invaders did with Danbury in 1777, or Fairfield and Norwalk a week after the New Haven raid, so many of the town's colonial features were preserved.


Who was the president of Yale at the time of the attack?


Why did New Haven fair better than other invaded cities?


What was the size of the invading force?


Who was the governor of New York under which the loyalist and British raid of New Haven took place?


The students of what New Haven university formed an ad-hoc militia to confront the Redcoats?


Who was the professor of Yale Divinity School that led the student militia to confront the Redcoats?


On what date did the loyalists and Redcoats land in New Haven Harbor to commence a raid on New Haven?


Who was the president of Yale that provided diary accounts expressing disbelief over the commencement of the revolution in New Haven?


What is the name of the general that lead British regulars to New Haven Harbor?


At the time what was the population of New Haven Harbor?


A group of militia from a very famous modern town in Connecticut came to fought in the Harbor, what was the name of their town?


The militia that fought in New Haven was lead by who?


After the battle were New Haven historical features lost or torched?


Who is the Yale graduate, inventor, and arms manufacturer that had a large positive impact on the New Haven economy in the late 18th century?

The city struck fortune in the late 18th century with the inventions and industrial activity of Eli Whitney, a Yale graduate who remained in New Haven to develop the cotton gin and establish a gun-manufacturing factory in the northern part of the city near the Hamden town line. That area is still known as Whitneyville, and the main road through both towns is known as Whitney Avenue. The factory is now the Eli Whitney Museum, which has a particular emphasis on activities for children and exhibits pertaining to the A. C. Gilbert Company. His factory, along with that of Simeon North, and the lively clock-making and brass hardware sectors, contributed to making early Connecticut a powerful manufacturing economy; so many arms manufacturers sprang up that the state became known as "The Arsenal of America". It was in Whitney's gun-manufacturing plant that Samuel Colt invented the automatic revolver in 1836. The Farmington Canal, created in the early 19th century, was a short-lived transporter of goods into the interior regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts, and ran from New Haven to Northampton, Massachusetts.


What invention, for which he is primarily known, did Eli Whitney develop in New Haven?


What is the area near Hamden that was renamed for Eli Whitney?


What was the nickname given to Connecticut due to the large number of arms manufacturers that arose in the state?


In 1836, who invented the automatic revolver in Eli Whitney's gun manufacturing plant?


What is the name of the inventor that created the cotton gin in New Haven?


What is the name of the main road that connects New Haven to Hamden?


What was the company that was responsible Connecticut rise as a manufacturing economy?


The rise of gun factories within Connecticut earn the state what name?


In what year was the first automatic revolver invented?


In what year did an important trial take place which situated New Haven among the forefront of the growing anti-slavery movement?

New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when, in 1839, the trial of mutineering Mende tribesmen being transported as slaves on the Spanish slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court. There is a statue of Joseph Cinqué, the informal leader of the slaves, beside City Hall. See "Museums" below for more information. Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech on slavery in New Haven in 1860, shortly before he secured the Republican nomination for President.


What tribesman were being transported as slaves on a ship by the Spanish?


What was the name of the Spanish slave ship used to transport the Mende tribesmen?


Who was the informal leader of the slaves to whom there is a statue dedicated beside City Hall in New Haven?


In 1860, what notable U.S. president gave a speech on slavery in New Haven?


Who was the leader of slaves during the New Haven anti slavery movement in 1839


What famous president made a speech in New Haven in 1860?


Exactly who were the slaves upon the Spanish slaveship?


What is the name of the slaveship that once sit in New Haven Harbor?


What major war stimulated the New Haven economy by way of industrial goods purchased through the New Haven Arms Company?

The American Civil War boosted the local economy with wartime purchases of industrial goods, including that of the New Haven Arms Company, which would later become the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. (Winchester would continue to produce arms in New Haven until 2006, and many of the buildings that were a part of the Winchester plant are now a part of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District.) After the war, population grew and doubled by the start of the 20th century, most notably due to the influx of immigrants from southern Europe, particularly Italy. Today, roughly half the populations of East Haven, West Haven, and North Haven are Italian-American. Jewish immigration to New Haven has left an enduring mark on the city. Westville was the center of Jewish life in New Haven, though today many have fanned out to suburban communities such as Woodbridge and Cheshire.


What was the New Haven Arms Company later renamed?


The increase in immigrants from what country in southern Europe had a notable impact on the population growth in New Haven in the early 20th century?


What ethnic group currently comprises approximately half the population of East Haven, West Haven and North Haven?


What area of New Haven was known for being the center of the Jewish community?


What was the original name of the famous rifle manufacturing companies in New Haven?


In modern day New Haven who makes up for majority of the demographics in terms of ethnicity?


The Civil War had many effects after the war, what was the main effect for New Haven?


What New Haven mayor is responsible for projects that placed the city among the forefront of urban renewal in the U.S. circa 1954?

In 1954, then-mayor Richard C. Lee began some of the earliest major urban renewal projects in the United States. Certain sections of downtown New Haven were redeveloped to include museums, new office towers, a hotel, and large shopping complexes. Other parts of the city were affected by the construction of Interstate 95 along the Long Wharf section, Interstate 91, and the Oak Street Connector. The Oak Street Connector (Route 34), running between Interstate 95, downtown, and The Hill neighborhood, was originally intended as a highway to the city's western suburbs but was only completed as a highway to the downtown area, with the area to the west becoming a boulevard (See "Redevelopment" below).


What major U.S. interstate runs along the Long Wharf section of New Haven?


What New Haven thoroughfare runs between Interstate 95, downtown, and the neighborhood known as The Hill?


What area of New Haven was Route 34 originally intended to service?


What did the western portion of Route 34 ultimately become?


What was the name of the mayor that lead the urban development project in New Haven 1954?


What was of the major urban development that affected several New Haven neighborhood?


During this redevelopment process what happen to the West part of Route 34?


In approximately what year did revitalization most recently begin to occur in downtown New Haven?

Since approximately 2000, many parts of downtown New Haven have been revitalized, with new restaurants, nightlife, and small retail stores. In particular, the area surrounding the New Haven Green has experienced an influx of apartments and condominiums. In recent years, downtown retail options have increased with the opening of new stores such as Urban Oufitters, J Crew, Origins, American Apparel, Gant Clothing, and an Apple Store, joining older stores such as Barnes & Noble, Cutlers Records, and Raggs Clothing. In addition, downtown's growing residential population will be served by two new supermarkets, a Stop & Shop just outside downtown and Elm City Market located one block from the Green. The recent turnaround of downtown New Haven has received positive press from various periodicals.


What specific area of downtown New Haven enjoyed a notable increase in apartments in condominiums at the beginning of the current century?


What specific service sector has substantially increased in downtown New Haven in recent years?


In addition to Stop & Shop, what new supermarket is located one block from the Green and is poised to serve the growing downtown population?


In the 21st Century what has happen to most of Downtown New Haven in terms of retail?


How has the media perceive most of these changes to the Downtown area?


What has happen in New Haven Green during the 2000s?


Including to the growth, what market chain have expanded nearby Downtown New Haven?


What multi-use project in New Haven is the largest residential building in Connecticut?

Major projects include the current construction of a new campus for Gateway Community College downtown, and also a 32-story, 500-unit apartment/retail building called 360 State Street. The 360 State Street project is now occupied and is the largest residential building in Connecticut. A new boathouse and dock is planned for New Haven Harbor, and the linear park Farmington Canal Trail is set to extend into downtown New Haven within the coming year. Additionally, foundation and ramp work to widen I-95 to create a new harbor crossing for New Haven, with an extradosed bridge to replace the 1950s-era Q Bridge, has begun. The city still hopes to redevelop the site of the New Haven Coliseum, which was demolished in 2007.


What park is anticipated to extend to downtown New Haven?


For what area are a new boathouse and dock being planned?


What is the city landmark demolished in 2007 that the city ultimately wish to redevelop?


What is the name of building project is taking place in Gateway Community College downtown?


The New Haven Harbor is receiving what kind of adjustment?


The city of New Haven wants to redevelop/build what sort of structure?


In terms of infrastructure, what is being develop in the downtown area?


What type of bridge is replacing the old Q Bridge?


In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court entertain a lawsuit filed by 18 New Haven firefighters against the city of New Haven?

In April 2009, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a suit over reverse discrimination brought by 18 white firefighters against the city. The suit involved the 2003 promotion test for the New Haven Fire Department. After the tests were scored, no black firefighters scored high enough to qualify for consideration for promotion, so the city announced that no one would be promoted. In the subsequent Ricci v. DeStefano decision the court found 5-4 that New Haven's decision to ignore the test results violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As a result, a district court subsequently ordered the city to promote 14 of the white firefighters.


What was the distinguishing issue of the lawsuit over which 18 white firefighters in New Haven sought relief from the U.S. Supreme Court?


What was the name of the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city of New Haven had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by denying any firefighter a promotion?


In what year did low scores of black firefighters on a promotion test issued by the New Haven Fire Department ultimately halt promotions for all firefighters of any race in the city?


How many of the 18 white firefighters received promotions via district court order to the city of New Haven following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the petitioning firefighters?


What was the decision from the 2009 Supreme Court Case?


The Court case was involve between which two parties?


What did the city do after the fail test scores for promotions?


Out of how many of the white fireman got a promotion afterwards?


Funding was awarded to Connecticut in 2010 and 2011 to build what line with a southern terminus in New Haven?

In 2010 and 2011, state and federal funds were awarded to Connecticut (and Massachusetts) to construct the Hartford Line, with a southern terminus at New Haven's Union Station and a northern terminus at Springfield's Union Station. According to the White House, "This corridor [currently] has one train per day connecting communities in Connecticut and Massachusetts to the Northeast Corridor and Vermont. The vision for this corridor is to restore the alignment to its original route via the Knowledge Corridor in western Massachusetts, improving trip time and increasing the population base that can be served." Set for construction in 2013, the "Knowledge Corridor high speed intercity passenger rail" project will cost approximately $1 billion, and the ultimate northern terminus for the project is reported to be Montreal in Canada. Train speeds between will reportedly exceed 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) and increase both cities' rail traffic exponentially.


At what terminal in New Haven was the Hartford Line slated to originate?


What location provided the northern terminus for the Hartford Line?


What is the name of the corridor in western Massachusetts by which federal authorities sought to improve trip times and the amount of the population served in both New Haven and Springfield?


In what year was the "Knowledge corridor high speed intercity passenger rail" slated for construction?


What is the name of the train line that connects Connecticut and Massachusetts together?


Where is the starting point of the terminus line in New Haven?


The purpose of the train line is to connect Connecticut and Massachusetts to what state north?


When does the Knowledge Corridor line begins it's construction?


In addition to the New Haven Harbor, what additional natural element is a prominent geographic feature of the area, flanking the northeast and northwest boundaries?

New Haven's best-known geographic features are its large deep harbor, and two reddish basalt trap rock ridges which rise to the northeast and northwest of the city core. These trap rocks are known respectively as East Rock and West Rock, and both serve as extensive parks. West Rock has been tunneled through to make way for the east-west passage of the Wilbur Cross Parkway (the only highway tunnel through a natural obstacle in Connecticut), and once served as the hideout of the "Regicides" (see: Regicides Trail). Most New Haveners refer to these men as "The Three Judges". East Rock features the prominent Soldiers and Sailors war monument on its peak as well as the "Great/Giant Steps" which run up the rock's cliffside.


Which trap rock ridge was altered to accommodate the east-west portion of the Wilbur Park Crossway?


What was the name of the group that once utilized West Rock as a hideout, known colloquially as "The Three Judges?"


What is the name of the war monument located at the peak of East Rock?


What is the name for the popular feature that ascends the cliffside of East Rock?


What is New Haven best known for in terms of the main landmark and structure?


In terms of economy and geographic landscape what is the used for the two trop rocks ridges north nearby the city?


The West Rock is also used for what sort of infrastructure?


What does the Eastern Rocks offer as a park on the other hand?


By how many rivers is the city of New Haven drained?

The city is drained by three rivers; the West, Mill, and Quinnipiac, named in order from west to east. The West River discharges into West Haven Harbor, while the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers discharge into New Haven Harbor. Both harbors are embayments of Long Island Sound. In addition, several smaller streams flow through the city's neighborhoods, including Wintergreen Brook, the Beaver Ponds Outlet, Wilmot Brook, Belden Brook, and Prospect Creek. Not all of these small streams have continuous flow year-round.


Which New Haven river releases into West Haven Harbor?


Into what local body of water do the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers discharge?


Into what larger waterway do the West Haven Harbor and New Haven Harbor recess as embayments?


What is the name of the western river in the city of New Haven?


The eastern river bears the name of the Native American Tribes that once live in New Haven, what is the name?


The two eastern rivers meets in which of New Haven Harbor?


These two harbors are part of what estuary?


Are all of New Haven's smaller stream active through all four seasons?


Though harboring transitive properties, what Koppen climate classification does the New Haven climate more closely characterize?

New Haven lies in the transition between a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa) and humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), but having more characteristics of the former, as is typical of much of the New York metropolitan area. Summers are humid and warm, with temperatures exceeding 90 °F (32 °C) on 7–8 days per year. Winters are cold with moderate snowfall interspersed with rainfall and occasionally mixed precipitation. The weather patterns that affect New Haven result from a primarily offshore direction, thus reducing the marine influence of Long Island Sound—although, like other marine areas, differences in temperature between areas right along the coastline and areas a mile or two inland can be large at times.


What season is typically characterized as humid and warm in New Haven?


What baseline temperature threshold do temperatures normally exceed throughout the summer in New Haven?


How heavy is the snowfall typically throughout the winter in New Haven?


New Haven's climate is largely analogous to what major adjoining metropolitan area?


The New Haven's area closesly resemble which type of climate?


Does summertime gets weather hotter than 90 degrees?


Due to being a coastal city, how much snow does the city gets?


What is the main effects in New Haven's weather due to being a coastal city?


On what type of city plan was New Haven laid out upon the founding of the area?

New Haven has a long tradition of urban planning and a purposeful design for the city's layout. The city could be argued to have some of the first preconceived layouts in the country. 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 city green (a commons area). The city also instituted the first public tree planting program in America. As in other cities, many of the elms 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. The Green remains the social center of the city today. It was named a National Historic Landmark in 1970.


For what environmental initiative is the city of New Haven known, primarily for instituting the first of its kind in America?


What was the nickname given to the city of New Haven due to an indigenous tree which largely perished in the mid-20th century?


What was the cause of the sudden extinction of many of the elms in New Haven?


What public area in New Haven was named a National Historic Landmark in 1970?


Due to the replanting of trees the center of the city is called what?


In what year did it became recognize as a landmark?


In the original plans of the city, how many city block were designed?


Because of it's trees New Haven is known for being first to implemented what in the US?


Approximately how many residents make up the population of downtown New Haven?

Downtown New Haven, occupied by nearly 7,000 residents, has a more residential character than most downtowns. The downtown area provides about half of the city's jobs and half of its tax base and in recent years has become filled with dozens of new upscale restaurants, several of which have garnered national praise (such as Ibiza, recognized by Esquire and Wine Spectator magazines as well as the New York Times as the best Spanish food in the country), in addition to shops and thousands of apartments and condominium units which subsequently help overall growth of the city.


What downtown New Haven restaurant was cited by the New York Times, Esquire and Wine Spectator for its outstanding Spanish cuisine?


Downtown New Haven contributes approximately what amount of the overall tax base for the area?


Downtown New Haven contributes approximately how many jobs to the city?


How many people live in downtown New Haven?


In terms of economy the downtown portion is responsible for what?


Of the downtown area what gets the most positive media coverage?


What has help the most with the continuous growth within the area?


What area of New Haven comprises the area centered around the business district and New Haven Green?

The city has many distinct neighborhoods. In addition to Downtown, centered on the central business district and the Green, are the following neighborhoods: the west central neighborhoods of Dixwell and Dwight; the southern neighborhoods of The Hill, historic water-front City Point (or Oyster Point), and the harborside district of Long Wharf; the western neighborhoods of Edgewood, West River, Westville, Amity, and West Rock-Westhills; East Rock, Cedar Hill, Prospect Hill, and Newhallville in the northern side of town; the east central neighborhoods of Mill River and Wooster Square, an Italian-American neighborhood; Fair Haven, an immigrant community located between the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers; Quinnipiac Meadows and Fair Haven Heights across the Quinnipiac River; and facing the eastern side of the harbor, The Annex and East Shore (or Morris Cove).


What is the historic water-front neighborhood located in the southern area of New Haven?


What east-central neighborhood in New Haven is home to a large number of Italian-Americans?


What is the name of the neighborhood in New Haven that rests between the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers, and is comprised primarily of an immigrant community?


What is the name of the district nearing the harbor of the city?


Though the Green is the popular center of the city, there is another district, what's the name?


If you were to go northern part of New Haven, what district would you find?


Between two of it's rivers lies a district with a heavy immigrant population, the name is?


What sector originally provided the largest contribution to New Haven's economy?

New Haven's economy originally was based in manufacturing, but the postwar period brought rapid industrial decline; the entire Northeast was affected, and medium-sized cities with large working-class populations, like New Haven, were hit particularly hard. Simultaneously, the growth and expansion of Yale University further affected the economic shift. Today, over half (56%) of the city's economy is now made up of services, in particular education and health care; Yale is the city's largest employer, followed by Yale – New Haven Hospital. Other large employers include St. Raphael Hospital, Smilow Cancer Hospital, Southern Connecticut State University, Assa Abloy Manufacturing, the Knights of Columbus headquarters, Higher One, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Covidien and United Illuminating. Yale and Yale-New Haven are also among the largest employers in the state, and provide more $100,000+-salaried positions than any other employer in Connecticut.[citation needed]


What entity serves as the largest employer in New Haven?


What percentage of New Haven's economy is based in services grounded in health care and education?


What is the second largest employer in New Haven?


What pharmaceutical company serves as a large employment provider for New Haven?


New Haven relied on what in terms of growth and economy?


Was the city the only one that suffer a decline within the manufacturing sector?


In modern day how much does New Haven depend on blue collar jobs?


What institution has largest impact on the city's job market?


What Fortune 1000 company, also the largest Catholic service organization in the world, is based in New Haven?

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization and a Fortune 1000 company, is headquartered in New Haven. Two more Fortune 1000 companies are based in Greater New Haven: the electrical equipment producers Hubbell, based in Orange, and Amphenol, based in Wallingford. Eight Courant 100 companies are based in Greater New Haven, with four headquartered in New Haven proper. New Haven-based companies traded on stock exchanges include NewAlliance Bank, the second largest bank in Connecticut and fourth-largest in New England (NYSE: NAL), Higher One Holdings (NYSE: ONE), a financial services firm United Illuminating, the electricity distributor for southern Connecticut (NYSE: UIL), Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACHN), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGS: ALXN), and Transpro Inc. (AMEX: TPR). Vion Pharmaceuticals is traded OTC (OTC BB: VIONQ.OB). Other notable companies based in the city include the Peter Paul Candy Manufacturing Company (the candy-making division of the Hershey Company), the American division of Assa Abloy (one of the world's leading manufacturers of locks), Yale University Press, and the Russell Trust Association (the business arm of the Skull and Bones Society). The Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) began operations in the city as the District Telephone Company of New Haven in 1878; the company remains headquartered in New Haven as a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., now doing business as AT&T Connecticut, and provides telephone service for all but two municipalities in Connecticut.


What prominent producer of electrical equipment, also a Fortune 1000 company, is based in Greater New Haven?


What publicly traded bank, also the second largest in Connecticut, is based in New Haven?


What is the name of the New Haven-based business faction of the infamous Skull and Bones Society?


In what year did the Southern New England Telephone Company, formerly the District Telephone Company of New Haven, establish operations in the area?


New Haven contains one of largest religious service organization in the world, it's name?


Within the New Haven metropolitan area contain a Fortune 1000 company located in Orange, the name of the company?


What is the name of the second largest bank found in Connecticut?


As one of the oldest telephone companies, the SNET started in what year?


In modern day SNET operates as what in New Haven?


How many households are located in New Haven according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau report?

The U.S. Census Bureau reports a 2010 population of 129,779, with 47,094 households and 25,854 families within the city of New Haven. The population density is 6,859.8 people per square mile (2,648.6/km²). There are 52,941 housing units at an average density of 2,808.5 per square mile (1,084.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city is 42.6% White, 35.4% African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 12.9% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 27.4% of the population. Non-Hispanic Whites were 31.8% of the population in 2010, down from 69.6% in 1970. The city's demography is shifting rapidly: New Haven has always been a city of immigrants and currently the Latino population is growing rapidly. Previous influxes among ethnic groups have been African-Americans in the postwar era, and Irish, Italian and (to a lesser degree) Slavic peoples in the prewar period.


What percentage of New Haven's population is comprised by individuals identifying as White?


What percentage of New Haven's population is comprised by individuals identifying as African American?


What minority sector of the poulation in New Haven is currently experiencing rapid growth?


What is the total population of New Haven as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010?


In terms of population density, what is the average person per square kilometers in New Haven?


In regards to it resident, what is the demographic for Native Americans living in the city?


New Haven has a large immigrant population, what seems to be one of the main cause of it throughout the last century?


In modern times has the population of White/Caucasian increase or decrease since the 70s?


What is the most prominent religion in New Haven?

New Haven is a predominantly Roman Catholic city, as the city's Dominican, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Puerto Rican populations are overwhelmingly Catholic. The city is part of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Jews also make up a considerable portion of the population, as do Black Baptists. There is a growing number of (mostly Puerto Rican) Pentecostals as well. There are churches for all major branches of Christianity within the city, multiple store-front churches, ministries (especially in working-class Latino and Black neighborhoods), a mosque, many synagogues (including two yeshivas), and other places of worship; the level of religious diversity in the city is high.


Under what immediate jurisdiction of the Catholic Church does New Haven fall?


How many yeshivas are located in New Haven?


With what religious movement do many Puerto Ricans in New Haven associate?


In addition to Jews, what other religious community comprises a large share of the non-Catholic population of New Haven?


In terms of religious affiliation, what is the most prevalent religion in the city?


There are several religious group that have seem rise in demographics, one of which is popular among African Americans being?


However Christianity can be found within the city, particularly which neighborhoods?


What former U.S. president was born in New Haven?

New Haven is the birthplace of former president George W. Bush, who was born when his father, former president George H. W. Bush, was living in New Haven while a student at Yale. In addition to being the site of the college educations of both Presidents Bush, as Yale students, New Haven was also the temporary home of former presidents William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, and Bill Clinton, as well as Secretary of State John Kerry. President Clinton met his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, while the two were students at Yale Law School. Former vice presidents John C. Calhoun and Dick Cheney also studied in New Haven (although the latter did not graduate from Yale). Before the 2008 election, the last time there was not a person with ties to New Haven and Yale on either major party's ticket was 1968. James Hillhouse, a New Haven native, served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1801.


What New Haven institution did former U.S. president Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton both attend?


What former U.S. vice president graduated from Yale University?


Prior to 2008, in what year did the last election occur in which neither major party had an individual on the ticket with a connection to New Haven and Yale University?


Who was the President pro tempore of the Senate in 1801 that was native to New Haven?


Which former U.S. president have been born in New Haven?


Multiple president have studied at this popular college, you can guess the name of the university?


Serving in President Obama's cabinet, this man has also studied at Yale, can you guess who?


Yale University is heavily affiliate with our presidential candidates since what year?


What is the title of the political science book, written by a Yale professor, that explores New Haven politics and history throughout the 1950's?

New Haven was the subject of Who Governs? Democracy and Power in An American City, a very influential book in political science by preeminent Yale professor Robert A. Dahl, which includes an extensive history of the city and thorough description of its politics in the 1950s. New Haven's theocratic history is also mentioned several times by Alexis de Tocqueville in his classic volume on 19th-century American political life, Democracy in America. New Haven was the residence of conservative thinker William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1951, when he wrote his influential God and Man at Yale. William Lee Miller's The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society (1966) similarly explores the relationship between local politics in New Haven and national political movements, focusing on Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and urban renewal.


Who is the author of "Who Governs? Democracy an Power in An American City"


What penultimate work by Alexis de Tocqueville makes mention of New Haven's original theocratic government?


To which prominent conservative, that authored God and Man at Yale, did New Haven provide residence in 1951?


Who is the author of The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society?


What is the name of popular book discussing the politics of New Haven published in the 50s?


What famous french historian mention the city within his book Democracy in America?


New Haven was the home to author that wrote God and Man at Yale, the writer's name was?


What is the name of the book published in 1966 that had focus on the city politics in relations with President Johnson's policies?


What New Haven trial is known to be the longest in the history of Connecticut?

In 1970, the New Haven Black Panther trials took place, the largest and longest trials in Connecticut history. Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and ten other Party members were tried for murdering an alleged informant. Beginning on May Day, the city became a center of protest for 12,000 Panther supporters, college students, and New Left activists (including Jean Genet, Benjamin Spock, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and John Froines), who amassed on the New Haven Green, across the street from where the trials were being held. Violent confrontations between the demonstrators and the New Haven police occurred, and several bombs were set off in the area by radicals. The event became a rallying point for the New Left and critics of the Nixon Administration.


In what year did the New Haven Black Panther trials take place in New Haven?


Who was the co-founder of the Black Panthers that was placed on trial in New Haven?


What day marked the beginning of New Haven being overwhelmed by 12,000 individuals protesting the Black Panther trials?


In what central New Haven location did protesters of the Black Panther trials congregate?


What political movement group is known in within city among non whites?


How many attended the trials of the Black Panther in 1970?


The protest of trial result in what specifically?


The protest also initiate the start of criticizing what presidential administration?


What was the name of one of the party's leader that also happen to be on trial?


In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court agree to hear a lawsuit originally filed by 20 white and Hispanic firefighters seeking relief from the city of New Haven?

In April 2009, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a suit over reverse discrimination brought by 20 white and Hispanic firefighters against the city. The suit involved the 2003 promotion test for the New Haven Fire Department. After the tests were scored, no blacks scored high enough to qualify for consideration for promotion, so the city announced that no one would be promoted. On 29 June 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the firefighters, agreeing that they were improperly denied promotion because of their race. The case, Ricci v. DeStefano, became highly publicized and brought national attention to New Haven politics due to the involvement of then-Supreme Court nominee (and Yale Law School graduate) Sonia Sotomayor in a lower court decision.


What was the primary legal issue at the center of the suit filed against New Haven by firefighters?


In what year did the city of New Haven deny all firefighters promotions citing the poor performance of black firefighters on performance tests ?


What was the name of the 2009 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court awarded relief to New Haven firefighters against the city of New Haven?


Which Supreme Court Justice was a graduate of Yale Law School and was currently undergoing the nomination process at the time of the 2009 lawsuit filed by firefighters against the city of New Haven?


The 2009 Supreme Court Case which had the City of New Haven versus who?


The court cast was rather popular due to which person on the case?


Upon reaching a verdict the summary statement was that city denied the firefighter a promotion because of what?


Who is the famous comic strip author of Doonesbury that attended Yale University in New Haven?

Garry Trudeau, creator of the political Doonesbury comic strip, attended Yale University. There he met fellow student and later Green Party candidate for Congress Charles Pillsbury, a long-time New Haven resident for whom Trudeau's comic strip is named. During his college years, Pillsbury was known by the nickname "The Doones". A theory of international law, which argues for a sociological normative approach in regards to jurisprudence, is named the New Haven Approach, after the city. Connecticut US senator Richard Blumenthal is a Yale graduate, as is former Connecticut US Senator Joe Lieberman who also was a New Haven resident for many years, before moving back to his hometown of Stamford.


For which long-time New Haven resident and former Yale student is Doonesbury named?


What was the Charles Pillsbury's nickname during college?


What is the name of the international law theory, grounded in jurisprudence framed by a sociological normative approach?


What sitting Connecticut U.S. senator graduated from Yale University in New Haven?


Which past U.S. senator had lived in New Haven and graduated from Yale?


The term, the New Haven Approach was what exactly?


What is the name of the Green party member that also studied at Yale?


Analysis by what organization detailed that municipality-based rankings may be inaccurate?

However, an analysis by the Regional Data Cooperative for Greater New Haven, Inc., has shown that due to issues of comparative denominators and other factors, such municipality-based rankings can be considered inaccurate. For example, two cities of identical population can cover widely differing land areas, making such analyses irrelevant. The research organization called for comparisons based on neighborhoods, blocks, or standard methodologies (similar to those used by Brookings, DiversityData, and other established institutions), not based on municipalities.


What constant in two cities can create disparities in analysis by way of distribution over differing land areas?


Neighborhoods and blocks, as opposed to municipalities, are both examples of what?


What research organization did an city analysis on New Haven?


The organization stated that analysis should be based on comparison of neighborhoods within the city and not what?


According to the institution what leads to inaccurate analysis of the city?


What private university is located in downtown New Haven?

New Haven is a notable center for higher education. Yale University, at the heart of downtown, is one of the city's best known features and its largest employer. New Haven is also home to Southern Connecticut State University, part of the Connecticut State University System, and Albertus Magnus College, a private institution. Gateway Community College has a campus in downtown New Haven, formerly located in the Long Wharf district; Gateway consolidated into one campus downtown into a new state-of-the-art campus (on the site of the old Macy's building) and was open for the Fall 2012 semester.


What community college is located in downtown New Haven?


What state university is located in New Haven?


What school serves as the largest employer of New Haven?


In what year did Gateway Community College open its newly consolidated downtown campus?


What the name of a state university also located in the city?


Before relocating to downtown area, New Haven has a community college that used to be located where?


Other than Yale, New Haven has another private college in the city, it's name?


When was the new Gateway Community College open?


What private school, with the notable distinction of being the fifth-oldest educational institution in the U.S., was founded in New Haven?

Hopkins School, a private school, was founded in 1660 and is the fifth-oldest educational institution in the United States. New Haven is home to a number of other private schools as well as public magnet schools, including Metropolitan Business Academy, High School in the Community, Hill Regional Career High School, Co-op High School, New Haven Academy, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, the Foote School and the Sound School, all of which draw students from New Haven and suburban towns. New Haven is also home to two Achievement First charter schools, Amistad Academy and Elm City College Prep, and to Common Ground, an environmental charter school.


In what year was Hopkins School founded in New Haven?


What is the name of the environmental charter school located in New Haven?


What are the names of the two Achievement First charter schools located in New Haven?


What magnet school in New Haven is centered around arts education?


As one of the oldest school which was founded in 1660, what is it's name?


In terms of schools how old is it historically compare to others?


How many charters schools are available in New Haven?


What scholarship is awarded in New Haven by Yale University to public school students meeting specified criteria?

The city is home to New Haven Promise, a scholarship funded by Yale University for students who meet the requirements. Students must be enrolled in a public high school (charters included) for four years, be a resident of the city during that time, carry a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average, have a 90-percent attendance rate and perform 40 hours of service to the city. The initiative was launched in 2010 and there are currently more than 500 Scholars enrolled in qualifying Connecticut colleges and universities. There are more than 60 cities in the country that have a Promise-type program for their students.


What is the cumulative GPA necessary for a student to be eligible for the New Haven Promise scholarship?


How many hours of community service must a student perform in order to be eligible for the New Haven Promise scholarship?


What is the minimum attendance rate for a student to be eligible for the New Haven Promise Scholarship?


In what year was the New Haven Promise scholarship initiated?


What is the name of the scholarship is funded by Yale?


In terms of requirement what sort of service would one needs to fulfilled in order to apply?


Currently how many students total have been approve by the program?


What distinction was afforded to New Haven in 2014 by Livability.com?

Livability.com named New Haven as the Best Foodie City in the country in 2014. There are 56 Zagat-rated restaurants in New Haven, the most in Connecticut and the third most in New England (after Boston and Cambridge). More than 120 restaurants are located within two blocks of the New Haven Green. The city is home to an eclectic mix of ethnic restaurants and small markets specializing in various foreign foods. Represented cuisines include Malaysian, Ethiopian, Spanish, Belgian, French, Greek, Latin American, Mexican, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Cuban, Peruvian, Syrian/Lebanese, and Turkish.


How many Zagat-rated restaurants are located in New Haven?


What city in Connecticut has the highest number of Zagat-rated restaurants?


How many restaurants can be accessed within a two block radius of New Haven Green?


What website gave critical acclaim to New Haven for the city's food?


How many restaurant are located in the center of New Haven's city?


There are about how many Zagat-rated restaurants located in the city?


Within the cities there are markets that focus on what sort of cuisines?


What dish is commonly considered to be penultimate culinary achievement in New Haven?

New Haven's greatest culinary claim to fame may be its pizza, which has been claimed to be among the best in the country, or even in the world. New Haven-style pizza, called "apizza" (pronounced ah-BEETS, [aˈpitts] in the original Italian dialect), made its debut at the iconic Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (known as Pepe's) in 1925. Apizza is baked in coal- or wood-fired brick ovens, and is notable for its thin crust. Apizza may be red (with a tomato-based sauce) or white (with a sauce of garlic and olive oil), and pies ordered "plain" are made without the otherwise customary mozzarella cheese (originally smoked mozzarella, known as "scamorza" in Italian). A white clam pie is a well-known specialty of the restaurants on Wooster Street in the Little Italy section of New Haven, including Pepe's and Sally's Apizza (which opened in 1938). Modern Apizza on State Street, which opened in 1934, is also well-known.


What is the colloquial term afforded to New Haven-style pizza?


At what New Haven establishment did "apizza" make it's inaugural appearance in 1925?


What ingredient is notably absent from a New Haven-style pizza when ordered plain?


In what section of New Haven would one expect to find an outstanding white clam pie pizza on Wooster Street?


New Haven, in terms of food is best known for what?


Where did New Haven pizza style originated from?


White clam pie is found in what district of New Haven?


In what year was New Haven-style pizza found?


What landmark New Haven fast food establishment is located on Crown Street?

A second New Haven gastronomical claim to fame is Louis' Lunch, which is located in a small brick building on Crown Street and has been serving fast food since 1895. Though fiercely debated, the restaurant's founder Louis Lassen is credited by the Library of Congress with inventing the hamburger and steak sandwich. Louis' Lunch broils hamburgers, steak sandwiches and hot dogs vertically in original antique 1898 cast iron stoves using gridirons, patented by local resident Luigi Pieragostini in 1939, that hold the meat in place while it cooks.


In what year did Louis' Lunch begin serving fast food in New Haven?


Who is the founder of Louis' Lunch in New Haven?


What body of the federal government credits New Haven resident Louis Lassen with inventing the hamburger and steak sandwich?


Which New Haven resident patented a cast iron stove using grid irons in 1939?


Louis' Lunch is popular for serving what?


What specifically how does Louis' Lunch cooks its' food?


At what cross streets, marking the center of the Hospital Green of Yale - New Haven Hospital, do food carts congregate on weekdays?

During weekday lunchtime, over 150 lunch carts and food trucks from neighborhood restaurants cater to different student populations throughout Yale's campus. The carts cluster at three main points: by Yale – New Haven Hospital in the center of the Hospital Green (Cedar and York streets), by Yale's Trumbull College (Elm and York streets), and on the intersection of Prospect and Sachem streets by the Yale School of Management. Popular farmers' markets, managed by the local non-profit CitySeed, set up shop weekly in several neighborhoods, including Westville/Edgewood Park, Fair Haven, Upper State Street, Wooster Square, and Downtown/New Haven Green.


What college of Yale is located at Elm and York Streets in New Haven?


What school of Yale is located nearest the intersection of Prospect and Sachem streets?


What New Haven non-profit manages the farmer's markets that service various neighborhoods weekly throughout the area?


How many lunch carts are there in Yale's Campus during lunchtime?


Who manages New Haven's farmers' market?


New Haven Hospital is located at where in Hospital Green?


In addition to Yale Reparatory Theatre, what are two additional major theatre houses located in New Haven?

The city hosts numerous theatres and production houses, including the Yale Repertory Theatre, the Long Wharf Theatre, and the Shubert Theatre. There is also theatre activity from the Yale School of Drama, which works through the Yale University Theatre and the student-run Yale Cabaret. Southern Connecticut State University hosts the Lyman Center for the Performing Arts. The shuttered Palace Theatre (opposite the Shubert Theatre) is being renovated and will reopen as the College Street Music Hall in May, 2015. Smaller theatres include the Little Theater on Lincoln Street. Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School also boasts a state-of-the-art theatre on College Street. The theatre is used for student productions as well as the home to weekly services to a local non-denominational church, the City Church New Haven.


What is the name of the student-run group at Yale University provides theatrical productions in New Haven?


What New Haven performance venue is hosted by Southern Connecticut State University?


What was the original name of the College Street Music Hall?


In what year did the newly renovated College Street Music Hall reopen?


The Southern Connecticut State University has it own theater as while, it's name?


What theater is currently under renovation in the city?


What school in New Haven is known for it's theater being used by both students and church?


Yale also has a theater managed by its' own student, then name?


At what New Haven museum is an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible housed?

New Haven has a variety of museums, many of them associated with Yale. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library features an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible. There is also the Connecticut Children's Museum; the Knights of Columbus museum near that organization's world headquarters; the Peabody Museum of Natural History; the Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments; the Eli Whitney Museum (across the town line in Hamden, Connecticut, on Whitney Avenue); the Yale Center for British Art, which houses the largest collection of British art outside the U.K., and the Yale University Art Gallery, the nation's oldest college art museum.[citation needed] New Haven is also home to the New Haven Museum and Historical Society on Whitney Avenue, which has a library of many primary source treasures dating from Colonial times to the present.


What New Haven landmark serves as the nation's oldest college art museum?


What New Haven museum offers the largest collection of British art available outside of the UK?


What museum is located in Hamden on Whitney Street and dedicated to a notable New Haven inventor?


With what major university are the majority of museums in New Haven associated?


Which museum feature the original copy of the Gutenberg Bible?


Yale claim to have the oldest college art museum in the United States, what is the name of the place?


There is a museum on Whitney Avenue that contain a variety of historical treasure, what is its' name?


What is the name of the museum that specifically focus on a single inventor located the city?


What is the name of a prominent contemporary art gallery on Orange Street in New Haven?

Artspace on Orange Street is one of several contemporary art galleries around the city, showcasing the work of local, national, and international artists. Others include City Gallery and A. Leaf Gallery in the downtown area. Westville galleries include Kehler Liddell, Jennifer Jane Gallery, and The Hungry Eye. The Erector Square complex in the Fair Haven neighborhood houses the Parachute Factory gallery along with numerous artist studios, and the complex serves as an active destination during City-Wide Open Studios held yearly in October.


What are two contemporary art galleries located in downtown New Haven?


In what area of New Haven are Kehler Liddel, Jennider Jane Gallery, and The Hungry Eye Gallery located?


What New Haven gallery is housed in the Erector Square complex located in the Fair Haven neighborhood?


For what annual New Haven art event, held in early October, is the Erector Square complex used?


What is the name of the art gallery that hosts multiple artist locally and around the world?


This gallery contains works of artist such as The Hungry Eye, what is name of the place?


The Erector Square complex is a gallery that is located where?


During which month is the complex particularly active?


What public area in New Haven is home to free concerts in the summer?

The New Haven Green is the site of many free music concerts, especially during the summer months. These have included the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the July Free Concerts on the Green in July, and the New Haven Jazz Festival in August. The Jazz Festival, which began in 1982, is one of the longest-running free outdoor festivals in the U.S., until it was canceled for 2007. Headliners such as The Breakfast, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles and Celia Cruz have historically drawn 30,000 to 50,000 fans, filling up the New Haven Green to capacity. The New Haven Jazz Festival was revived in 2008 and has been sponsored since by Jazz Haven.


What musical festival was initiated in 1982 in New Haven?


In what year was the New Haven Jazz Festival cancelled, thereby precluding it from being one of the longest running free outdoor festivals in the U.S.?


Who sponsors the New Haven Jazz Festival?


What is the name for the concerts held on New Haven Green throughout the month of July?


What popular events that place in New Haven Green area?


When did the first Jazz Festival made it debut?


In general how many people attend these music concerts?


After being cancel in 2007, what organization currently support New Haven Jazz Festival?


To what annual art festival is the city of New Haven home?

In addition to the Jazz Festival (described above), New Haven serves as the home city of the annual International Festival of Arts and Ideas. New Haven's Saint Patrick's Day parade, which began in 1842, is New England's oldest St. Patty's Day parade and draws the largest crowds of any one-day spectator event in Connecticut. The St. Andrew the Apostle Italian Festival has taken place in the historic Wooster Square neighborhood every year since 1900. Other parishes in the city celebrate the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua and a carnival in honor of St. Bernadette Soubirous. New Haven celebrates Powder House Day every April on the New Haven Green to commemorate the city's entrance into the Revolutionary War. The annual Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1973 planting of 72 Yoshino Japanese Cherry Blossom trees by the New Haven Historic Commission in collaboration with the New Haven Parks Department and residents of the neighborhood. The Festival now draws well over 5,000 visitors. The Film Fest New Haven has been held annually since 1995.


What was the inaugural year of the New Haven St. Patrick's Day parade?


In what historic New Haven neighborhood does the St. Andrew the Apostle Italian festival take place?


What annual festival, celebrated on New Haven Green, memorializes the New Haven's passage into the Revolutionary War?


In what year did Film Fest New Haven begin?


What international event celebrating art is hosted in New Haven?


As one of the oldest and largest traditions, how long have the city been celebrating Saint Patrick's Day?


Which event takes place every year in Wooster Square since the beginning of the 20th century?


What organization was responsible for the planting of several cherry blossom trees in 1973?


In general how many people attend the yearly Wooster Square Cheery Blossom Festival?


What is the name of the major daily editorial newspaper for the city of New Haven?

New Haven is served by the daily New Haven Register, the weekly "alternative" New Haven Advocate (which is run by Tribune, the corporation owning the Hartford Courant), the online daily New Haven Independent, and the monthly Grand News Community Newspaper. Downtown New Haven is covered by an in-depth civic news forum, Design New Haven. The Register also backs PLAY magazine, a weekly entertainment publication. The city is also served by several student-run papers, including the Yale Daily News, the weekly Yale Herald and a humor tabloid, Rumpus Magazine. WTNH Channel 8, the ABC affiliate for Connecticut, WCTX Channel 59, the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the state, and Connecticut Public Television station WEDY channel 65, a PBS affiliate, broadcast from New Haven. All New York City news and sports team stations broadcast to New Haven County.


What is the civic news forum that specifically reports on downtown New Haven?


What weekly entertainment print news source for New Haven is backed by The Register?


Channel 65 is New Haven's home to what PBS affiliate?


What weekly publication in New Haven is issued by Yale University?


What is the main newspaper company for New Haven?


The other newspaper, New Haven Advocate is run by which company?


There is newspaper company within the city that runs monthly, it's name ?


What is the name of the tabloid that is run by mainly college students?


In terms of news and sports does New Haven receive television broadcasting from other cities?


What NFL team played at the Yale Bowl from 1973-1974?

New Haven has a history of professional sports franchises dating back to the 19th century and has been the home to professional baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer teams—including the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1973 to 1974, who played at the Yale Bowl. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, New Haven consistently had minor league hockey and baseball teams, which played at the New Haven Arena (built in 1926, demolished in 1972), New Haven Coliseum (1972–2002), and Yale Field (1928–present).


In what year was the New Haven Arena demolished?


At what currently defunct New Haven venues did minor league hockey and baseball teams play throughout the latter half of the 20th century?


In what year was Yale field established in New Haven?


The city of New Haven has been known for it various sport teams for how long?


What famous NFL team played in New Haven own stadium in the 70s?


The city has couple of sport stadium which one of them was torn down in 20th century?


In modern day which of the stadiums have continue to host minor sport leagues?


How long has Yale Field been open and active?


What 1995 mayor of New Haven sought to reinvent the area into a northeastern hub of art and culture?

When John DeStefano, Jr., became mayor of New Haven in 1995, he outlined a plan to transform the city into a major cultural and arts center in the Northeast, which involved investments in programs and projects other than sports franchises. As nearby Bridgeport built new sports facilities, the brutalist New Haven Coliseum rapidly deteriorated. Believing the upkeep on the venue to be a drain of tax dollars, the DeStefano administration closed the Coliseum in 2002; it was demolished in 2007. New Haven's last professional sports team, the New Haven County Cutters, left in 2009. The DeStefano administration did, however, see the construction of the New Haven Athletic Center in 1998, a 94,000-square-foot (8,700 m2) indoor athletic facility with a seating capacity of over 3,000. The NHAC, built adjacent to Hillhouse High School, is used for New Haven public schools athletics, as well as large-scale area and state sporting events; it is the largest high school indoor sports complex in the state.


What sports complex was shuttered in New Haven by the DeStefano administration in 2002?


What was New Haven's last professional sports team?


What indoor sporting complex in New Haven was constructed by the DeStefano administration in 1998?


What is the approximate seating capacity of the New Haven Athletic Center?


Who was the mayor for the city in the late 90s?


Due to the heavy upkeep, DeStefano decided to close what major infrastructure in the city?


When was the last time New Haven had a professional sport team?


In terms of capacity how big was the new constructed New Haven Athletic Center?


In what year did New Haven host the Special Olympic Summer World Games?

New Haven was the host of the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games; then-President Bill Clinton spoke at the opening ceremonies. The city is home to the Pilot Pen International tennis event, which takes place every August at the Connecticut Tennis Center, one of the largest tennis venues in the world. New Haven biannually hosts "The Game" between Yale and Harvard, the country's second-oldest college football rivalry. Numerous road races take place in New Haven, including the USA 20K Championship during the New Haven Road Race.


What major tennis event take place annually every August in New Haven?


What is the name of the tennis complex, cited as one of the largest worldwide, located in New Haven?


What is the nickname of the historic football rivalry between Yale and Harvard hosted annually in New Haven?


What year did New Haven became a host for the Specials Olympics?


The city also host a large international tennis event, when does it usually take place?


"The Game" is a special event that focus on what sort of rivalry between the colleges?


What is the name of major road race that places within the city?


New Haven served as home to what two notable 19th century architects?

New Haven has many architectural landmarks dating from every important time period and architectural style in American history. The city has been home to a number of architects and architectural firms that have left their mark on the city including Ithiel Town and Henry Austin in the 19th century and Cesar Pelli, Warren Platner, Kevin Roche, Herbert Newman and Barry Svigals in the 20th. The Yale School of Architecture has fostered this important component of the city's economy. Cass Gilbert, of the Beaux-Arts school, designed New Haven's Union Station and the New Haven Free Public Library and was also commissioned for a City Beautiful plan in 1919. Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, Alexander Jackson Davis, Philip C. Johnson, Gordon Bunshaft, Louis Kahn, James Gamble Rogers, Frank Gehry, Charles Willard Moore, Stefan Behnisch, James Polshek, Paul Rudolph, Eero Saarinen and Robert Venturi all have designed buildings in New Haven. Yale's 1950s-era Ingalls Rink, designed by Eero Saarinen, was included on the America's Favorite Architecture list created in 2007.


What division of Yale University is credited with nurturing the architectural component of New Havens economy?


Who is the notable artist of the Beaux-Arts school responsible for designing both New Haven's Union Station and New Haven Public Library?


In what year did New Haven commission the City Beautiful plan?


Who is responsible for designing Ingalls Rink at Yale University in New Haven?


New Haven is also known for a very notable architecture institution, it's name?


Who was the architect that design the New Haven Free Public Library?


What was the name of the building that was feature in America's Favorite Architecture list of 2007?


How many properties in New Haven are featured on the National Register of Historic Places?

Many historical sites exist throughout the city, including 59 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these, nine are among the 60 U.S. National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut. The New Haven Green, one of the National Historic Landmarks, was formed in 1638, and is home to three 19th-century churches. Below one of the churches (referred to as the Center Church on-the-Green) lies a 17th-century crypt, which is open to visitors. Some of the more famous burials include the first wife of Benedict Arnold and the aunt and grandmother of President Rutherford B. Hayes; Hayes visited the crypt while President in 1880. The Old Campus of Yale University is located next to the Green, and includes Connecticut Hall, Yale's oldest building and a National Historic Landmark. The Hillhouse Avenue area, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a part of Yale's campus, has been called a walkable museum, due to its 19th-century mansions and street scape; Charles Dickens is said to have called Hillhouse Avenue "the most beautiful street in America" when visiting the city in 1868.


In 1868, which famous author is reported to have declared New Haven's Hillhouse Avenue to be "the most beautiful street in America?"


Of the three churches flanking New Haven Green, which is home to a notorious 17th century crypt?


What famous American traitor has a first wife buried in a 17th century crypt in a New Haven church flanking New Haven Green?


What structure of Yale University, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, holds the distinction of being the oldest building on campus?


According to the National Register of Historic Places how many historical sites are there in New Haven?


In what year was the famous The New Haven Green founded?


What tourist spot can be found directly underneath the New Haven Green?


Yale University also contains a historical site within it campus, the name of it?


What structure was ordered to be built in New Haven in 1776 to protect the port at the outset of the Revolutionary War?

After the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1776, the Connecticut colonial government ordered the construction of Black Rock Fort (to be built on top of an older 17th-century fort) to protect the port of New Haven. In 1779, during the Battle of New Haven, British soldiers captured Black Rock Fort and burned the barracks to the ground. The fort was reconstructed in 1807 by the federal government (on orders from the Thomas Jefferson administration), and rechristened Fort Nathan Hale, after the Revolutionary War hero who had lived in New Haven. The cannons of Fort Nathan Hale were successful in defying British war ships during the War of 1812. In 1863, during the Civil War, a second Fort Hale was built next to the original, complete with bomb-resistant bunkers and a moat, to defend the city should a Southern raid against New Haven be launched. The United States Congress deeded the site to the state in 1921, and all three versions of the fort have been restored. The site is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and receives thousands of visitors each year.


In what year was Black Rock Fort captured by the British in New Haven and incinerated?


After which revolutionary war hero and New Haven native was Black Rock Fort rechristened upon reconstruction in 1807?


What two fortifications distinguished the second Fort Hale built in New Haven during the Civil War?


In what year did the U.S. Congress afford Connecticut the deed to the site at Fort Hale in New Haven?


Black Rock Fort was built in response to what event in the 18th century?


The fort was destroy during the fighting only to be rebuilt in what year?


Why exactly was the fort rename to Fort Nathan Hale?


During the Civil War, New Haven needed to be further fortify incase of another invasion, what structure did the city built?


The federal government pass the ownership of the fort to the state of Connecticut, what year was this?


What cemetery in New Haven is situated next to the campus of Yale University and has been designated a National Historic Landmark?

Grove Street Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark which lies adjacent to Yale's campus, contains the graves of Roger Sherman, Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Charles Goodyear and Walter Camp, among other notable burials. The cemetery is known for its grand Egyptian Revival gateway. The Union League Club of New Haven building, located on Chapel Street, is notable for not only being a historic Beaux-Arts building, but also is built on the site where Roger Sherman's home once stood; George Washington is known to have stayed at the Sherman residence while President in 1789 (one of three times Washington visited New Haven throughout his lifetime).


In what architectural style is the gateway of Grove Street Cemetery notably designed?


What Beaux Arts structure on New Haven's Chapel Street was built on the site believed to formerly feature the home of Roger Sherman?


What former U.S. president is believed to have stayed in New Haven at the home of Roger Sherman?


Which notable New Haven resident inventor, credited with the cotton gin, is buried in Grove Street Cemetery?


What is the name of the historical site that site next to Yale's campus?


What is Grove Street Cemetery famously known for?


Roger Sherman once lived in Chapel Street, in modern day what is the name building that sit in its' place?


George Washington once paid visit to Sherman's house, what year was this?


Throughout the Roaring Twenties, what public beach in New Haven was a favored destination for tourists?

Lighthouse Point Park, a public beach run by the city, was a popular tourist destination during the Roaring Twenties, attracting luminaries of the period such as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. The park remains popular among New Haveners, and is home to the Five Mile Point Lighthouse, constructed in 1847, and the Lighthouse Point Carousel, constructed in 1916. Five Mile Point Light was decommissioned in 1877 following the construction of Southwest Ledge Light at the entrance of the harbor, which remains in service to this day. Both of the lighthouses and the carousel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Which famed professional baseball player is known to have visited at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven during the 1920's?


What notable New Haven attraction constructed in 1847 was located at Lighthouse Point Park?


In what year was New Haven's Lighthouse Point carousel constructed?


In what year was Five Mile Point Lighthouse decommissioned upon construction of Southwest Ledge Lighthouse?


What popular tourist site was particularly active during the 20s?


In 1847, a new landmark was constructed at the park, what exactly was it?


After 1877 another lighthouse was build to replace File Mile Point, what was its' name?


Is Southwest Ledge Light still active today?


How many Amtrak lines service Union Station?

Union Station is further served by four Amtrak lines: the Northeast Regional and the high-speed Acela Express provide service to New York, Washington, D.C. and Boston, and rank as the first and second busiest routes in the country; the New Haven–Springfield Line provides service to Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts; and the Vermonter provides service to both Washington, D.C., and Vermont, 15 miles (24 km) from the Canadian border. Amtrak also codeshares with United Airlines for travel to any airport serviced by United Airlines, via Newark Airport (EWR) originating from or terminating at Union Station, (IATA: ZVE).


Which transit lines out of Union Station are ranked as the busiest routes in the U.S.?


Which transit line out of Union Station provides service to Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts?


Which transit line out of Union Station provides service between Vermont and Washington D.C.?


With what airline does Amtrak codeshare for transit to Newark Airport that originates or terminates at Union Station?


What is the name of the train station within New Haven?


The train line that connects Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont together is known as what?


In additions, the train line is also connected with which airline services?


What form of public transportation preceded the current New Haven Division bus routes?

The New Haven Division buses follow routes that had originally been covered by trolley service. Horse-drawn steetcars began operating in New Haven in the 1860s, and by the mid-1890s all the lines had become electric. In the 1920s and 1930s, some of the trolley lines began to be replaced by bus lines, with the last trolley route converted to bus in 1948. The City of New Haven is in the very early stages of considering the restoration of streetcar (light-rail) service, which has been absent since the postwar period.


What decade ushered in the operation of horse-drawn carriages in New Haven?


What advancement was made to New Haven trolley lines in the mid 1890's?


What mode of public transportation in New Haven phased out the trolley service in the 1920's and 1930's?


In what year was the final trolley route in New Haven converted to a bus line?


Buses in New Haven uses what kind of route for their service?


Before 20th century, what was the form of public transportation in the city?


What further ideas for public transportation is the city currently considering?


In what year were trolleys finally replaced completely by buses?


What rail trail is slated to run between downtown New Haven and Northampton, Massachusetts?

The Farmington Canal Trail is a rail trail that will eventually run continuously from downtown New Haven to Northampton, Massachusetts. The scenic trail follows the path of the historic New Haven and Northampton Company and the Farmington Canal. Currently, there is a continuous 14-mile (23 km) stretch of the trail from downtown, through Hamden and into Cheshire, making bicycle commuting between New Haven and those suburbs possible. The trail is part of the East Coast Greenway, a proposed 3,000-mile (4,800 km) bike path that would link every major city on the East Coast from Florida to Maine.


What historic trail does the Farmington Canal Trail follow?


What canal lies adjacent to the Historic New Haven and Northamption company trail?


What proposed bike path, projected connect every major city on the eastern seaboard, is part of the Farmington Canal Trail?


What is the name of the trail that runs from to New Haven all the way to Eastern Massachusetts?