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Pass It On New Haven's Neighborhoods through Young People's Eyes [home]

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AIDS Interfaith Network – Healthy Youth Initiative

AIDS/HIV was introduced to New Haven in the late 1970s, but information about the disease only began to be recorded in 1980. Since 1980, 2,199 people have died of AIDS in New Haven . Most of these deaths were caused by needle sharing due to drug use and unprotected sex. READ MORE.

Day Street

DAY STREET has been in New Haven, Connecticut, for over 100 years. It is in a middle class neighborhood called Dwight. Day Street is off of George Street and close to Chapel Street . The housing is okay. The Housing Authority of New Haven (HANH) owns apartments on Day Street and Waverly Street . Some businesses that are in the area are convenience stores, Laundromats, and gas stations. Day Street is very close to downtown. READ MORE.

Donald Grant Mitchell

DONALD GRANT MITCHELL was a pioneer in New Haven’s history. He began his long history with the purchase of 100 acres in the 1850s. Nearly 200 years later, his beautiful homes still remain standing, his name is still important, and people are well informed about his legacy as a writer, educator and an architect. READ MORE.

 

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