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Let’s be honest: in the mid-20th century New Haven got the stuffing kicked out of it. The factories and the department stores closed. A huge chunk of downtown was gouged out to make room for a freeway connector, but it couldn’t stop the migration to the suburbs. Mayor Richard Lee, a giant of ’60s-style urban liberalism, steered hundreds of millions of federal dollars into town but succeeded only in wiping out entire neighborhoods in the name of “urban renewal.” New Haven sprouted...
Miami police have taken extensive measures to secure the summit, closing downtown streets and preemptively detaining some demonstrators. A police press release last Friday warned that “radical activists attempting to reign anarchy on our community may attempt to blend in and bring disruption and violence...
...Haven’s limited nightlife is concentrated in the area immediately around Yale in the city’s downtown area, meaning that students are never farther than walking distance from the center of campus. As a result, students make the most of the social life available on campus. “Life is spent almost completely on the campus,” says Caroline Howe, a Yale first-year. “There are always new things...
...only game in town, Yale and its students are lavished with attention by the New Haven business community. Almost all of the nightlife, shopping and dining in downtown New Haven aims toward a college-aged clientele. “New Haven is pretty good with most of the important aspects of college life,” says Ware. “It has good restaurants, good bars and good clubs...
...Beyond a complete overhaul of Bangkok's sewerage?an idea dismissed by the city government as too expensive?it seems the capital will have to live with the odor and the sight of black sludge beside homes and offices. Walee, 54, a shopkeeper in downtown Bangkok, installed a row of plants on the cement arches that span the klong next to her store. In bloom, she says, the flowers mask the toxic mess. "When I look at the flowers, I see the klong of my youth," she says, "when it was clear and filled with fish and when my mother...