Magrisso Forte

Oak Street

Including Long Wharf, Legion Avenue & Medical Center neighborhoods

Just south of Downtown, Oak Street was built along the old East Creek. It was the original landing site of the Puritan Colonists. The are grew rapidly as a merchant neighborhood. The old creek was filled and the area became a slum. Long a melting pot of new immigrants, Oak Street and Legion Avenue were the center of the city's Jewish community. Long Wharf and other wharfs became the center of New Haven's maritine trade. Large areas of the harbor were filled for the railroad. The State's first hospital was built in this area. Over time the hospital and the Yale School of Medicine expanded over much of the neighborhood.
105-11 State St 105-11 State St Congress Ave & Cedar St New Haven Dispensary Commerce St & Whiting St
105-11 State Street, Yale, Bryan & Co. The small building on the right hand side was the Rutherford Warehouse built in 1682. Drawing from 1886 105-11 State Street, Minor, Read & Garrette 1904 Congress Avenue, Cedar & Rose Streets. Photographed by John T. Sloan, April 1901 Congress Avenue, Cedar & Rose Streets, New Haven Dispensary replace buildings in previous photo. 1901 Commerce & Whiting Streets 1924
Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & West Water St
Union Avenue & West Water Street July 11, 1937 Union Avenue & West Water Street November 9, 1947 Union Avenue & West Water Street November 9, 1947 Union Avenue & West Water Street November 9, 1947 Union Avenue & West Water Street November 9, 1947
Union Ave & Columbus Ave Union Ave & Columbus Ave      
Union & Columbus Avenues November 9, 1947 Union & Columbus Avenues November 9, 1947      
United Advertising Corporation Collection
Congress Square Congress Square Congress Square Congress Ave & Columbus Ave Congress Ave & Lafayette St
Congress Avenue & George Street, Congress Square, May 1933 Congress Avenue & George Street, Congress Square c1930 Congress Avenue & George Street, Congress Square c1930 Congress & Columbus Avenues c1930 Congress Avenue & Lafayette Street c1920
Congress Ave & Liberty St Oak St & Factory St Oak St & Broad St Oak St & Davenport Ave 464 Oak St
Oak & Factory Streets c1945 Oak & Broad Streets c1950 Oak Street & Davenport Avenue c1925 464 Oak Street c1930
Oak St & Asylum St Oak St & Orchard St 41-43 Broad St 41-43 Broad St Davenport Ave & Oak St
Oak & Asylum Streets c1930 Oak & Orchard Streets c1930 41-43 Broad Street c1930 41-43 Broad Street c1945 Davenport Avenue & Oak Street c1920
Temple St & Commerce St South Orange St & Commerce St South Orange St & Commerce St South Orange St & Portsea St South Orange St & Portsea St
Temple & Commerce Streets c1925 South Orange & Commerce Streets c1935 South Orange & Commerce Streets c1935 South Orange & Portsea Streets c1935 South Orange & Portsea Streets c1925
South Orange St & Portsea St South Orange St & Portsea St South Orange St & Portsea St South Orange St & Portsea St State St & West Water St
South Orange & Portsea Streets c1925 South Orange & Portsea Streets c1925 South Orange & Portsea Streets c1925 South Orange & Portsea Streets c1925 State & West Water Streets c1920
Commerce St & South Orange St West Water St & Meadow St Portsea St & West Water St Portsea St & West Water St West Water St & Portsea St
Commerce & South Orange Streets c1930 West Water & Meadow Streets c1945 Portsea & West Water Streets July 1933 Portsea & West Water Streets c1933 West Water & Portsea Streets c1925
West Water St & Portsea St Union Station Union Station Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & West Water St
West Water & Portsea Streets c1925 Union Avenue & West Water Street, Union Station c1930 Union Avenue & West Water Street, Union Station c1930 Union Avenue & West Water Street c1925 Union Avenue & West Water Street c1925
Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & South Orange St Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & West Water St Union Ave & South Orange St
Union Avenue & West Water Street c1930 Union Avenue & South Orange Street c1920 Union Avenue & West Water Street c1930 Union Avenue & West Water Street c1925 Union Avenue & South Orange Street c1935
Union Ave & Columbus Ave Union Ave & Columbus Ave Union Ave & Columbus Ave Portsea St & South Orange St Long Wharf
Union & Columbus Avenues c1925 Colombus & Union Avenues c1930 Columbus & Union Avenues c1930 Portsea & South Orange Streets c1925 Long Wharf, Sperry & Barnes meat packaging plant 1944
Long Wharf        
Long Wharf, Sperry & Barnes meat packaging plant 1945        
Joseph Taylor Collection
85 Congress Avenue, Henry Reynolds Cafe c1920 Congress Avenue & Commerce Street c1910 Congress & Washington Avenues 1912 Congress Avenue & Cedar Street, Hospital c1915 Congress Avenue & Cedar Street, Hospital c1915
Congress Ave & Oak St Oak St & Congress Ave Oak St & Congress Ave Oak St & Temple St Oak St & York St
Congress Avenue & Oak Street 1954 Oak Street & Congress Avenue c1954 Oak Street & Congress Avenue c1954 Oak & Temple Streets c1954 Oak & York Streets c1954
Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market
Lafayette & Oak Streets, Flea Market c1954 Lafayette & Oak Streets, Flea Market c1954 Lafayette & Oak Streets, Flea Market c1954 Lafayette Street Flea, Market c1954 Lafayette Street, Flea Market c1954
Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St Flea Market Lafayette St & Broad St
Lafayette Street Flea Market c1954 Lafayette Street Flea Market c1954 Lafayette Street Flea Market c1954 Lafayette Street Flea Market c1954 Lafayette & Broad Streets c1955
Bethany Church Weibel Brewing      
Oak & Orchard Streets, Bethany Church c1875 Legion Avenue & Vine Street, Weibel Brewery c1935      
St John's Church Commerce St & Whiting St 94-96 Commerce St Meadow St & Commerce St  
Davenport Avenue & South Street. Saint John's Roman Catholic Church c1875 Commerce & Whiting Streets c1900 94-96 Commerce Street c1954 Meadow & Commerce Streets c1954  
Meadow St & Prout St Meadow St & Columbus Ave Meadow St & Congress Ave Meadow St & Congress Ave Cedar Street
Meadow & Prout Streets c1950 Meadow Street & Columbus Avenue c1925 Meadow Street & Congress Avenue November 1912 Meadow Street & Congress Avenue November 1912 Cedar Street & Washington Avenue c1935
New Haven Hospita New Haven Hospital 215 West Water St 215 West Water St 215 West Water St
Cedar Street, New Haven Hospital 1913 Cedar Street, New Haven Hospital 1887 215 West Water Street, fire June 22,1946 215 West Water Street, fire June 22,1946 215 West Water Street, fire June 22,1946
West Water St & Columbus Ave West Water St & Columbus Ave West Water St & Columbus Ave Union Ave & West Water St Union Station
West Water Street & Columbus Avenue c1925 West Water Street & Columbus Avenue c1925 West Water Street & Columbus Avenue c1925 Union Avenue & West Water Street August, 21, 1938 Union Avenue, Union Station c1940
Union Depot Union Depot Union Depot Union Depot Union Depot
Union Depot from Long Wharf c1875 Union Avenue at the Railroad Station c1910 Union Depot May 17, 1896 Union Depot c1905 Union Depot c1905
Union Station Union Station Union Station Union Station Union Station
Railroad June 1934 Railroad Tracks c1915 Union Station c1940 Railroad near Union Station c1950 Union Station March 1957
Union Station Union Station Union Station Canal Dock  
Union Station March 28, 1981 Union Station c1984 Union Station c1984 Canal Dock June 25, 1899  
Tony Griego Collection
Legion Avenue        
Legion Avenue & Asylum Street c1975