New Haven, Connecticut CT Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut, after Bridgeport. It is in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor, on the northern coast of Long Island Sound.

Founded in 1638, New Haven could be considered to be the oldest formally planned community in the United States due to the original grid of four streets by four streets. This created what is now commonly known as the "Nine Squares," now the center of Downtown New Haven. The city has many trees, although most of the elms that gave New Haven the nickname "Elm City" perished in the mid-20th century to Dutch Elm disease.

The city is best known as the home of Yale University but also lays claim to being the birthplace of American football, the Frisbee flying toy, the nation's first defense contractor and large-scale interchangeable parts manufacturer (Eli Whitney), and, according to the proprietors' claims, both American pizza (see Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana) and the modern hamburger (see Louis' Lunch). Along with Yale University, healthcare (hospitals, biotechnology), business, financial services and retail trade form the base of the economy. Since the mid-1990s, the city's downtown area and many of its neighborhoods have seen extensive revitalization.

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 other centers of higher education, including Southern Connecticut State University and Albertus Magnus College. The University of New Haven is located, interestingly enough, in the neighboring city of West Haven. North of the city, in Hamden, is the site of Quinnipiac University. New Haven is also served by Gateway Community College, located in the Long Wharf district.

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