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Haven, CT Since I stayed in Stamford where is just between New York City and New Haven, I took advantage of this opportunity and paid a visit to New Haven, Connecticut. It goes without saying that the city of New Haven is home to Yale University. When I reached there from Stamford by train, the ambience of the station concourse was different from other stations I had ever seen in the US. I found it a little more ordered or disciplined in a way. In just a few minutes by car, a stunningly exquisite view came into my eyes. I was almost like I had suddenly been taken away to the middle of a park in London, England. There were three churches standing on the Green.  | ||
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Haven is the first city planned according to a grid model in the US. It produced
the first lollipop, the first Hamburger, the first Frisbee, the first public library,
and American collegiate football. With a map I obtained at Information Center,
I started exploring Yale from the Old Campus where is a beautiful quad surrounded by gothic halls. |
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I heard most freshmen live in Old Campus dorms and they move to their colleges from the second year. Yale
was founded in 1701, the third oldest college in the US. An undergrad student
here told me that the University might have been named after one of the contributors
to Yale College - a man with the last name of "Dummer." I thought it was pretty
funny. |
| Theodore Dwight Woolsey was Yale's president in the mid-19th century. The memorial to him sits on the Old Campus. The building named after him is used for various activities not just for Yale students but for the New Haven community. It is also adjacent to the chapel. |
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Connecticut Hall (built in 1752) in the Old Campus Quad is the oldest building in the New Haven community and is listed as a National Historic Landmark. It was a bit surprising to hear that there was a computer cluster in this hall. |
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Nathan Hale resided in this building when he was a Yale student. He acted as a spy on the British in New York but soon executed by the British.The monument to him stands in front of it. I found a replica of his statue standing at the Tribune Tower in Chicago. |
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