Events & Press

 

Recent News & Tours


MAY 9, 2022 | Ribbon Cutting for Grand Avenue, State to East Streets, 1830-1970 | Tour with Mayor Justin Elicker, Lisa Stanger from the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven, and Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle from the New Haven Museum.

GRAND AVENUE

We were very happy to give a tour for Temple Emanuel, a local synagogue in Orange, of the Jewish history sites on our Downtown North tour last Sunday — thanks to Doug for inviting us! Would your church or synagogue be interested in a tour? Contact us! #nhv #history #jewish #ethnichistory #walknewhaven


Watch more news about the Grand Avenue Tour Launch

WTNH | FOX 61 | NBC CT

 

Read the Walk New Haven Press

Press coverage from May 9, 2022 ribbon cutting for new Grand Avenue, State to East Street, 1839-1970 tour: WTNH | FOX 61 | NBC CT

Forgotten Neighborhood’s History Springs To Life | Paul Bass, May 9, 2022

Kids Teach Kids Local History | Allan Appel, May 23, 2018

WNHH Community Radio | Chai Haven | Jewish Historical Society | September, 2017

Magical History Tour Evokes Corsets, Slave Auctions, & Department Stores | Allan Appel, June 14, 2017

Dixwell Tells Its Own Story | Hailey Fuchs, June 5, 2017

This Week’s Crossword: Our Walking History | April 21, 2017

New Haven Register Announces Festival 2017 | March 29, 2017

Dixwell’s History Comes Alive On New Tour | March 23, 2017

Walking History Project Mines Wooster Square | Allan Appel, May 30, 2016

 

 

A Downtown Tour

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Walk New Haven Cultural Heritage Tour of Downtown with Robert Forbes.

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Walk New Haven Tour of Downtown with Robert Forbes.

 
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Walk New Haven Cultural Heritage Tour of Downtown with Robert Forbes.

 

International Festival of Arts & Ideas

In 2017, the Ethnic Heritage Center collaborated with the Arts & Ideas Festival in June to offer walking tours of Lower Dixwell, Wooster Square, Downtown, and Downtown North.

Arts & Ideas Lower Dixwell Tour with Ed Cherry

 


Lillian Brown Interview

Arts & Ideas Walk New Haven Cultural Heritage Tours, 2017

 


Walk New Haven: Edward Cherry, a New Haven architect, talks about his experience and memories of the Lower Dixwell Area. Rhoda Sachs Zahler Samuel, interview...

 

 

The Ethnic Heritage Center