For 58 years, the office of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates was located at 20 Davis Street in Hamden, Connecticut. With the passing of Kevin Roche in 2019, the office moved to Erector Square and continues as Roche Modern, LLC under the direction of partners Eamon Roche and Jerry Boryca. Guests will learn about the unique design process that was begun by Eero Saarinen, see many of the architectural study models for projects completed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates from 1961 to 2019, as well as Eero’s desk and chair, cartoons of the Saarinen office drawn by Claude de Forest and a few other archival treasures from the collection. After our visit to the offices, guests will be treated to an in depth tour of the David S. Ingalls Rink (aka the Yale Whale) designed by Eero Saarinen (1953-58) with an addition by KRJDA (2007-09) given by Wes Kavanagh, who was a Principal at KRJDA and the project architect for the Whale addition.

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New Haven’s most affluent neighborhood, Prospect Hill is home to not only grand early twentieth-century homes, but also a range of important mid-century modern residences.

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Wooster Square is one of New Haven’s most fascinating neighborhoods, a maritime area that became a fashionable upper-class enclave then a gritty industrial neighborhood for new immigrants. This tour will explore how renewal changed the neighborhood.

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Fueled by returning WWII veterans, a burst of postwar residential development spread into the farmland and rural areas adjacent to cities. During this period, our tour's four remarkable mid-century houses were constructed. Two were designed by Vincent Amore and one by Carl Blanchard, both local architects. The last was designed by the legendary Marcel Breuer.

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Many modernist gems are located just outside of New Haven in North Haven and Hamden. This bus tour will take you on an exploration of modernism through a variety of residential, religious, and community buildings.

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This tour and discussion will focus on Dixwell, a diverse neighborhood and the largest redevelopment area of New Haven during Urban Renewal. The 1960 Dixwell Redevelopment and Renewal Plan took a holistic approach to instituting urban renewal ideals in the neighborhood with building new, modernist commercial, institutional, religious, and community-focus buildings and public spaces.

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