101\BJN ·1[ OUBJ~SdQ UL{O[ N3AVH M3N .:IO All:) fireproof buildin. of New Haven a Hew Haven' on April 2, 1861, and apprentice t building's Victor in America were of the self-made It was aver:) the vigor and ex center. The 186( insurance comp Today, follo' Welcome. Enjoy masterpiece.~

Thank you to Jean RL the pemussion ofth e

In Memory ofJos As a pennarn Amistad Affair," tr beginning in 1839 JO-foot-high bran Mende warrior in for freedom ; and t story of the Amist installed outside c

Sections reprinted fro IT WAS OCTOBER 6, 1862. The address Mayor Harmanus Welch deliv­ ered at the building's dedication was reprinted in the newspaper, though no other news reports appeared. At the time the Civil War had just begun and war news engaged the public interest. All those who had watched the building rise up along side the marketplace, (or the Green as we know it today) complete with the 150' high clock tower of the city's tallest spire, NEW HAVEN CTIY lWL . greeted one New Haven's many firsts. City Hall, then called the Hall of Records, was now completed and would open the following day. This building was the first city hall in the modern sense, designed specifically for municipal government. Just one year earlier, a committee elected by the "inhabitants of the town" and a group appointed by the common council of the city met, as Mayor Welch stated in his dedication address, "to procure plans and to contract for the erection of a suitable, fireproof building, for safekeeping of the Public Records of the town, city and probate district of New Haven and for the public use of said town, city and probate district." Hew Haven's leading citizens raised $100,000 toward the building's construction. Then on April 2, 1861, Henry Austin, a self-made man typical of the time, an unschooled architect and apprentice to Ithiel Town, was commissioned to design and oversee the project. The building's Victorian Gothic architecture was the latest fashion in England though few people in America were familiar with the style. New Haven City Hall "celebrated the enterprising spirit of the self-made man" and took just one year to complete. It was a very upbeat time and the Hall of Records, new post office and jail all expressed the vigor and excitement of 's largest city. New Haven was a bustling commercial center. The 1860 New Haven assessment list showed 232 factories, 507 stores, 14 banks, five insurance companies and offices of seven railroad companies. Today, following in a rich tradition, city government returns to New Haven City Hall. Welcome. Enjoy the history and share in the pride of this, our own architectural masterpiece.~

Thank you to Jean Russell Kelley. The material presented here is from her thesis, "New Haven City Hall" and is printed with the permission ofth e author.

In Memory ofJoseph Cinque As a permanent memorial to the Africans who unwittingly played such a major role in "The Amistad Affair," the nascent fight for African American civil rights, which took place in New Haven beginning in 1839, sculptor Ed Hamilton has created In Memory ofJ oseph Onque. This three-sided, I 0-foot-high bronze sculpture depicts Joseph Cinque against three tableaus of the revolt: first, as a Mende warrior in his native Sierra Leone; second, confronting his American jailers as he makes his case for freedom; and third, as he stands on a dock, waiting to board the ship that will take him home. The story of the Amistad revolt is engraved in the memorial's base. In Memory oJJoseph Cinque has been installed outside of New Haven City Hall and will soon be permanently unveiled for public viewing.~

Sections reprinted from New Haven Arts, court~ of The Arts Council ofG reater New Haven. Welcome CHUCK MASCOLA Proces.sional 'Voluntary" by Herny Purcell NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS Q UINTET Invocation FATHER JOSEPH M CCANN, SAJNT AEoAN's CHURCH National Anthem ALBERT LEE, JR. Musical Selections "Let There Be Peace On Earth" 'Ding Dong Merrify On High" TIMOTHY D WIGHT SCHOOL BoYS CHOIR atrium reaching to ti Certification of Election Results Because I take great SALLY J. B ROWN, CITY CLERK brated and innovatec Administering Oath of Office to City Clerk We've risen to each < and every moment v CAROLA. B ROWN, ESQ. Administering Oath of Office to Board of Aldermen Welcome and H THE HONORABLE JOHN A. KEYES, JUDGE OF PROBATE () .l (). s Musical Selection /7 ( ./ "My Soul Desire" John DeStejano . RUTH R OSA Mayor, New H(J' Inaugural Prayer REVEREND STANLEY JUSTICE John Destefano officer who worked Administering Oath of Office to Mayor John DeStefano Jr. undergraduate and LEON MEDVEDOW elor's degree in poli John started we Addres.s in 1980 to be budge MAYOR JOHN D ESTEFANO JR. named chief admin Benediction During the Nov of the votes cast. Reces.sional John and his wi 'Rondeaux" by J.J. Mouret NEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA B RASS QUINTET Today, as we gather together on New Year's Day for this inaugural celebradon, I am filled with hope. It is a great personal honor to take the oath today as New Haven 's 49th mayor, and in the esteemed company of my peers on the Board ofAldermen and my friend and colleague, City Clerk SaBy J. Brown. In addidon, I am pleased to welcome you to this, our new seat ofcity JOHN govemment a building that has not heard the DESTEFANO JR. footfall ofNew Haven's cidzenry since 1977. Opening the doors ofthis beautiful and his­ 49THMAYOR toric building after so many years is just the CITY OF beginningofmycommitmenttoyou, ofmak- NEW HAVEN ing govemment work for you again on every level. It is, for me, a symbolic moment that represents my commitment to you and my convicdon: that our problems, however well-chronicled, are not intractable, that working together we can open the doors to any new opportunity and succeed. Let's allow our new City Hall -with its soaring cast-iron staircase and atrium reaching to the sky- be what it was designed to be in the l 860's - a powerful symbol ofurban pride. Because I take great pride in this city, and I know you do, too. We are a classic American city that has cele­ brated and innovated, overcome tragedy and adapted to rapid change, met economic challenges head on. We've risen to each occasion and we will do so again. As your new mayor, I look forward to sharing each and every moment with you. ~ Welcome and Happy New Year! ~o.L C} sc/\[G lz ( ,/!' CJ' John DeStejano Jr. Mayor, New Haven

John Destefano Jr. is 38. He was born and raised in Hew Haven, the son of a New Haven police officer who worked in the Hill neighborhood. He attended the University of Connecticut at both the fano Jr. undergraduate and graduate levels (from 1977 to 1979 and earlier, from 1973 to 1977), and has a bach­ - elor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public affairs. John started working for the city at a young age, when he was recruited by the city of New Haven in 1980 to be budget analyst in the controller's office. He worked his way up over a decade, and was named chief administrative officer in 1986, and later, development administrator. During the November 2 general election, John swept all 30 of the city's wards, winning 80 percent of the votes cast. John and his wife, Kathy, have two sons, Danny, 9, and Jimmy, 7, who attend the public schools.~ Sally lived in the Newhallville section of the city until three years ago when she moved to the East Rock section. She resides at 33 canner WARD NN Street with her two children Whitney SALLY age 6 and Jeffrey age 3. She attended Ward 1 Sn BROWN, New Haven's Public Schools graduat- ing from Wilbur Cross High School in Ward2 OL CITY CLERK 1972. She has attended Albertus ( Magnus and earned a degree from Ward3 AN Grace Downs Secretarial School of l Long Island in 1973. Ward4 To Sally's involvement in politics began when her mother, a former Wards Jm City-Treasurer, first ran for chair-lady of the old 20th Dem. Ward Committee Ward6 Rn in 1969. Ever since, she has taken an active role in community affairs and politics. Some of her accomplish- Ward 7 Es men ts are board member of the Newhallville Neighborhood Corp ., served as a delegate to several Ward8 Lul state conventions since 1976, elected Co-Chairperson of the 21st Dem. Ward Committee in 19·s 1. In 1984, Sally Ward9 Jm was unanimously elected as Vice Chairperson of the New Haven Democratic Town Committee, and re- Ward 10 Ro elected it's Vice-Chairperson in 1992. Sally worked for many years as a Benefits Ward 11 GA Representative in the Personnel Office for . She was also Chief Clerk of the New Haven Ward 12 fR, Public Library for the City of New Haven for five years. Sally has received various community service Ward 13 SA awards and is entering her fifth term as City Clerk.~ Ward 14 Ro

Ward 15 ED

l \ NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERMEN

WARD NAME WARD NAME

Ward 1 S1EFAN PRYOR Ward 16 RAULAVIlA

Ward2 OLIVIA MARrsoN Ward 17 MATI NACIERIO l Ward3 ANrnONY DAWSON Ward 18 ANN PlscOTIANO ~- Ward4 ToMASREYEs Ward 19 GEORGE GAUO

wards JORGE PEREz Ward20 RoNSMIIB -- Ward6 RrrAl

Ward 7 EsrnER. ARMMANo Ward22 STANLEY ROGERS -- Ward8 LulsA DEI..AURO Ward23 ALVIS BROOKER

Ward9 JOHN PAKUTKA Ward24 EUZABErn McCORMACK -- Ward 10 ROBERT ScHMAIZ Ward25 NANCY AHERN

Ward 11 GAETANO lAMPo Ward26 DAVID MoAKI.EY

Ward 12 FRANK GRASSO JR Ward27 BRYAN ANDERSON

Ward 13 SANORA AsrARITA Ward28 EIAINE BRAFFMAN

Ward 14 ROBIN l

Ward 15 EDUARDO PEREz Ward30 WILLIE MOORE l PARTY TERM THE MAYORS Roger Sherman Federalist February I0 , 1784 -July 2, 1793 OF NEW HAVEN Samuel BishoQ Dem .-ReQ. Au~st 17, 1793-Au~st7,1803 The followin~ indivic Elizur Goodrich Federalist se12tember I, 1803 - 1822 contributed t eir tim George Hoadley Dem.-ReQ. June4, 1822 - 1826 tise to the 1994 inau~ The marketplace, Federalist June 6, 1826 - 1827 today known William Bristol Dem.-ReQ. June 5, 1827 - 1828 Chairpersons: Federalist simply as the June 2, 1828 - 1830 Diane Brown RalQh Ingersoll Democrat June I, 1830 - 1831 Green, has been the Chuck Mascola Dennis Kimberly Democrat June 7, 1831 - 1832 focal point of New . Nilda Torres Ebenezer Seeley Democrat June 5, 1832 -1833 Haven since the earliest Dennis Kimberly Democrat declined to serve Committee: days of its settlement. Noyes Darling Whig June IO, 1833 - 1834 Institutions including Hen!}'.Flagg Whig June 3, 1834 - 1839 BrianAverna Harvey Bacque two Congregational Samuel). Hitchcock Whig June3, 1839 - 1842 PhiliQ S. GalQin Whig June 6, 1842 - 1846 Lynn carlotto meeting houses and the Bitsie Clark three buildings of Yale Hen!}'.Peck Whig June I, 1846 - 1850 Aaron N. Skinner Whig June 3, 1850 - 1854 Lauren D' Alessandrc College were centered Chauncey Jerome Whig June 5, 1854 - 1855 catherine Sullivan-C on the marketplace, the Alfred Blackman Democrat June 4, 1855- 1856 Charles Esposito jail and courthouse PhiliQ S. Gal12in Whig June 2, 1856 -1860 David Iovanne were located here, the Harmanus M. Welch Democrat June 4, 1860 - 1863 Marcella Mascola Sonia caban Recald< townspeople came here Morris J:Yler Democrat June 2, 1863 - 1865 Andrew Rubenoff to meet and they Erastus C. Scranton Re12ublican June 6, 1865 - 1866 Lucien w. s12erry Democrat June 5, 1866 -1869 Sarah Waskuch brought their cows here William Fitch Re12ublican June I, 1869-1870 cathy Weiskel to graze. On January 8, Hen!}'. G. Lewis Democrat June 7, 1870 -Janua!}'. I, 1877 Volunteers: 1784, a small portion of William R. Shelton Democrat Janua!Y I, 1877 - 1879 the New Haven Hobart B. Bigelow Re12ublican Janua!Y I, 1879-1881 Jean Musto Township was incorpo- John B. Robertson Democrat January I, 1881 - 1883 Rose D' Agostino Donald Dimenstein rated, making it the first Hen!}'. G. Lewis IndeQ . Dem. Janua!Y I, 1883 - 1885 George F. Holcomb Democrat 1885-1887 Sydney Leventhal New England city to be Samuel A. York Democrat 1887 - 1889 Estelle Leventhal granted a municipal Hen!}'. F. Peck ReQUblican 1889 - 1891 Salvatore Fusco charter. Following this Jose12h B. Sargent Democrat 1891 - 1895 Tony Masella charter, New Haven's Albert C. Hendrick ReQublican 1895 - 1897 Lucille "Deedy'' Mast first mayor, Roger Frederick B. Farnsworth Re12ublican 1897 -June I, 1899 John Farrel Sherman, was elected Cornelius T. Driscoll Democrat 1899-1901 Ken Skidmore John P. Studley Re12ublican 1901 - 1908 Elizabeth Doyle and took office 21 O James B. Martin Democrat 1908 - 1910 MarkVauiso years ago in 1784. Frank). Rice Re12ublican 1910 -Janua!}'. 19, 1917 Sarah Wasserman Today, John Destefano Samuel cam12ner Re12ublican 1917 - 1918 Fred Rossomando Jr. joins this long and David E. Fitzgerald Democrat 1918-1926 Len Aronow distinguished list of John B. Tower Re12ublican 1926 -June 5, 1928 Aaron Aronow public servants as he Thomas A. Tully Re12ublican 1928 -1932 Dr. Ernestine Kirklar John W. MU!EhY Democrat 1932 - 1945 is sworn in as New Ethel and Charles Al William C. Celentano ReQUblican 1945 - 1953 Haven's 49th mayor.~ Richard C. Lee Democrat Janua!}'. I, 1954 - December 31 , 1969 Bartholomew Guida Democrat Janua!}'. I, 1970 - December 31 , 1975 Frank Logue Democrat January I, 1976 - December 31 , 1979 Biag!o DiLieto Democrat Janua!}'. I, 1980 - December 31, 1989 John C. Daniels Democrat Janua!}'. I, 1990 - December 31 , 1993 INAUGURAL COMMilTEE '84 -July 2, 1793 3 - August 7, 1803 The followin~ individuals have Completing construction on the Thank you to the following indi- 803- 1822 contributed t eir time and exper- new City Hall colonnade and victuals and organizations for .826 tise to the 1994 inaugural events: receptions rooms for this inaugu- their contributions to this 827 ration has been a gargantuan inaugural: .828 Chairpersons: task. We wish to specially recog- .830 The Arts Council of Greater Diane Brown nize those individuals, their New Haven 1831 Chuck Mascola crews and City of New Haven 1832 • Nilda Torres departments responsible for this Barker Specialty 833 accomplishment and for their Lynn carlotto: Creative ve Committee: commitment to this undertaking: 1834 Communications & Events Brian Avema 1839 .. Len Smith - City Engineer Management 1842 Harvey Bacque Parking donated by the Chase Lynn carlotto Dan Cristy - Owners 1846 Representative for the City of Family 1850 Bitsie Clark Lauren D' Alessandro New Haven City of New Haven- 1854 Sally Esposito, Department of 1855 catherine Sullivan-Decarlo Lenell Kittlitz - Project Manager Charles Esposito Services for Persons with 1856 Office of Building Inspection & Disabilities 860 David Iovanne Enforcement: Marcella Mascola Martin O'Connor, 1863 Frank Alvarado Department ofFire Services 1865 Sonia Caban Recalde Clarence Phillips Andrew Rubenoff James Sorrentino, 1866 Terry Gilbertson Department ofPolice Service 869 Sarah Waskuch Daniel O'Neill 870 cathy Weiskel Colonial Convention Services, Inc. anua!}' I, 1877 Volunteers: 7 - 1879 Contractors and Consultants: The Greater New Haven } - 1881 Jean Musto H.S. Newman and Partners Chamber of Commerce I - 1883 Rose D' Agostino Melchiori and Associates Richard Hegel 3- 1885 Donald Dimenstein Giordano Construction Sydney Leventhal Dickson Construction IDS Financial Services, Inc. Estelle Leventhal Merritt Contractors Kebabian's Oriental Rugs Salvatore Fusco Cristwood Construction Tony Masella Flowers courtesy of the Jos?h Cohn and Son New Haven Advocate Lucille "Deedy" Masella Pro essional Painting 1899 John Farrel M.J. Daly and Son New Haven Coliseum Authority Ken Skidmore S.G. Milazzo New Haven Colony Historical Elizabeth Doyle C.J. Fucci Society MarkVauiso M. Schottenfeld and Son Mascola Advertising 19,_1_917 Sarah Wasserman Semac Electric Fred Rossomando Robert Antoniac Company Andrew Rubenoff: Design Len Aronow SNET, Kevin McNamara 1928 Aaron Aronow New Haven Symphony World Promotions, Inc. , Dr. Ernestine Kirkland Orchestra Brass Quintet Ethel and Charles Alborn Richard Green, trumpet United Illuminating, Dick Grossi and Jim Fitzgerald 4 - December 31 , 1969 Frank Covey, trumpet 0- December 31 , 1975 ... !ffet Araniti, horn Yale University Art Gallery 6 - December 31, 1979 George Sanders, trombone 0 - December 31 , 1989 Karl Kramer, tuba 0 - December 31 , 1993 AN UNEXPECIED AND IN1HE CLOCKlOWER- A TIME CAPSUI.E FROM 1874 he crowning touch to New Haven City Hall is the E. Howard & Company #3 Tower Clock, originally T installed in the Hall of Records, or City Hall as we now know it, in 1874. Relying on photographs from an old E. Howard & Company catalog, it has been painstak­ ,,, ingly restored to the last authentic detail in a process that /// began in May of 1992. Thanks to the workmanship of /// restoration experts The Balzer Family, visitors will soon /JJ be able to visit the clock room and view the precision I// and beauty of this masterful "elite Howard clock." In preparing for installation, workmen in the clock tower /// removed the faceplate of a wall mounted steel box which supported the old pendulum. And once they had, '" ••••• they made an unexpected discovery. The box contained I,, •••••••••• a time capsule of sorts, assembled by the work- rt %1 ••••• men who had installed the !.%,/ :!!!! clock in 1874. Among the contents:

~ a hand written and posted note, which read: "New Haven May 1st 1874. This clock was manufactured by E. Howard & Company Boston, Mass under the direction of Professor Lyman put up by Joseph Vreeland ."

~ an appointment book page listing the names of workmen

~ business cards

~ editions of 13 newspapers from late April and early May, 187 4 - New Haven Dai.ty Press, Morning Journal and Courier, The Columbian Weekly Register, The Evening Register, Connecticut Herald Weekly Journal, New Haven Weekly Union, The New Haven Union, New Haven Daily Palladium and the German language Connecticut Republikaner.

ti;1.. E'I 001''£'¢' !lo1•~~.ioe~i"'""',.c-ru"u• o, p\'e'1 d)!I\let ~crew~,

....~ictc.•L- ..-~·-pL.-'-rE.P ae~cw&. .,,~~,.,.....i.., ...... w•"" """" .,.,.., .._ 7(J coo..rl ~·.Strf.tJ.,.. ~.,.~ 00""·

I ' ~ 'I'lioMPsoN, • 11.,J.a. ... 'J'.~.c-... - ...... r1a10 110,, ily Groceries, ~ TE,\s, &c., L ST~. tw li,i va1r, Co1r;.

T ~··