This vital corridor is the pedestrian spine of Yale’s School of Medicine. It is also both the vehicular arrival to the School’s ‘front door’ and a major service artery. The street’s prominence and use has been significantly intensified by the recent expansion of the University to the south with a major new medical research complex and the relocation of the Nursing School. Streetscape improvements were overdue.

Towers|Golde has redesigned the street to create an urbane environment that will encourage social use, facilitate service, improve safety, and dramatically enhance the image of this prestigious institution. The scheme is characterized by tree-flanked side-walks, decorative entry plazas, seating, and safer separation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Under-grounding of utilities and replacement of utilitarian street lights with historic style pedestrian fixtures will identify this as a special campus place and not just another public way.