Home > Stamford, Connecticut

The downtown area of Stamford has a cluster of modern commercial buildings, some of which are corporate headquarters. International Paper and Purdue Pharma are some of the companies headquartered downtown. Pitney Bowes has its headquarters in South End, WWE and Clairol on the East Side and Xerox on Long Ridge Road, several miles north of downtown. Interstate 95 (also known as the Connecticut Turnpike) runs along the southern areas of the city. The Merritt Parkway runs through the northern part of Stamford. Connecticut Transit buses run throughout Stamford and connect the city to Darien, Norwalk, Greenwich and Port Chester, New York.

In addition, Stamford houses branches of the University of Connecticut, University of BridgeportUniversity of Bridgeport is a university in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its campus is in the southern part of the city, on Long Island Sound. While the university offers primarily undergraduate programs, it also offers a limited number of master's and doctor and Sacred Heart UniversitySacred Heart University is a Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, across Park Avenue from Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was founded in 1963, and was the first United States Catholic university to be staffed by the laity. Although. University of Connecticut is located in a large glass-covered building in downtown. The other two are in office parks in Springdale. All are commuter campuses.

Stamford's public library, The Ferguson Library, is one of the largest in Connecticut. In addition to the main library downtown, it has branches in South End, Springdale and the Turn of River sections of the city. The Turn of River branch, officially called the Harry Bennett Branch, is the largest library branch in the state.

Downtown also has a shopping mall, the Stamford Town CenterStamford Town Center is an urban shopping mall in Stamford, Connecticut. It has about 130 stores and restaurants, including Macy's, Filene's, and Saks Fifth Avenue, which are the anchor stores. It was opened in 1982. Stamford Town Center has four floors o, opened 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du. Ridgeway Center, located about a mile north of downtown, is one of the oldest shopping centers of its type, having been built in the 1940s. It was renovated in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting.

The Stamford railroad station is served by Metro North Railroad and AmtrakAmtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. Amtrak is an independent for-profit corporation, however its board is entirely controlled by the United States government through presidential appointme and the Glenbrook and Springdale stations are served only by Metro North.

Housing in Stamford is varied. The downtown area and the neighborhoods immediately north of it, especially along Strawberry Hill Avenue, have numerous high-rise apartment and condo buildings. Condos dominate in Glenbrook and The Cove, while Westover, Shippan and North Stamford are almost exclusively covered by expensive single-family housing. Urban decay in Stamford is nowhere close to what has been achieved in other Connecticut cities; however, parts of the South End, the West Side and Waterside are known for poverty and overcrowded housing.

Some residents commute to jobs in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,, mostly by way of rail. There are plans to also run a ferry between the two cities in the future.

According to a 2004 FBI report, Stamford is the 4th safest city in the United States with population over 100,000. It must be noted, however, that Thousand Oaks, California; Simi Valley, California; and Amherst, New York are not nearly as urbanized or diverse as Stamford is. The low crime rate has been contributed to effective policing.

Stamford was settled in the year 1641 and incorporated as a city in 1893. Despite its age, Stamford has very few historic buildings. This can be contributed to a massive urban redevelopment campaign during the 1970s that changed the face of the downtown. The few historic buildings include Old Town Hall ( 1905, currently unoccupied) and Hoyt Barnum House ( 1699).

Italians form the largest ethnic group in Stamford. Irish, Polish, Jewish, African-American, and Carribean people also make up a significant portion of the population.

While Stamford's proximity to New York City and low crime rate make it an attractive community in which to reside, it is worth noting that the city suffers from a certain amount of economic skewing. High property values, expensive rents, and numerous low-income housing projects mean that the majority of residents of Stamford are either very rich or very poor. This condition is very similar to what one finds in Manhattan. This phenomenon of economic skewing is widespread throughout Fairfield County, and indeed throughout Connecticut, a state with the dubious distinction of possessing both the richest and poorest citizens in the nation.

Surrounded by the old-money towns of Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien, and Westport, Stamford is generally considered a haven of the newly rich, as the modern, spacious homes built in North Stamford can attest.

Public education in Stamford is of fairly good quality and includes education in the arts. Economic disparities among neighborhoods within the city do, however, affect the quality of education among various schools. The two rival high schools of Westhill High School in the north and Stamford High School are complemented by a number of alternative and enrichment programs located at Rippowam High School , midway between the two.

Stamford also possesses some enjoyable publich beaches: Cummings Park was once a popular spot for shellfishing, and Cove Island Park offers visitors a choice of beaches as well as picnic grounds and bluffs.