Housing + Displacement: Mapping Lost New London
Photograph courtesy The Day.
Join us for the launch of a revised and expanded edition of Mapping Urban Renewal in New London, 1941-1975, a digital publication chronicling a tumultuous time in the history of New London when 104 acres downtown were cleared and redeveloped under the Winthrop Urban Renewal Project. The revised website includes new historical photographs, new narratives based on resident recollections, and an interactive map of the demolished neighborhoods–a collaboration with Bill Morse, author of Lost New London (2026).
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Bill Morse
Bill Morse, by a fortunate twist of fate, was born and raised in the seafaring town of New London, Connecticut. He was educated at St. Joseph School on Squire Street and later St. Bernard High School. Building “forts” from an early age, Bill went on to renovate distressed properties in the Bronx, New London, Philadelphia, Rosswein, Saxony and Bellows Falls, Vermont, where he currently lives with his partner, Carla.