Hamden-- Hamden residents stand near the Woodin Street Cemetery gate, part of the fence that divides New Haven and Hamden along Woodin Ave. (Left to right, front two women) Marilyn Hutsell and Vera Craven. (left to right men in back) Michael Hutsell, Bill Welch, John Craven, Mike Colaiacovo and Tom Bagenski. They are all residents in the neighborhood who have concerns about New Haven's development plans. Peter Casolino/New Haven Register 8/31/12

By Ann DeMatteo and William Kaempffer
Register Staff
For Hamden resident Garland Patton, the fence that divides his suburban neighborhood from public housing developments in New Haven symbolizes “peace of mind. You’ve got security.”
But for Cliff McClean, who is 80 and lives in the Ribicoff Cottages on the New Haven side of the fence, the barrier evokes a Cold War image.
“What is this? West Germany?” he asked. “Where we’ve got to have a passport to get from one side to the other?”

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