Stamford, Connecticut Stamford, Connecticut Stamford Station Stamford Station Official seal of Stamford, Connecticut Stamford, Connecticut is positioned in the US Stamford, Connecticut - Stamford, Connecticut Stamford is a town/city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
As of July 1, 2014, as stated to the Enumeration Bureau, the populace of Stamford had risen to 128,278, making it the third-largest town/city in the state and the seventh-largest town/city in New England.
Approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Manhattan, Stamford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro region which is a part of the Greater New York urbane area.
Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 Companies, nine Fortune 1000 Companies, and 13 Courant 100 Companies, as well as various divisions of large corporations.
This gives Stamford the biggest financial precinct in New York Metro outside New York City itself and one of the biggest concentrations of corporations in the nation.
Stamford is also home to the Stamford Waterside Design District - a creative neighborhood and shopping destination dedicated to Interior Design and Architecture.
8.1 Stamford Emergency Medical Services 13.2.1 Films shot in Stamford Main article: History of Stamford, Connecticut Stamford was known as Rippowam by the Native American inhabitants to the region, and the very first European pioneer to the region also referred to it as such.
The name was later changed to Stamford after the town Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
The deed to Stamford was signed on July 1, 1640 between Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony and Chief Ponus.
By the 18th century, one of the major industries of the town was merchandising by water, which was possible due to Stamford's adjacency to New York.
Starting in the late 19th century, New York inhabitants assembled summer homes on the shoreline, and even back then there were some who moved to Stamford permanently and started commuting to Manhattan by train, although the practice became more prominent later.
Stamford incorporated as a town/city in 1893.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Stamford's commercial real estate boomed as corporations relocated from New York City to peripheral areas. A massive urban redevelopment campaign amid that time resulted in a downtown with many tall office buildings.
The business put up what was the city's tallest structure, One Landmark Square, at 21 floors high, and the GTE building (now One Stamford Forum), along with the Marriott Hotel, the Stamford Town Center and many of the other downtown office buildings.
Since 2008, an 80-acre mixed-use redevelopment universal for the Stamford's Harbor Point neighborhood has added additional expansion south of the city's Downtown area.
Stamford is situated near the southwestern point of Connecticut.
It comprises a number of neighborhoods and villages including Cove-East Side, Downtown, North Stamford, Glenbrook, West Side, Turn Of River, Waterside, Springdale, Belltown, Ridgeway, Newfield, South End, Westover, Shippan, Roxbury and Palmers Hill.
The town/city has an region of 52.09 square miles (134.9 km2), making it the biggest city by region in the state.
Stamford, like the rest of coastal Connecticut, lies in the broad transition zone between the cold continental climate to the north (Koppen climate classification: Dfa) and the more mild temperate/subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), to the south.
Like much of the Connecticut coast and close-by Long Island, NY, some of the winter rain is precipitation or a mix and precipitation and wet snow in Stamford.
Stamford averages about 30 inches (75 cm) of snow annually, compared to inland areas like Hartford and Albany which average 45 60 inches (110 150 cm) of snow annually.
Although infrequent, tropical cyclones (hurricanes/tropical storms) have hit Connecticut and the Stamford urbane area.
Stamford averages about 90 days annually with freeze - about the same as Baltimore, Maryland.
Like much of coastal Connecticut, Long Island, and coastal New Jersey, the burgeoning season is rather long in Stamford - averaging 210 days from April 8 to November 5 as stated to the National Weather Service in Bridgeport.
Climate data for Stamford, Connecticut Stamford is composed of approximately 45 distinct neighborhoods, including 2 historic districts. The generally known neighborhoods throughout Stamford (with ZIP Codes that roughly cover the same areas) are as follow: One Landmark Square, the second tallest building in the city, positioned in the heart of Downtown Stamford.
Skyline of Downtown Stamford Stamford has one of the most highly educated populations in the US.
Stamford is tied with Iowa City, Iowa for the US urbane region with the highest percentage of the adult populace holding a bachelor's degree or higher; 44 percent of grownups hold a degree. The 2010 Enumeration Population for Stamford is 122,643.
Stamford's populace characteristics are as follows (Source:U.S.
Stamford is dominantly Democratic, yet the least Democratic of Connecticut's urban cities.
Other notable politicians with Stamford roots include Independent (former Democrat) US Senator/2000 Vice-Presidential nominee/CT Attorney General Joseph Lieberman, conservative commentator William F.
Buildings in Downtown Stamford Stamford is positioned on the chief branch of the New Haven Line on the Metro-North Railroad, the commuter rail fitness for northern urbane New York City.
Stamford is the third busiest station on the Metro-North fitness and serves as a primary transfer point for small-town trains.
Stamford Station is also the end of a Metro-North branch that ends in New Canaan, 8 mi (13 km) away, and a part-time terminal of Shore Line East trains.
Two lesser train stations in Stamford are Glenbrook and Springdale, both a part of the New Canaan branch.
With a recent spike in evolution in the East Side neighborhood, the town/city is considering putting in a proposal to construct a new stop to service the East Main Street region close to the New Canaan branch overpass.
Commuter trains come into Stamford from all points between New London to the east and New York (Grand Central Terminal) to the south.
Much of this increase is a result of reverse commuting, individuals commuting from New York City to Stamford for work.
Trains operate from the Stamford station between 4:43 AM (first departure to Grand Central) until 12:55 AM (last departure to Grand Central).
Stamford also serves as a station along the Amtrak route.
Acela, the high speed train service between Boston and Washington, makes a several daily stops in Stamford.
Amtrak tickets can be purchased on the upper level of the Stamford station.
Greyhound and Peter Pan provides some bus service from the lower level of the Stamford train station.
Interstate 95 serves as the chief route through downtown Stamford with four exits (6-9).
Stamford exits on the Merritt Parkway are 33-35, and exit 36 is just over the border in New Canaan.
Stamford is also served by four other state highways.
Route 1, also known as Main Street in Stamford, is also used as a primary artery amid the morning and evening commute.
Route 137 (Washington Boulevard and High Ridge Road) is the chief north-south road of the town/city and runs from the Stamford Transportation Center and serves the Turn of River, North Stamford, and High Ridge sections of the city.
UBS Investment Bank's offices in Stamford, Connecticut.
Main article: Economy of Stamford, Connecticut Stamford's cluster of corporate command posts includes a number of Fortune 500, Fortune 1000 and Courant 100 companies.
Among the larger companies with command posts in Stamford are United Rentals, Vineyard Vines, WWE, Tasty Bite, Pitney Bowes, Gen Re, Gen - Worth, Nestle Waters, Synchrony Financial, Oracle, Frontier Communications, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Crane Co., and Charter Communications.
The Royal Bank of Scotland moved its North American operations into Stamford in 2009, including its RBS Greenwich Capital subsidiary. Stamford was the ninth-safest town/city in the US in 2006 (among metros/cities with populations of 100,000 or more), up from the 11th-safest in 2005, as stated to the FBI.
With populations close to that of Stamford, Bridgeport (ranked 25th) reported 8,496, Hartford (ranked 26th) reported 10,955 and Waterbury reported 6,447 (New Haven hasn't reported statistics to the FBI in years.) Criminal cases are prosecuted by The State's Attorney's Office and Stamford is home to a State Superior Court which is positioned on Hoyt Street.
A not-for-profit agency, Stamford Emergency Medical Services (SEMS) provides pre-hospital emergency care in Stamford, Connecticut.
All SEMS units are staffed by at least one Connecticut-licensed paramedic. Stamford EMS responds to 14,000 calls annually.
In Stamford, medical facilities include; Stamford Hospital , Level II Trauma Center Fire protection in the town/city of Stamford is provided by the paid The Stamford Fire Department(SFD) and 4 all-volunteer Fire Departments: Glenbrook-New Hope, Belltown, Springdale, Turn of River, and 1 Combination Company, Long Ridge.
The Stamford Fire Department operates out of 7 Fire Stations(including 2 Substations) and share quarters with 2 volunteer fire departments(Glenbrook-New Hope and Springdale).
The SFRD's major response precinct includes the southern, more urban sections of the city, including Downtown, East Side, West Side, Woodside, and South End areas of the city.
The 5 volunteer fire departments' major response districts include the Northern, more residentiary sections of the city, from Downtown to the New York state border.
The Stamford Fire Department responds to over 11,000 emergency calls annually.
Budgeting and districting of the various fire departments throughout the town/city has been unstable since 2007, due to an extended legal conflict between the volunteer departments and the Malloy administration. As of May 16, 2012, a decision was reached by the city's charter revision committee to combine the paid and volunteer fire departments into one combination fire department, known as the Stamford Fire Department.
The new department would be headed by a paid Chief of Department, appointed by the mayor, and 2 paid Assistant Chiefs, 1 appointed by the mayor to oversee the operations of the paid wing of the new department, and 1 appointed by the volunteer fire companies to oversee the operations of the volunteer wing of the new department.
Below is a list of the paid Stamford Fire Department firehouses and companies.
Engine 1 Truck 1 Unit 9 (Field Command Unit), LDH Hose Wagon 1, Engine 12 (Reserve) Unit 1 (Chief of Dept.), Unit 2 (Asst.
The Stamford Police Department(SPD) is Stamford's only law enforcement and has lost four officers in the line of service since 1938.
In Downtown Stamford, SPD also operates substations in Stamford's West Side at Wilson St.
Main article: Education in Stamford, Connecticut Stamford has chapters of the University of Connecticut, University of Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University.
The University of Connecticut's ground is positioned in a large undivided building in downtown that opened in 1998 after extensive renovations to an abandoned former Bloomingdale's store that closed in 1990. The chapters of the University of Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University are positioned in the River Bend Executive Center, Fairfield County's premier communication and knowledge high tech park.
As no study has been conducted to assess the cost of education in Stamford, it is difficult to tell whether or not Stamford has a well-funded enhance education system.
Thus, the majority of education funding must come from small-town governments like that of Stamford.
According to the State Department of Education, in the 2004-05 academic year, 42.7% of Stamford's enhance school students were economically disadvantaged, 34.8% did not have English as a home language and 11.6% were students with disabilities.
Owing to the state school finance system, the burden of these extra necessary costs of education falls primarily on Stamford's small-town government.
Stamford's standard is a more strict 10%.
Stamford has three enhance high schools: Westhill High School, Stamford High School, and the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering.
The town/city also has a several private schools, including King Low Heywood Thomas, The Long Ridge School, Trinity Catholic High School, Villa Maria School, and Bi-Cultural Jewish Day School as well as two state charter schools: Trailblazers Academy Charter Middle School and Stamford Academy Charter High School, both directed by human services nonprofit Domus. Stamford's enhance library, the Ferguson Library, is one of the biggest in Connecticut.
The first Marathon race to be held in the United States, on September 19, 1896, had its start line at Stamford Armory.
The New England Force, a experienced soccer team based in Stamford, made its debut in the American Soccer League in August 2014. The 83-acre (340,000 m2) Cove Island Park, once a farm and then an enormous factory site (Stamford Manufacturing Company), offers visitors a choice of beaches as well as picnic grounds and bluffs.
Jackie Robinson Park on the West Side is titled after baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who lived in Stamford.
Mill River Park - This park is positioned in the center of downtown but its ancient grist foundry (present when George Washington traveled through Stamford) was modernized in the 1920s.
Demolition of the dam to re-establish the natural flow of the river and problematic a park designed by OLIN (the same firm that designed Bryant Park in New York) is complete or nearly complete.
The renovation of this park established a great locale and origin for improve interaction, especially in an ever-expanding town/city like Stamford.
Dorothy Heroy Park Is positioned in North Stamford, just south of Pound Ridge, NY.
The YMCA of Stamford offers swimming lessons and sports which include; basketball and indoor soccer.
Main article: Arts and culture in Stamford, Connecticut The Stamford Museum and Nature Center on a 118-acre (0.48 km2) site in the northern end of town, has a compilation of works by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, who was a Stamford resident for a decade.
Stamford Center for the Arts: The Palace Theatre, originally opened as a vaudeville home in 1927, reopened as a nonprofit theater in 1983.
Both have been run by the Stamford Center for the Arts.
In Springdale, the two-screen State Cinema, run by Garden Homes Cinemas of Stamford, also shows first-run films.
Main article: List of films shot in Stamford, Connecticut Stamford Symphony Orchestra In a typical season, the SSO gives five pairs of classical concerts and three pops concerts at the 1,586-seat Palace Theatre, as well as a concert for elementary school students and a family concert series.
The Stamford Waterside Design District is a creative neighborhood and shopping destination dedicated to Interior Design and Architecture.
NBCUniversal moved the offices of its sports division to Stamford from the company's Rockefeller Center command posts in Manhattan.
All studio shows are now based out of Stamford, including Football Night in America.
In addition, three of NBCU's syndicated programs relocated to the Rich Forum Theatre: Maury came to Stamford from New York City, while The Jerry Springer Show and The Steve Wilkos Show had been based in Chicago.
Stamford, Connecticut served as a locale for one of five chapters of the fictional Dunder Mifflin paper business from the US tv series, The Office.
The 2001-2005 tv sitcom My Wife and Kids starring Damon Wayans was set in Stamford.
The TBS sitcom Are We There Yet was filmed at the Connecticut Film Center positioned in Stamford.
The fictional movie, Take My Hand, from the episode, "I Heart Connecticut" of the NBC show 30 Rock was set and filmed in Stamford.
Like the rest of metro New York City, Stamford is served by New York City's small-town news and media The Stamford Times, weekly newspaper, owned by The Hour Newspapers.
Like the rest of metro New York City, Stamford is served by New York City's small-town news and media Like the rest of metro New York City, Stamford is served by New York City's small-town news and media Main article: List of citizens from Stamford, Connecticut History of Stamford, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut "Four Stamford Companies Make The Fortune 500 List".
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