The West Haven Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved a Yale University application to develop the former Giordano Bros. Monuments location on 275 Derby Avenue into a 72-space parking lot for the surrounding university athletic facilities. Giordano Bros. Monuments has since relocated to Forbes Avenue in New Haven and renamed itself Spartan Stone and Monuments. The company provided the initial engraving of West Haven’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2003. Yale’s application, which covers 275 and 279 Derby Ave., is intended to provide parking for use of the surrounding Yale athletic facility complex, which includes the Yale Bowl. Engineer Tim Onderko said the parking lot construction would include improvements to storm water drainage and retention, as water would drain across the property and sidewalk under the prior use as a monument shop.
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