Barclay v. Strong

In the middle twenties when values were false, profits unrestrained and optimism boundless, a group of gentlemen in the Prospect Hill section of New Haven gathered one evening at the home of Frederick T. Bradley to discuss the wisdom of banding together as a syndicate for the purpose of purchasing certain unimproved land in the. vicinity of their residences. What prompted their assembling was the perfectly natural desire of preserving the neighborhood from deterioration through the erection of houses and other structures not in keeping with the high standard for which that portion of Prospect…