That area in my day used to be so chill. There would be some dude walking down chapel by the old mall smoking a joint & you might ask him if he had any, he would quickly serve you up right then & there much to the oder peoples shock! Then quickly we’d go to the green and smoke ourselves, inevitably someone would come over and next thing u know it would be a small smoke fest. Always watching for 5-0. New haven cops didn’t play and we would avoid them at any cost.