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    Will K.

    Truly fantastic building--I couldn't be happier about my choice to live here. Amenities (huge outdoor patio with grills and lots of comfortable furniture, 4 whole rooms worth of gym, free coffee, media lounge, co-working space, music practice room communal 11th-floor balconies, etc.) are excellent. The apartments themselves are the nicest I've seen in New Haven--high ceilings, huge windows with stunning views (even on the lower floors, since the building is across from the Town Green) and lots of natural light, good-quality hardwood floors, spacious granite countertops, in-unit Bosch washer and dryer, stainless steel GE range/dishwasher/fridge/microwave, generally good construction (e.g., doors are heavy and solid, insulation is good enough I haven't needed to turn on heat on days in the low 30s and even high 20s), and thoughtful details (e.g., outlets aplenty, some of which can be controlled by wall switches). The staff could not be more courteous, helpful, professional, and genuinely kind. Having 24-hour doorman/concierge service is a huge plus--both for security and for convenience. The doormen take security very seriously, can take care of your dry cleaning, and can arrange (and sometimes get you discounts on) personal training and apartment cleaning services. Packages can also be picked up at any time from the front desk (which is not the case in other apartment buildings I've lived in). There's also a live-in resident manager and a full-time handyman on staff, who both do a fantastic job of keeping the building running like a well-oiled machine. The building itself is an historic landmark, and the location is unbeatable--at the heart of downtown, seconds away from Yale, and still not far from East Rock. Compared to its competition, the Union really does strike me as the most desirable apartment building in New Haven, all things considered: Winchester Lofts and the Corsair are both a very long way from downtown, and friends who live in the former have complained that apartment interiors there are poorly constructed. The latter is right next to an expressway, and I've heard complaints that its atmosphere can feel a bit *too* communal or dorm-like. The Taft can get noisy, as a lot of undergrads live there, and it's across the street from Elm City Social's rooftop bar, which gets loud on spring, summer, and fall evenings. The interiors are also somewhat dingy. 360 State probably has the nicest amenities of any building in town (it has all the Union does, plus an outdoor pool, an indoor parking garage, and a nice-but-wildly-overpriced grocery store on its ground level), but the location is worse (right along the train tracks, more removed from the heart of downtown, longer walk from Yale, etc.), the building itself is rather ugly (if that's the sort of thing that matters to you), and it's considerably more expensive. The Novella is nice, too, but its location is also not as central as the Union's, and while its rooftop has solid views, many of its apartments do not. The building's aesthetic is decidedly trendy, for better or for worse. The Eli (on the same block as the Union) shares many of The Union's upsides--attractive and historical architecture, great location, good views (though not quite as good as The Union's, as many of the Eli's units look out at other high rise buildings, rather than directly over the green). However, its interior spaces are not nearly as modernized as the Union's, and from what I gather, it is not as well-staffed either.

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    Living here is great! Very responsive maintenance team, and the gym is super convenient.

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