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Dinner Service
Just north of the city green, on Temple Street, the Center Church Parish House is a handsome two-story brick building, with chalk-white detailing and an imposing air.
But it’s actually quite welcoming. …
Stop and Go
Downtown New Haven is known for its walkability, but it’s not considered particularly drivable. …
Spring Water
Have you ever wanted to stand with one foot on either side of a waterfall?
For most notable falls, that wouldn’t be possible without really long legs. But…
Worship and Peace
Paul Hammer once told a new friend he was a Quaker. The friend was surprised, Hammer recalls. “‘You mean there are still real live Quakers among us?’ As if we were a historical relic.” …
Petalworking
Spring has come, and flowers are blooming. Yards and medians bob with daffodils, and the cherry blossom trees in Wooster Square are budding, promising petal showers any moment. …
Arms’ Reach
In the 1870s, an offshoot of New Haven’s Canal Street was renamed to honor the sprawling new factory that’d been built there. The complex was one of the biggest in the state, let alone the city, and by the late …
Admission Accomplished
When it isn’t covered by snow, Maya Lin’s Women’s Table, the fountain sculpture in front of Yale’s Sterling Library, sits gleaming under a sheen of water. …
Cyber Space
In a basement at the University of New Haven, a windowless room is filled with spiffy, large-screen desktop computers.
When it comes time to work, however, students pull out their laptops. …
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