Each April, local cyclists ride from Rock to Rock. The rest of the year, they ride from rack to rack, and they often get creative. Parking meters, traffic signs, spired gates, young trees—basically anything slender in the middle, squat at the ends and solid throughout will do. sponsored by Sometimes the rack makers themselves get […]
Rack to Rack
New Haven Bike Month has us backpedaling to this 2016 photo essay, which celebrates the places bikes take a break. (more…)
Pen Pals
Most of the people waiting outside Pepe’s on a cold Sunday afternoon probably didn’t notice Julie Gordon. (more…)
On the Line
By now, you’ve probably heard about the new rail line to Hartford, which took its first run on June 16, and its features: frequent trains to Hartford, Springfield and several other towns with a price tag of just $8 from here to the capital. But there’s another feature of CTrail’s Hartford Line, one I’m not […]
Middle of the Food Chain
When I visited Long Wharf’s New Haven Food Terminal, it was sweltering. The air shimmied, and even the seagulls who’d flown over from the harbor seemed dispirited and limp (more…)
Rack to Rack
Tomorrow, a huge number of local cyclists ride from Rock to Rock. Most other days of the year, a huge number of local cyclists ride from rack to rack. (more…)
This Week in New Haven (December 7 – 13)
Chanukah, a.k.a. the Jewish Festival of Lights, is underway, marked by the progress of the bulbs topping the big blue-lit menorah on the Green (more…)
Tunnel Vision
Tunnels should take you places. A tunnel that’s particularly good at this is the stunner running under New Haven’s Union Station. Shiny curving walls form a shape like shoulders (more…)