Tag Archives: West Rock Ridge

Out of Season

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Quietly, cradled by Hamden woods, is how the West River begins. It slips into Bethany, where it gathers as Lake Bethany, then tiptoes through Woodbridge, as Lakes Watrous and Dawson and Konolds Pond. In New Haven, it pauses as Lily …

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Small Fortune

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When we last left Ivytown, the comic book city purportedly inspired by New Haven, we had just read Showcase #34, the anthology where it debuted in 1961. We saw Ivy University physicist Ray Palmer harness the power of …

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Minor Spoilers

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Gardner Fox, the first writer of The Atom comics, didn’t put a ton of thought into naming the shops, the institutions or even the city he was inventing. The latter he dubbed Ivytown, soon changed to Ivy Town, whose downtown …

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’Sets and the City

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Smoky red, cloudy pink, hidden behind storm clouds rolling in from the west. Every sunset is unique, and New Haven’s got some great spots to watch the next show unfold. …

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’Sets and the City

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Smoky red, cloudy pink, hidden behind storm clouds rolling in from the west. Every sunset is unique, and New Haven’s got some great spots to watch the next show unfold.

Perhaps the most obvious candidates for a nice sunset view …

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This Week in New Haven (December 25 – 31)

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“The most wonderful time of the year,” as the late crooner Andy Williams described it, is almost over. Some final ways to enjoy it: …

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Out of Season

Lake Dawson and West Rock Ridge

Quietly, cradled by Hamden woods, is how the West River begins. …

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