The eponymous lighthouse on Lighthouse Point hasn’t been lit since 1877. …
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’Sets and the City
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. …
Splash Drive
Stomping, shrieking and spraying are all approved activities at one of New Haven’s summer staples: the splash pad. …
Smoke Signals
The air is spiced with smoke inside The Owl Shop, where patrons are puffing on their favorite cigars. It’s a vestige of an earlier New Haven, where…
Spring in Steps
A late-morning mantle of fog is still hovering atop East Rock when I decide to climb the Giant Steps. …
Entertainment Center
Few buildings in New Haven have stirred more sentiment—positive or negative—than the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum. …
Iron Age
Like a mountain piled with strata, a city as old as New Haven is layered with the remains of its past. Sometimes a layer lies in plain view but goes unnoticed by nearly everyone who passes by. …
Extended Family
On the phone from Changsha, China, David Youtz, then-president of the Yale-China Association, described the city…
Home to Roost
“Ramshackle” is the word bird watcher Arthur Shippee uses to describe the nests of the great blue herons settling in his Hamden neighborhood. …
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