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Street Smarts
As we learned during our last look at the stories behind New Haven’s street names, assumptions can lead you away from the truth. The same goes for Assumption Street, a...
Street Smarts
As we learned during our last look at the stories behind New Haven’s street names, assumptions can lead you away from the truth. The same goes for Assumption Street, a...
Memory Lanes
What’s in a name? Let’s take it to the streets. According to the second edition of Doris B. Townshend’s The Streets of New Haven: The Origins of Their Names, a...
Memory Lanes
What’s in a name? Let’s take it to the streets. According to the second edition of Doris B. Townshend’s The Streets of New Haven: The Origins of Their Names, a...
End in Sight
A photo essay. To view all 17 photos, check out the email edition. Several years ago, I spied something tantalizing behind the Winchester Lofts parking lot: an opening. The gate...
End in Sight
A photo essay. To view all 17 photos, check out the email edition. Several years ago, I spied something tantalizing behind the Winchester Lofts parking lot: an opening. The gate...
Point in Time
The eponymous lighthouse on Lighthouse Point hasn’t been lit since 1877. Nevertheless, it’s an impressive landmark on the east side of New Haven Harbor, visible from downtown as well as...
Point in Time
The eponymous lighthouse on Lighthouse Point hasn’t been lit since 1877. Nevertheless, it’s an impressive landmark on the east side of New Haven Harbor, visible from downtown as well as...
Equal Terms
On January 29, 1864, a “large, well-formed and dignified man” stepped onto a “sort of rude balcony” at Grape Vine Point, where the Mill River meets the Quinnipiac. More than...
Equal Terms
On January 29, 1864, a “large, well-formed and dignified man” stepped onto a “sort of rude balcony” at Grape Vine Point, where the Mill River meets the Quinnipiac. More than...
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 cigar-making was a...
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 cigar-making was a...