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Hiding in Plain Sight

Hiding in Plain Sight

“I do not want it anywhere hidden,” Charles Strong wrote of Yale’s proposed memorial to alumni who died in the Civil War. “I want it out in the open.” Strong,...

Hiding in Plain Sight

“I do not want it anywhere hidden,” Charles Strong wrote of Yale’s proposed memorial to alumni who died in the Civil War. “I want it out in the open.” Strong,...

Another Elm City

Another Elm City

While he was the president of Yale College in the early 1800s, the theologian, writer and horticulturist Timothy Dwight did a lot of traveling, wherever horse and cart might take...

Another Elm City

While he was the president of Yale College in the early 1800s, the theologian, writer and horticulturist Timothy Dwight did a lot of traveling, wherever horse and cart might take...

Brown Bearing

Brown Bearing

Once you know about it, you see it everywhere. It’s in the foundations along Hillhouse Avenue, the facade of City Hall and the walls of Grove Street Cemetery. Its name...

Brown Bearing

Once you know about it, you see it everywhere. It’s in the foundations along Hillhouse Avenue, the facade of City Hall and the walls of Grove Street Cemetery. Its name...

Medical History

Medical History

In March of 1942, Anne Miller lay dying at New Haven Hospital. A nursing school graduate married to Yale’s athletic director, Miller was suffering from streptococcal septicemia, a common and...

Medical History

In March of 1942, Anne Miller lay dying at New Haven Hospital. A nursing school graduate married to Yale’s athletic director, Miller was suffering from streptococcal septicemia, a common and...

Retaining Walls

Retaining Walls

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” begins Robert Frost’s oft-read poem “Mending Wall.” Frost is lamenting all the things that bring down his old stone walls, requiring him...

Retaining Walls

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” begins Robert Frost’s oft-read poem “Mending Wall.” Frost is lamenting all the things that bring down his old stone walls, requiring him...

Civil Action

Civil Action

The corner of Edgewood Avenue and Garden Street near Amistad Academy Middle School has an extra green street sign. It identifies the spot as Constance B. Motley Corner, which rests...

Civil Action

The corner of Edgewood Avenue and Garden Street near Amistad Academy Middle School has an extra green street sign. It identifies the spot as Constance B. Motley Corner, which rests...