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Point in Time

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

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

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...

Entertainment Center

Entertainment Center

Few buildings in New Haven have stirred more sentiment—positive or negative—than the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Take, for example, the fact that 15 years after its demolition, a private...

Entertainment Center

Few buildings in New Haven have stirred more sentiment—positive or negative—than the New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Take, for example, the fact that 15 years after its demolition, a private...

Founding Mothers

Founding Mothers

Having led their flock to a shared new haven in 1638, the minister John Davenport and the merchant Theophilus Eaton are considered New Haven’s founding fathers. But the men, women...

Founding Mothers

Having led their flock to a shared new haven in 1638, the minister John Davenport and the merchant Theophilus Eaton are considered New Haven’s founding fathers. But the men, women...

Backpedaling

Backpedaling

I want to ride my bicycle.I want to ride my bike.I want to ride my bicycle.I want to ride it where I like. —“Bicycle Race” by Queen (1978) Released in...

Backpedaling

I want to ride my bicycle.I want to ride my bike.I want to ride my bicycle.I want to ride it where I like. —“Bicycle Race” by Queen (1978) Released in...