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Sidewalk Astronomers of New Haven

Spacing Out

Scientists suspect it rains diamonds on Saturn. New images show the sun is strapped with ropes of plasma writhing like a nest of vipers. Not only is our solar system...

Spacing Out

Scientists suspect it rains diamonds on Saturn. New images show the sun is strapped with ropes of plasma writhing like a nest of vipers. Not only is our solar system...

29th Colored Regiment Monument in New Haven

Of This Land

The Connecticut State Seal has three cultivated grape vines on it, each one holding a trio of juicy purple bunches. “Why grape vines?” you ask, over all the native flora...

Of This Land

The Connecticut State Seal has three cultivated grape vines on it, each one holding a trio of juicy purple bunches. “Why grape vines?” you ask, over all the native flora...

Unger’s Auto Body, New Haven

Dead Ends

Unger’s Auto Body stayed in business for roughly 50 years. It was a sizable operation, with a large garage at 105 Water Street and a separate tow yard on Chapel...

Dead Ends

Unger’s Auto Body stayed in business for roughly 50 years. It was a sizable operation, with a large garage at 105 Water Street and a separate tow yard on Chapel...

Mona Rhone in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hamden, CT

Shaking the Tree

It began when Hamden resident Mona Rhone’s sister, Gloria Demakis, looked to the north in search of Canadian ancestors. She sent letters drafted in French to anyone she suspected might...

Shaking the Tree

It began when Hamden resident Mona Rhone’s sister, Gloria Demakis, looked to the north in search of Canadian ancestors. She sent letters drafted in French to anyone she suspected might...

A decorative pennyfarthing outside The Devil’s Gear Bike Shop in New Haven

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...

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...

Grove Street Cemetery

Here Today

… and gone tomorrow, or close to it. Every spring, the blooms of New Haven’s flashiest trees come and go in the span of about a week apiece. Staggered across...

Here Today

… and gone tomorrow, or close to it. Every spring, the blooms of New Haven’s flashiest trees come and go in the span of about a week apiece. Staggered across...