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The Graduate

The Graduate

New Haven is a place where students from around the world come to learn, which is one reason the city is the cultural capital of Connecticut. Of course, there was...

The Graduate

New Haven is a place where students from around the world come to learn, which is one reason the city is the cultural capital of Connecticut. Of course, there was...

Under Construction

Under Construction

“We are taking the town out of the 18th century and projecting it into the 21st.” Even for a politician, that was a hyperbolic way of casting New Haven’s urban...

Under Construction

“We are taking the town out of the 18th century and projecting it into the 21st.” Even for a politician, that was a hyperbolic way of casting New Haven’s urban...

Raising Hale

Raising Hale

On the morning of May 10, 2017, Fort Nathan Hale Park was abuzz with preparation ahead of its season-opening celebration a few days later. At the northern end, a small...

Raising Hale

On the morning of May 10, 2017, Fort Nathan Hale Park was abuzz with preparation ahead of its season-opening celebration a few days later. At the northern end, a small...

Thick Skin

Thick Skin

Between 1852 and 1889, a man dressed in a quilt of leather patches paced back and forth between the Connecticut River and the Hudson. He spoke broken English and fluent...

Thick Skin

Between 1852 and 1889, a man dressed in a quilt of leather patches paced back and forth between the Connecticut River and the Hudson. He spoke broken English and fluent...

City Planner

City Planner

Googling “George Dudley Seymour” may lead you to George Dudley Seymour State Park in Haddam, a popular spot for hiking and birding on the banks of the Connecticut River. But...

City Planner

Googling “George Dudley Seymour” may lead you to George Dudley Seymour State Park in Haddam, a popular spot for hiking and birding on the banks of the Connecticut River. But...

Keepers

Keepers

In its first year, spanning 1862 and 1863, the New Haven Colony Historical Society, now known as the New Haven Museum, received some dubious gifts—“59 curiosities and relics,” to be...

Keepers

In its first year, spanning 1862 and 1863, the New Haven Colony Historical Society, now known as the New Haven Museum, received some dubious gifts—“59 curiosities and relics,” to be...