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Richard C. Lee official portrait

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...

artwork by Al Capp

Stars and Strips

“Life imitates art,” Oscar Wilde wrote, “more than art imitates art.” In New Haven, that art has often involved cartooning and caricature. It’s a fun place to be. One of...

Stars and Strips

“Life imitates art,” Oscar Wilde wrote, “more than art imitates art.” In New Haven, that art has often involved cartooning and caricature. It’s a fun place to be. One of...

Will and Testament

Will and Testament

Even in the rest-in-peace business, rest and peace aren’t guaranteed. Bushy-browed Bill and flaxen-haired Joan Cameron, married nearly 60 years, are the superintendents of the Grove Street Cemetery, with 18...

Will and Testament

Even in the rest-in-peace business, rest and peace aren’t guaranteed. Bushy-browed Bill and flaxen-haired Joan Cameron, married nearly 60 years, are the superintendents of the Grove Street Cemetery, with 18...

Long Wharf Theatre collage

Scenic Route

By late 1964, Yale graduate students Jon Jory and Harlan Kleiman realized they shared an uncommon aspiration: to start a theater. In a 1966 article for Smith Alumnae Quarterly, the...

Scenic Route

By late 1964, Yale graduate students Jon Jory and Harlan Kleiman realized they shared an uncommon aspiration: to start a theater. In a 1966 article for Smith Alumnae Quarterly, the...

Crushing It

Crushing It

A print on a wall at the bottom of a staircase. An antique rifle kept racked behind glass. A milling machine thought to be the oldest in America. A plaque...

Crushing It

A print on a wall at the bottom of a staircase. An antique rifle kept racked behind glass. A milling machine thought to be the oldest in America. A plaque...

Letter from Eli Whitney to Eli Whitney Blake - November 15, 1811

Tough Love Letters

You must write to me often. It will not be in my power to write you very frequently; but you must write to me as often as once a month...

Tough Love Letters

You must write to me often. It will not be in my power to write you very frequently; but you must write to me as often as once a month...