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George Zito, Rubber Match

Deep-Seated

For 40 years now—34 of them in the same Whalley Avenue location at the corner of Sperry Street—the Rubber Match furniture dealer and “countercultural variety store” has dealt in a...

Deep-Seated

For 40 years now—34 of them in the same Whalley Avenue location at the corner of Sperry Street—the Rubber Match furniture dealer and “countercultural variety store” has dealt in a...

Joe DiRisi of Urban Miners

Decon Mission

Joe DiRisi is not the easiest guy to photograph. As I followed him through his warehouse full of salvaged materials, trying to snap a portrait, we passed rows of cast...

Decon Mission

Joe DiRisi is not the easiest guy to photograph. As I followed him through his warehouse full of salvaged materials, trying to snap a portrait, we passed rows of cast...

Carol Orr

Presents from the Past

It might as well be through the looking glass: an intriguing space stacked with strange, beautiful creations from another world. Or rather, another time. This is the English Building Markets,...

Presents from the Past

It might as well be through the looking glass: an intriguing space stacked with strange, beautiful creations from another world. Or rather, another time. This is the English Building Markets,...

A Window Display on Chapel St

Going Green: The Window Displays of Upper Chape...

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Window. Window who? Window they change the window displays on Upper Chapel? If it’s a holiday such as Christmas or Halloween, the switch-up is immediate. You...

Going Green: The Window Displays of Upper Chape...

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Window. Window who? Window they change the window displays on Upper Chapel? If it’s a holiday such as Christmas or Halloween, the switch-up is immediate. You...

Zachary Rotholz, founder of Chairigami

Join the Fold

Origami – the ancient Asian art of folding paper into objects – is beautiful, all right. But unless you need a drinking cup or a newspaper hat in a pinch,...

Join the Fold

Origami – the ancient Asian art of folding paper into objects – is beautiful, all right. But unless you need a drinking cup or a newspaper hat in a pinch,...

Kebabian’s Oriental Rugs, New Haven, CT

Paradise At Your Feet

If you have ever found yourself attracted by the beauty of an oriental rug, you will want to make your own pilgrimage to Kebabian’s, the oldest importer and dealer of...

Paradise At Your Feet

If you have ever found yourself attracted by the beauty of an oriental rug, you will want to make your own pilgrimage to Kebabian’s, the oldest importer and dealer of...