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DelMonico Hatter

Where It‘s Hat

DelMonico sells hats. Now, if you’ve lived in downtown New Haven during the past 106 years, that statement is not going to turn your head. It’s not going to make...

Where It‘s Hat

DelMonico sells hats. Now, if you’ve lived in downtown New Haven during the past 106 years, that statement is not going to turn your head. It’s not going to make...

Books from the collection of the William Reese Company

High Volumes

There isn’t a massive rolling boulder hot on my heels, and I don’t hear a John Williams score swelling in the background. Still, it’s hard not to feel like Indiana...

High Volumes

There isn’t a massive rolling boulder hot on my heels, and I don’t hear a John Williams score swelling in the background. Still, it’s hard not to feel like Indiana...

Shen New Haven interior

Third Time’s the Charm

New York City pulsates with noise and energy and entropy, a whirlwind of commotion that—as Carol Shen, owner of two Shen Boutiques in NYC’s Upper East Side, knows firsthand after...

Third Time’s the Charm

New York City pulsates with noise and energy and entropy, a whirlwind of commotion that—as Carol Shen, owner of two Shen Boutiques in NYC’s Upper East Side, knows firsthand after...

Christopher Widmer and Karin Patriquin of Patriquin Architects

Designs of the Times

Seinfeld character George Costanza often pretended he was an architect in order to impress women, a recurring feature on the path to his inevitable, hilarious downfall at episode’s end. The...

Designs of the Times

Seinfeld character George Costanza often pretended he was an architect in order to impress women, a recurring feature on the path to his inevitable, hilarious downfall at episode’s end. The...

Geraldine, a florist

Staying Flower

Geraldine Cullinan knows her flowers. She knows the delicate orchids, the hearty succulents and the colorful tulips, too. It’s an important reason why Cullinan’s flower shop, “Geraldine, a florist,” has...

Staying Flower

Geraldine Cullinan knows her flowers. She knows the delicate orchids, the hearty succulents and the colorful tulips, too. It’s an important reason why Cullinan’s flower shop, “Geraldine, a florist,” has...

Late Greats by Chen Reichert

All Dolled Up

“They’re so proper,” Chen Reichert says. “They were just asking for it.” Reichert is speaking, of all things, about postcards. After a year of teaching English in Japan, Reichert came...

All Dolled Up

“They’re so proper,” Chen Reichert says. “They were just asking for it.” Reichert is speaking, of all things, about postcards. After a year of teaching English in Japan, Reichert came...