According to Akil Tanriguden, proprietor of the upmarket Re-Unique Art & Antique Center in Old Saybrook, a certain magic happens when someone enters his shop. “Say you come in looking for a statue of Buddha. If you stay just 10 to 15 minutes, all the Buddhas in the store will speak to you. Ultimately, the […]
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Bringing It Back
In the front room at Lyric Hall Antiques and Conservation, a 400-year-old mirror is undergoing surgery. Whole passages of its gilt frame—florid segments that cross the mirror like vines—are missing and have to be carefully recreated, then gilded to match. John Cavaliere, the owner and principal of Lyric Hall, takes up a micron-thin square of […]
On Occasion
At its Church Street location near Grove, among so many bustling office buildings, Walker-Loden gets its fair share of lunch-hour browsers. Perhaps they’re in need of a get-well card. Or a hostess gift for a dinner party that evening. Maybe they’re furnishing a new home and have something much bigger in mind, like a pair […]
A Hall for All
When it opened a couple of years ago, the legend of Lyric Hall dwelled on the past: how the back end of an old building in Westville had been elegantly renovated back to one of its original purposes, a theater stage. Since then, the talk has become less about the hall itself—though it remains a […]
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 iron bathtubs, typewriters, laboratory cabinets, windows, and lumber. Joe simply cannot stand still. The man is on a mission: to elevate something called “deconstruction” – […]
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 most unlikely vintage and antiques shop on Chapel Street between Church and Orange. If you’ve noticed it before, it was likely the expansive street-front […]
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