Tag Archives: downtown

Present Tens

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Since Daily Nutmeg turned 10 on Tuesday, other 10s keep turning up. …

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Stop and Go

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Downtown New Haven is known for its walkability, but it’s not considered particularly drivable. …

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Movie Magic

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Outdoor movie showings have “a different magic,” says Francesca Vignola, director of marketing and events for Town Green District. “I liked going to them [even] before I was responsible for putting them on.” …

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Late to the Party

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Not long after it debuted in late 2018, Te Amo Tequila began attracting big, boisterous dinner and drinks crowds on the regular…

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Spa Night

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At Anchor Spa yesterday, a chilled-out reggae playlist became richer as the evening did. …

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Door to Door

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“A very little key will open a very heavy door.”—Hunted Down by Charles Dickens

“The longer one hesitates before the door, the more estranged one becomes.”—Home-Coming by Franz Kafka…

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Department Stories

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Folks shopped there, they ate there, they bought cigarettes and alcohol there. Celebrities went there to tout plays and movies coming to the downtown theaters, sometimes through live radio broadcasts. …

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Creature Features

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Yale has gaggles of gargoyles—on 34 buildings, in hundreds of styles, peering over doorways, crouched on windowsills, jumping out of unexpected places, giving earthly structures a touch of the fantastical. …

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Hot Spots

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Last Saturday afternoon, the thermometer hovered in the high 80s, and despite a cooling breeze off the Long Island Sound, the sidewalks of downtown New Haven radiated heat. …

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Swatching the Parade

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As the city hibernates in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we’re reaching into our archives. On this year’s paradeless St. Patrick’s Day, please enjoy this procession of photos from 2018. 

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