East Rock’s fall colors cradle an overcast sky as a man with a pink visor sits down on one of the benches at Rice Field. …
Fall Back

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
—The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus
Not every New Haven leaf is a flower. Not yet. But there’s no missing that the…
’Sets and the City

Smoky red, cloudy pink, hidden behind storm clouds rolling in from the west. Every sunset is unique, and New Haven’s got some great spots to watch the next show unfold. …
Spring in Steps

A late-morning mantle of fog is still hovering atop East Rock when I decide to climb the Giant Steps. …
Vine Intervention

During the height of the shutdown in 2020, Chris Ozyck, a landscape practitioner and the associate director of the Urban Resources Initiative, began thinking, If I only have so much time on this planet, what do I want to …
Gone Bust

It’s easy to miss the empty pedestal near the summit of East Rock. Situated on a patch of grass where Farnam Drive meets its first overlook and turns toward the summit, the granite pillar is marred with graffiti. Bolt anchors …
’Sets and the City

Smoky red, cloudy pink, hidden behind storm clouds rolling in from the west. Every sunset is unique, and New Haven’s got some great spots to watch the next show unfold.
Perhaps the most obvious candidates for a nice sunset view …
Public ’Works

Summer’s first fever has broken, and the rain that broke it is projected to finish in time for Sunday’s Fourth of July fireworks over East Rock Park.
Three bits of wisdom from experience…
Choosing Slides

By the end of the day, it should be done snowing, and this 2018 story should be like fresh powder. …