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  • Time travel

    Downtown streets have had an olde-tyme feeling lately, as The Shops at Yale have been offering free horse-drawn carriage rides on weekends to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 13 2016 08:36am

  • Three hundred years on the Green

    On this date in 1716, the Yale Corporation voted to move the college—then known as the Collegiate School—from Saybrook to New Haven. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 17 2016 08:31am

  • Project greenlight

    We noted a while back that High Street is now two-way between Elm and Crown Streets—but southbound traffic is bicycles only. The traffic light... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 30 2016 10:29am

  • Hanging around

    Kudos to the Town Green Special Services District, whose work includes the hanging flower baskets on Chapel and York streets and throughout downtown. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 13 2016 08:39am

  • Full of beans

    A relatively recent entry in the fierce competition to caffeinate Yalies: the Jitter Bus, which regularly stakes its claim on Grove Street near... Read on
    Mark Branch ’86 | September 9 2016 08:17am

  • On the run

    Runners in the 20K New Haven Road Race dashed past the Old Campus this morning. The race has been a Labor Day tradition in New Haven since 1978. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 5 2016 10:37am

  • Feeding the meter is not required

    The New Haven Town Green District has been taking over parking spaces downtown to establish temporary outdoor dining spaces, like this one outside... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 18 2016 07:59am

  • The Peabody’s Broadway debut

    As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the Peabody Museum of Natural History has just annexed a highly visible corner of campus. For the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 17 2016 08:43am

  • Down under

    These days, the sunken court next to the Center for British Art houses a “farm-to-fork” wine bar and bistro called Harvest. But the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 1 2016 08:41am

  • Time for a spa day

    The Anchor is back! A year and a half after the beloved College Street bar closed, it has been resurrected by New York restaurateur Karl Franz... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2016 08:52am

  • Popping up everywhere

    Twice a week in July, students from the Morse Summer Music Academy play “pop-up concerts” in several spots on campus and downtown. The... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 22 2016 08:45am

  • Remembrance of things past

    On a traffic signal box on Chapel Street, a photo mural reflects what once was across the street: Osborn Hall, the Yale classroom building that was... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 21 2016 08:44am

  • Art on the move

    Spotted on College Street this week: a car covered in chalkboard paint, with chalk at the ready, offering “heART therapy” for passersby... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 14 2016 09:09am

  • Founding father

    Happy Independence Day! In New Haven, it’s a day to honor Roger Sherman, the former mayor, senator, and Yale treasurer who signed all four of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 4 2016 04:06am

  • Extinction and evolution

    That European clothing boutique at the corner of York and Broadway didn’t work out. What’s next for the former site of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 28 2016 08:56am

  • Another way

    High Street next to the Old Campus has been one-way for as long as we can remember. But as part of New Haven’s increased effort to be... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 21 2016 08:35am

  • Slices are ready

    Music, theater, dance, and thoughtful discussions are all well and good, but for some of us, the highlight of the International Festival of Arts and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 20 2016 08:52am

  • Flatbed foursome

    Rush hour on Chapel Street—the perfect time to sit back and enjoy a string quartet in front of the Art Gallery. As part of the International... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 17 2016 08:15am

  • Get festive

    June used to be quiet in New Haven, but these days we’re blessed with the joyful noise of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, which... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 8 2016 10:43am