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  • Or not 2 be

    Now open at Elm and Park Streets is The Place 2 Be, the fifth location for a Hartford-based restaurant chain described by its owners as a... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 3 2023 07:21am

  • Mr. Cool

    The Shops at Yale sponsored ice-carving demonstrations on Chapel Street this holiday season. This snowman (iceman?) was relatively comfortable... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 20 2022 08:09am

  • New brew

    The café chain Blue State Coffee shut down this fall, including all four of its New Haven locations. Noted for its contributing a percentage... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 22 2022 08:00am

  • The other kind of midterms

    The New Haven Free Public Library was one of three places where on-campus students voted yesterday. Meanwhile, two Yale alumni were reelected as... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 9 2022 08:04am

  • Mystery Monday: claim to fame

    New Haven is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Donald Grant Mitchell this year. Today's mysteries: what is Mitchell known for, and... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 26 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: dressing the part

    Once upon a time, there was a Yale Co-op. And mail order. This ad, accompanied by an order form, was in our October 1975 issue. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 22 2022 08:00am

  • Throwback Thursday: deleted street

    Our September 23, 1927, issue included this photo noting the conversion of Library Street to “a placid and delightful lawn.” Ninety-five... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 1 2022 08:00am

  • Mystery Monday: a stable government

    Today’s mystery: where on campus can you find this inscription, and thus the historic birthplace of New Haven’s government? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 12 2022 08:00am

  • Have instruments, will travel

    One of the things we love about July at Yale is seeing the students of the Morse Summer Music Academy traversing the campus. Musicians in the New... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 26 2022 08:35am

  • You are here

    The Beinecke Library has been pressing their ground-floor glass walls into service as display space since the pandemic. On the High Street side now... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 8 2022 08:00am

  • The man behind the parks

    This year, New Haven is celebrating the bicentennial of the birth of Donald Grant Mitchell, Yale Class of 1841, a best-selling author and landscape... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 24 2022 08:00am

  • Back on the block

    It’s been more than nine years since men's clothier J. Press had to vacate its historic York Street location after the weight of a record... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 8 2022 08:42am

  • The long way

    In keeping with custom, Monday’s commencement procession from Cross Campus to Old Campus wended its way onto the Green and around Center... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 25 2022 09:41am

  • 200 years of transportation

    New Haven observed the 200th anniversary of the Farmington Canal this morning. Originally a water route to Northampton, Massachusetts, the line... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2022 09:37am

  • Check this jawn out

    Philadelphians in town for commencement or reunions: there is a new eatery on Chapel Street that promises “a taste of Philadelphia” on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 17 2022 07:52am

  • Throwback Thursday: goodbye, chefs

    Fifty years ago, in our June 1972 issue, we noted the departure of the Culinary Institute of America from Yale’s neighborhood. The CIA... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 12 2022 08:12am

  • Cheery cherries

    Every year, New Haven looks forward to the blossoming of the cherry trees that surround Wooster Square—a beautiful destination on a sunny... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 19 2022 08:00am

  • You don't look a day over 300

    Sunday will be the 384th anniversary of the founding of New Haven, Yale’s home since 1718. Happy Birthday, Elm City! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 22 2022 08:00am

  • Buona notte, Naples

    Two and a half years after Wall Street Pizza (formerly Naples) shut down, Yale has shared its plans for the building in a public meeting. Recently... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 25 2022 08:18am