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  • Street food

    In July, New Haven closed a lane of College Street and rerouted pedestrian traffic to allow restaurants and bars more room for outdoor dining during... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 4 2020 08:10am

  • Oak city?

    Few of us remember seeing Hillhouse Avenue lined with majestic elm trees; the last of them died in 1972 after decades of struggle with Dutch elm... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 31 2020 08:42am

  • Taylor made

    As part of its parent company’s bankruptcy plan, the clothing retailer Ann Taylor closed a number of locations on Sunday, including its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2020 08:21am

  • Another mai tai, please

    The triangular plaza between Broadway and Elm Street—now being promoted as Broadway Island—is a good spot to relax and enjoy takeout... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 28 2020 08:46am

  • Throwback Thursday: when Yale hosted the world

    Twenty-five years ago this week, more than 3,000 athletes and coaches from 141 nations came to New Haven for the Special Olympics World Summer... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 9 2020 08:00am

  • Cold comfort

    Not all the pleasures of summer are available this year, but Ashley’s Oreo ice cream still is. What’s your favorite flavor? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 8 2020 07:56am

  • Lunch in the time of coronavirus

    There is limited service inside restaurants in Connecticut as of last week, but dining al fresco at places like Harvest Wine Bar is still a popular... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 26 2020 01:26pm

  • Organic growth

    Starting today, restaurants in Connecticut can offer indoor dining again, with social-distancing restrictions. But Claire’s Corner Copia will... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 17 2020 08:28am

  • In the streets

    More than a thousand people joined a march in New Haven yesterday to protest the killings of black Americans by law enforcement officers. The march... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 1 2020 07:55am

  • Breathing room

    New Haven’s parks have seen a surge in walkers, bikers, and runners during the pandemic. To make room for more of them, the city has closed... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 20 2020 07:53am

  • May Day + 50

    Fifty years ago today, crowds packed the New Haven Green to protest the trial of Black Panther Bobby Seale. Amid incidents of violence on other... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 1 2020 07:37am

  • Plenty of parking, too

    New Haven’s Broadway, last Friday afternoon. The Elm City is doing a pretty good job of staying home. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 20 2020 08:41am

  • The Elm City is 382 today

    On this date in 1638, Puritan settlers came ashore on Quinnipiac lands and founded the colony of New Haven. Yale arrived in New Haven 78 years... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 14 2020 07:56am

  • They're here

    This year’s cherry blossom festival in Wooster Square has been canceled, but someone forgot to tell the cherry blossoms. A few people were in... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | April 13 2020 07:51am

  • Throwback Thursday: remember George & Harry's?

    Our March/April story on New Haven pizza prompted an alum to ask when George & Harry’s on Wall Street became Naples Pizza. The answer is... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 26 2020 07:58am

  • Another alum in the mayor’s office

    New Haven will have a new mayor in January. Former alder Justin Elicker ’10MEM, ’10MBA (shown here at his victory party at a Jocelyn... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 6 2019 07:28am

  • Slices are . . . gone

    Patrons of Wall Street Pizza arrived Monday morning to find the campus hangout closed—permanently. The New Haven Register reports that... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 1 2019 08:31am

  • Everything alt is neu again

    Remember the Old Heidelberg, the bar and eatery in the basement of the Hotel Duncan? It closed in 1991 and was succeeded by a couple of Thai... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 16 2019 07:57am

  • Out for a spin

    Some streets around campus were closed on Friday for the fifth annual New Haven Grand Prix bicycle race. In conjunction with the race, College... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 16 2019 07:43am