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January 2024

  • Terminus

    The last New Haven leg of the Farmington Canal Trail is nearing completion. The bicycle and pedestrian trail now extends from Temple Street all the... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 29 2024 11:27pm

  • Mystery Monday: well wrought

    There’s enough beautiful wrought iron on the Yale campus to fill a coffee table book—if there isn't one already, someone should get on... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 29 2024 05:28am

  • On top of things

    Even on a gray day like yesterday, we love the view of campus from the Sterling stacks. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 25 2024 10:00pm

  • Throwback Thursday: snows of yesteryear

    Back in the winter of 1935, Yale students took advantage of special “snow train” fares to hit the slopes in Vermont. Our undergraduate... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 24 2024 10:00pm

  • This year's models

    On display at the School of Architecture through February 10: an exhibition of more than 150 models of buildings by the seminal modern architect Le... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 24 2024 12:54am

  • Frozen for now

    There was still a thin, icy layer of snow on Cross Campus yesterday afternoon, but it's not expected to survive warming temperatures later this week. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 23 2024 03:00am

  • Mystery Monday: it's not about tic-tac-toe

    If you're looking up as you walk between Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges, you might spot this carving in a gable. What do the diagram... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 22 2024 05:36am

  • A gimme at 1-across

    From today’s New York Times. And we thought Friday puzzles were supposed to be hard! Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 19 2024 03:17am

  • Turning a page

    At a reception in the President's Room yesterday, Yale celebrated John Gambell ’81MFA on his retirement after 25 years as university printer.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 18 2024 03:51am

  • Coffee break

    Students out in the snow and ice for the first day of classes yesterday found a warm respite at Steep, the Science Hill café. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 17 2024 05:16am

  • Welcome back!

    Students were greeted with snow—and some sleet for good measure—on the first day of classes this morning. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 16 2024 06:08am

  • Remember that time it snowed?

    These days, we're never sure if and when we're going to see another snowstorm. So we're going to finish off the week with one more picture of last... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 12 2024 04:34am

  • Now and then: Payne Whitney's predecessors

    We published this photo of two grand Greek Revival houses on York Square in 1929, not long before they were demolished to make room for Payne... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 11 2024 03:00am

  • A good beginning

    Yesterday's heavy rain washed all the snow away, but here's one more snow picture from the weekend: someone with ambition but a short attention span... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 10 2024 04:36am

  • Chilling on Cross Campus

    The much-ballyhooed Winter Storm Ember brought only two inches of snow to New Haven, but that was enough for someone to create a trio of diminutive... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 9 2024 03:13am

  • Clearing the way

    The season's first snow came to a quiet campus on Saturday night, but Yale's army of snow shovelers was out in force. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 8 2024 02:58am

  • Calm before the you-know-what

    We’ve got blue skies today, but a winter storm this weekend may bring New Haven its first snow of the season. Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 5 2024 04:06am

  • Now and then: on Broadway

    In December 1928, we published this image of the “new” Broadway after a reconfiguration of the street. The second photo was taken... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 3 2024 10:00pm

  • A new high

    The highest inhabitable point on the Yale campus is now a little higher. As part of the renovation of Kline Tower, which reopened in the fall, two... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Mark Alden Branch ’86</span> | January 3 2024 05:16am