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  • 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

  • Squash HQ

    Since 2006, Squash Haven has been preparing New Haven students for college with a mix of academic enrichment and athletic instruction. Last year... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 12 2019 08:49am

  • The city votes

    Yesterday was Election Day in New Haven: Elm City Democrats chose challenger Justin Elicker ’10MEM, ’10MBA, over incumbent Toni Harp... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 11 2019 08:21am

  • Sit.

    Amid the tables and chairs on Broadway Island: a benched bronze bulldog. Bow wow wow! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 21 2019 09:04am

  • Putting the ale in Yale

    From 1902 until 1920, Elm Citians could enjoy libations produced by the Yale Brewing Company (no relation to the university) on the Quinnipiac... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2019 08:00am

  • Creepy crawly

    Some guerrilla artists found an irresistible canvas in the pipe that emerges from the sidewalk on Whitney Avenue over the Farmington Canal line. A... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2019 08:31am

  • Baskets of cheer

    Kudos to the New Haven Town Green District, which keeps downtown blooming all summer with planters and hanging baskets like these. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2019 10:40am

  • When life gives you Lululemon

    The newest name-brand addition to New Haven’s Broadway? Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon. But it’s understandable if some people were... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 15 2019 01:28pm

  • Accommodating history

    Downtown New Haven’s newest hotel is named for a Yale pioneer. The Blake Hotel, near the campus at High and George Streets, honors Law School... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2019 11:53am

  • Say cheese

    What’s causing the sidewalk traffic jam on Grove Street? Lunch hour, a beautiful day, and a grilled-cheese truck. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 4 2019 12:46pm

  • Forty sweet years

    Ashley’s Ice Cream turns 40 years old this month. We’re not sure how to do the math on how many pounds they’ve added to the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2019 02:08pm

  • Off of the street

    There’s a new restaurant in the Morse-Stiles walkway. Sherkaan specializes in “Indian street food”—ironically, since the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2019 08:09am