Five Alive Torrington (Google Maps location) February 2022 "Downtown Torrington" isn't huge and it isn't a shopping or dining mecca these days. It's trying though, and it's doing a great job of it. New higher-end restaurants are popping up, new coffee shops and a hip used book store... a funky homemade fudge … [Read more...]
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The Nutmeg Fudge Company
Oh @%##$! The Nutmeg Fudge Company, Torrington February 2022 We always hear that Connecticut's post-industrial cities are "on the cusp" of revival. Norwich, Hartford, Bristol, New Britain, Torrington... One "mixed use" project here, one factory converted to open concept lofts there... the cycle has been going on … [Read more...]
Ivoryton Playhouse
Please Tell Me They've Done "The Elephant Man" Here Essex (Google Maps location) June 2016 Connecticut is home to a slew of historic theaters. Many of them offer tours that present the buildings almost as museums - as they should. The idiom "if these walls could talk" applies to every one of these places as much … [Read more...]
ASME: Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade
ASME Landmark #265 (1970) Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade New England Air Museum Windsor Locks Years ago I began my page about a different American Society of Mechanical Engineers National Landmark located at The New England Air Museum thusly: In a way, this might be the hardest of the CT ASME … [Read more...]
Book Review: Those Guys Have All the Fun
Fun and Games Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN, James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales (2011) I'm exceedingly upset with myself. I read this book several years ago and because it's so long and so dense and so chock full of great Connecticut-centric nuggets, I kept putting off reviewing it. So now … [Read more...]
The Nut Museum
I'd Go to a Nut Theme Park Transient March 2022 Yes! Finally! Back in 2006 when this website had a different name and a far more limited mission, I was bummed that I'd missed out on what was perhaps Connecticut's most famous quirky museum. Today, we have many dozens of similar eccentric little museums - and I … [Read more...]
Hobart Welton Carriage Shed
Fictus Dolium Nullus Hobart Victory Welton Carriage Shed, Waterbury If you're the type of person that cares about the brilliant hierarchical structuring of CTMQ, you'll notice that this page falls into the "Roads and Tunnels" section of the "Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, … [Read more...]
Howard’s Bookstore and Noelke Gallery
Howards End Howard's Bookstore and Noelke Gallery, Torrington February 2022 With used bookstores such rarities these days, I visit and write about some them on CTMQ if only because they'll likely be extinct by the time I die. Hoo boy, that was a rough lede. Sorry to bum you out. I'm sure some will … [Read more...]
Carpenter Property Trail
Carpenter Rants The Carpenter Property Trail, Canton March 2022 Oh Canton, you keep pulling me back. You alluring, alluring town, you. What I mean is... I'm on top of Canton. All over it. She is my muse. I think it's fair to say that on CTMQ, I sort of obsess over certain towns - namely, those that I've … [Read more...]
StanChem Fishway
Fishway Stan StanChem Fishway, Berlin Why did I ever begin documenting fishways and fish ladders and lifts? I honestly don't remember. In my defense, a couple of them here and there act as sort of outdoor museums and have displays and open houses and stuff. But that doesn't explain why I went beyond them to … [Read more...]
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