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85. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

April 24, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

You Can't Judge a Book - Or Building - By Its Cover Middletown (Google Maps Location) January 29, 2009 This is going to be annoying having to type Beinecke over and over throughout this post. Why can't cool guys have cool last names like Wood? Whatever this place lacks in the naming department, it more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Hoang, Libraries, Modern Architecture, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum, Urban Museum of Modern Architecture, Yale

84. Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments

April 7, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

Lyre! Lyre! Clavicytherium on Fire! New Haven (Google Maps Location) January 29, 2009 Yale is an amazing place. It is renowned worldwide for its academics and famous alumni. That's great, but what I care about is the fact that the campus houses tons of museums. In fact, the university has more museums than most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Hoang, New Haven, Yale

81. Yale University Art & Architecture Galleries

March 12, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Brutal... In a Good Way New Haven November 26, 2008 Hoang and I had taken the day before Thanksgiving off months before in order to make the drive to my parent's house in Delaware. Actually, anyone who drives in Megapolis on the day before Thanksgiving is certifiably insane. The plan was to go down on Tuesday, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Hoang, Modern Architecture, New Haven, Yale

Amistad Trail: New Haven (9)

October 2, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

1. Amistad Memorial 165 Church Street Sculpted by Ed Hamilton in 1992, this monument of Sengbe Pieh, known as Joseph Cinqué, stands on the former site of the New Haven Jail, where illegally kidnapped Africans were imprisoned in 1839 while awaiting trial. The work is a majestic, 14-foot relief sculpture cast in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Amistad Trail, CT Freedom Trail, New Haven, Remembrances, Statuary

Amistad Trail Intro

September 23, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

22 Sites Farmington, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, New London Vetted in January 2023. And I will shout, "FREEDOM!" The Freedom Trail encompasses sites in Connecticut associated with the heritage and movement towards freedom of its African American citizens - and the Amistad Trail is a very important part … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Amistad Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Farmington, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven, New London

Regicides Trail

February 24, 2008 by Steve 6 Comments

How Did The Chicken Cross the Wilbur? Bethany/Hamden/Woodbridge/New Haven, 7 miles (North-to-South) January 13, 2008 Four months (or so) prior to this hike, I reached out to my friend Andy who lives near this rather unsung trail. Since it is an end-to-ender, I would like a partner. I also had this (rather silly, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Bethany, Blue Trails Challenge, Great Views, Hamden, New Haven, regicides, West Rock Ridge State Park, Woodbridge

Judges Cave

February 18, 2008 by Steve 14 Comments

Not To Judge, But That's Not Really A Cave Per Se Judges Cave, New Haven January 13, 2008 Another old page that I should rewrite someday. At least there are some newer pictures of my family during a later visit. One thing is for certain here in Connecticut: We call things “caves” that are vastly different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Caves & Dens, Cool Rocks, Damian, Historic Rocks, Hoang, New Haven, West Rock Ridge State Park

Pizza at Frank Pepe’s

January 17, 2008 by Steve 6 Comments

How Long Would You Wait? The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven December 2007 Note: Pepe's is part of the Roadfood 500 Thing to Eat Before it's Too Late and is ranked as THE "National Best" pizza. This page was written well before the book came out. It was also written before Pepe’s expanded, as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Damian, Historic Restaurants and Bars, Hoang, national Champions, New Haven, Pizza, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Richter’s Cafe (Closed)

September 28, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Real "History of the New Haven Bar" Bar Richter's Cafe, New Haven July 21, 2007 Richter's closed June 25, 2011 but has been reopened under a different name and ownership since. After a full day of traipsing around New Haven, taking in several museums and more, friend of CTMQ RobC and I finished up at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Historic Restaurants and Bars, New Haven, restaurants

New Haven History Museum

September 27, 2007 by Steve 9 Comments

A Safe, Good, and New Haven New Haven (Google Maps Location) July 21, 2007 My friend Rob and I arrived at the New Haven Colony History Museum still full of energy - despite having already been to five places already on our full CTMQ New Haven day. This would be our final museum of the day and the large banner out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, New Haven, Town History

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