Miya's Building History Explored at Miya's
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The New Haven Independent covered Field Methods on Howe and wrote a great piece that features student projects, including Karina Encarnaçion’s project 68 Howe Street + its many lives.
Industrial Heritage
Armory Mural Completed!
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The Climate Mural on the East-facing wall of the Goffe Street Armory is ready to be enjoyed by all! Check it out! This is a Yale Planetary Solutions project, led by Climate Fellow Daniel Pizarro and ace muralist Mike DeAngelo. Big thanks to Nadine Horton and the Armory Community Garden!
From Coalbed to Bulkhead
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From Coal Bed to Bulkhead: English Station and the Making of Ball Island
Colin Chudyk’s horizontal collage narrative of coal, from Appalachia, down the Hudson, to New Haven Bay.
Cedar Hill Rail Yard
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Claudia Carle’s historical, visual, and textual palimpsest of the Cedar Hill Rail Yards, once among the largest railroad infrastructures in the Northeast.
Connecticut Mills, Rivers, and Rails
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Connecticut has a rich industrial heritage. In this map, Abby Reed shows the number of mills (represented by size of circle); mill type (Orange = Brass/Metals; Green = Manufacturing; Yellow = Textiles); as well as the Rivers, Railroads, and Highways that make up the State’s basic transportation and power-delivery infrastructure.
New Haven Clock Factory: History and Networks
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Rukshan Vathupola’s website explores the local, regional, and global networks connected to the New Haven Clock Company and its factory buildings on Hamilton Street.
New Haven Clock Factory Zine
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A 24-page Zine about the New Haven Clock Factory, created by Dante Furioso and Luis Sala Porras. Includes quotes from interviews, archival imagery, and narrative.
In Memoriam: Winchester Repeating Arms Factory
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The demolition of a structure, especially in an urban area, can be a violent and destructive act for a neighborhood that collectively associates memories with a space as the removal constitutes an erasure of a landmark in a collective community map. This project attempts to study a building’s end of life, and to develop a curation of decay in order to ritualize the lifecycle of a structure and enshrine th4e memories associated with a community’s past and present. Urban change is inevitable as cities are organisms that regenerate at much faster rates; but can there be a way to
Off The Rails
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Off The Rails: Exploring the Legacy of the Streetcar in New Hven
Orli Hakanoglu
Elm City Minstrels
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