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What Was the Busiest Day in May?
You guessed it, Yale Graduation on Monday, May 23 with 13, 923 pedestrians counted. The month commencing May 2, 2016 recorded the number of visitors to downtown at 271,138 bringing the total number year to date at 1,434,458.
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Duc's on Orange
We have anxiously followed the Open Soon, Open Real Soon signs posted on the door at Duc's on Orange Street in New Haven's Historic 9th Square. Alas, it has opened to an enthusiastic crowd.
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Literary Happy Hour
A creative way to use space is shaping up at 101 Art Threads at 118 Court Street. Here's what's how a
Happy Hour Gets Lit.
Poet, performer and curator Ifeanyi Awachie
had a vision: Build a safe and supportive space in New Haven where writers from different backgrounds could convene, listen to each other, and learn about each other's work, while kicking back after the workweek. She did her research: Nothing like it existed in the Elm City. So she would will it into existence, she reasoned.
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70 Years For Kennedy & Perkins
Kennedy & Perkins is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, founded in 1946 by Richard L. Kennedy Sr. According to the company's website, it opened the first store on Whitney Avenue in New Haven that year. Offering full-service eye care, including examinations, eyeglasses, contact lenses and more.
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Placemaking in Retail
This past Saturday upon meeting up with friends in New York City, we browsed Chelsea Market after walking the Highline. This lighting installation (right) was a real curiosity, and coincidentally, the photo was featured in a blog I read this week by Giovanna Fabiano, The Power of Placemaking in a Digital World, for Blueprint.
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Flights of Fancy
Mark your calendars for the next Flights of Fancy on Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 4-8 P.M.
Flights of Fancy returns this Summer to the Chapel Street Historic and Broadway Districts on Thursday, July 14, 2016 from 4-8 P.M. Please join us for an evening of shopping and wine tasting.
Remember to find your wine glass from a previous Flights of Fancy to receive $5 off registration.
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A New Season Begins
Town Green District's bistro tables, chairs, and umbrellas are back for the season. Enjoy them on the New Haven Green, Pitkin Plaza, Audubon St., Chapel St. (in front of the Yale University Art Gallery) and more locations around the District!
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Find It in Your Art, trappings of visual arts.
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When the sun shines longer and color returns.
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A place where people make great products.
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