By Zoey Reidy Imagine, for a moment, you are walking down Long Wharf Drive today. You would be right next to the highway watching cars breeze by on the interstate. In the present day, one would not find much along the Wharf, but that was not always the case. Historically, Long Wharf was the very heart of the city, a living, breathing place that had the lifeblood of New Haven pumping through it. Throughout the history of the city, many things have come and gone on Long Wharf. One of the buildings still present in the current day is Long Wharf Theatre, a critically acclaimed Theatre that has been a place for all sorts of performers to gather and perform since 1965. The Theatre was not around since the beginning of the city’s founding and is a rather recent addition to the Wharf, but it is still an important part of its history. The Theatre itself was built in an old warehouse that was no longer in use. The warehouse was transformed into a Theatre for a one time showing of a play. T...

 B y Derrick Arnold Immortalized in bronze, the statue of Nathan Hale sits outside of Connecticut Hall at Yale University.  Hale is depicted with one arm to the side and the other behind his back, indicating the nature of his work.  Hale fought and gave his life for the American cause during the Revolution, he was caught and executed by the British.  Hale is now seen as an American hero to many, he is a martyr in the cause for American independence. He serves as an archetypical young, loyal hero in the cause for freedom. However, it was not always this way.  Prior to the late 1800s, Hale was relatively unknown, during his life he received no praise for the work he did, he was buried in an unmarked grave by the British.  However, by the work of a few different individuals and groups, the memory of Nathan Hale was able to be revived. Nathan Hale’s New Haven Statue, erected in 1907, is one of the first instances of Hale being memorialized in this way (only pre...

  By Rachel Martins   Yale, the influential Ivy-League university, is known as one of the country's most famous and prestigious universities. With its distinctive neo-gothic architecture, Harkness Memorial Tower stands prominently in the center of campus; located on High Street, it is a symbol of Yale and New Haven as a whole. Standing at 216 feet with nine stories and 294 steps to reach the top, the statue is truly an architectural landmark, and the height is a representation of the influence Yale has in the community as a whole. The looming tower made of stone blocks and steel is an extraordinary sight that immediately captures one's attention when strolling the campus or nearby in New Haven. There are four sizable blue clock faces with the carillon's bells behind them in the center to be seen at every angle around the structure. Alongside the clock faces are decorative elements to accentuate the structure. The university's students will often take time out of their d...