Time transforms the Elm City, a flâneur frets
“Lazy Susan’s Café. Coffee Pastries Sandwiches.”
So reads the sign at 214 State St. That beige, brick, three-floor walk-up stands kitty corner to the Knights of Columbus building. Its second- and third-floor windows are obscured by a cast-iron fire escape. Lazy Susan’s Café occupies the first floor.
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By Adorno Fragt (Unregistered User)
8:57pm on April 16, 2008
In the tradition of Benjamin -- are these New Haven's equivalents of the Paris Arcades?
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By Ida (Unregistered User)
12:16pm on April 24, 2008
Wonderful trip down "what was never in our memories" lane. Did you know that there is an Ernest DelMonico behind DelMonico Hatter? Did you know the hattery was named "Hat Retailer of the Year" by The Headwear Association? [See http://www.infonewhaven.com/]
With the admonishment from anon #1, any Yalie who does not go searching for the unnamed "best jazz club/recording studio" has only himself to blame.
You are being a little selective with your choice of establishments -- given that within a block you also have the best jazz club/recording studio, Malaysian restaurant and bar in New England, and a high-end 500-unit apartment tower about to go into construction. Also, that hat store is great -- you might not know this, but 80% of its business comes from online sales to an international audience of hat-buyers. Things are not always as they seem.