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The Battle of the Frogs

May 4, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Taking a Good Ribb(itt)ing The Battle of the Frogs Windham Every so often I delve into one of Connecticut's urban legends. It must be said that when I do so, I heavily rely on those who have written about these things previously. They are often the rare pages on here where 100% of the words and thoughts aren't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: urban legends, Windham

Dr. Chester Hunt Office

April 28, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Imagine Hunting For Your Appointment Here Dr. Chester Hunt Office Windham I'd been holding onto my pictures and "story" of this building for at least a decade. I'm tired of waiting, so here we are: on the Windham Green and the cute little Dr. Chester Hunt Office building. What was I waiting for? At some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Cool Architecture, Historic Houses, Windham

Hamilton Park

April 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hub of Waterbury Hamilton Park, Waterbury There is a lot of history at Hamilton Park in Waterbury. History I'm not going to get too deep into at all. It's just an old town park. It doesn't really rise to the level necessary to get the full CTMQ treatment. And you won't believe this, but it also doesn't even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Superlatives, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Waterbury

Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens

April 19, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bart Lett's Go! Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford April 2022 One of my good friends grew up in North Stamford and over the many years of writing CTMQ, she has asked once or twice if I'd been to Bartlett Aboretum yet. She hasn't lived in the US for over a decade but this place was very close to her childhood home and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Arboreta, Gardens, Stamford

Ivoryton Playhouse

April 12, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Please Tell Me They've Done "The Elephant Man" Here Essex (Google Maps location) June 2016 Connecticut is home to a slew of historic theaters. Many of them offer tours that present the buildings almost as museums - as they should. The idiom "if these walls could talk" applies to every one of these places as much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Damian, Essex, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Not Really a Museum Museum, theaters

ASME: Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade

April 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

ASME Landmark #265 (1970) Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade New England Air Museum Windsor Locks Years ago I began my page about a different American Society of Mechanical Engineers National Landmark located at The New England Air Museum thusly: In a way, this might be the hardest of the CT ASME … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: ASME Landmarks, Aviation, new england air museum, Windsor Locks

Book Review: Those Guys Have All the Fun

April 10, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fun and Games Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN, James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales (2011) I'm exceedingly upset with myself. I read this book several years ago and because it's so long and so dense and so chock full of great Connecticut-centric nuggets, I kept putting off reviewing it. So now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post

Hobart Welton Carriage Shed

April 6, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

Fictus Dolium Nullus Hobart Victory Welton Carriage Shed, Waterbury If you're the type of person that cares about the brilliant hierarchical structuring of CTMQ, you'll notice that this page falls into the "Roads and Tunnels" section of the "Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: folk architecture, Roads and Tunnels, Waterbury

Howard’s Bookstore and Noelke Gallery

April 5, 2022 by Steve 3 Comments

Howards End Howard's Bookstore and Noelke Gallery, Torrington February 2022 With used bookstores such rarities these days, I visit and write about some them on CTMQ if only because they'll likely be extinct by the time I die. Hoo boy, that was a rough lede. Sorry to bum you out. I'm sure some will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: book store, books, Other Companies and Businesses, Torrington

StanChem Fishway

March 24, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fishway Stan StanChem Fishway, Berlin Why did I ever begin documenting fishways and fish ladders and lifts? I honestly don't remember. In my defense, a couple of them here and there act as sort of outdoor museums and have displays and open houses and stuff. But that doesn't explain why I went beyond them to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Berlin, Fish, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders

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