Author: Arthur Mullen
Roger Sherman, also of Connecticut, was known to have given one of the shortest speeches in history at a bridge dedication ceremony when he said, "I think it will hold up all right," while testing the strength of the bridge with one foot.
December 27, 2021 Arthur MullenLeave a comment
"One student asked Mr. Lewis if the 'black power' slogan had contributed to white backlash effects. 'I think there's no question about it,' he said. 'There is a cause-and-effect relationship. Some of the people who have recently been elected, such as Lester Maddox in Georgia, show this relationship. 'These people do not understand 'black power' or what it means. If there is 'black power,' then these people are going to have white power, and 'white power' candidates."
Posted in 20th Century, Civil Rights, Yale HistoryTagged 1964, Civil Rights, Howard M. Moffett, John Lewis, new haven, SNCC, socialism, yale daily news, Yale History, yale old campus, Yale University
"BENJAMIN WITKEN, manager of the Shubert Theater for 23 years, claims emphatically that the small first-run theaters are here to stay. Mr. Witken booked the world premieres of 'South Pacific' and 'My Fair Lady.'"
Posted in 20th Century, Theatre, Yale HistoryTagged 1964, Alec Guiness, Benjamin Witken, Boris Karloff, Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Merman, Hyperion Theatre, June Wilkinson, Mary Martin, Maurice Evans, new haven, Pajama Tops, sam s. and lee shubert, Sam Shubert, Shubert, Shubert Square, Shubert Theater, the shubert theater, the shuberts, Yale, yale daily news, Yale History, yale old campus, Yale University
December 16, 2021 December 17, 2021 Arthur MullenLeave a comment
"The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis says, will continue to work on all major fronts in the civil rights struggle, but concentration will be on voter registration in the deep South. Nonviolence and non-cooperation will be the watchwords of a student corps of civil rights workers dedicated to ending the struggle in the decade of the '60s."
November 22, 2021 November 22, 2021 Arthur MullenLeave a comment
"ARTHUR (A Reader That Understands Reflectively), (Granger 1983) is a computer program that can understand short, simple narratives and can revise its interpretation of what is occurring as it learns new information that contradicts something it may have learned previously."
Posted in 20th Century, TheatreTagged 1983, A reader that understands reflectively, AI, ARTHUR a reader that understands reflectively, artificial intelligence, Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, cocaine, College Street, garden path, garden path story, Geoff, Granger, Granger 1983, Hans-Werner Gottinger, inference, machine learning, Natural language processing, new haven, Roger Sherman
November 18, 2021 Arthur MullenLeave a comment
"Prior to the reading, Allen explained how he was tear-gassed in New Haven last week while attending the weekend rally in support of Black Panther Bobby Seale. Ginsberg said he used breathing exercises rendering the tear gas ineffective against him."
Posted in UncategorizedTagged a poem by Allen Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg poem, beat poem, beat poetry, Black Panthers, Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, FBI New Haven, May 1 1970, May Day, May King's Prophecy, new haven, New Haven Green, New Haven Green protest, New Haven poetry, poetry about New Haven, Yale, Yale University
"America is moving again — so are Connecticut and New Haven. But to help keep them moving, I need your help in this election. For much more remains to be done. Too many problems are still ahead. Too many measures for the good of this country have been defeated by a narrow margin."
Posted in UncategorizedTagged A. Whitney Griswold, Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, Commencement, Democratic Rally on the Green, honorary degree, JFK, John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, John Kennedy, Kingman Brewster, new haven, New Haven 1962, New Haven Green, New Haven speech, October 17 1962, October 1962, President JFK, President John F. Kennedy, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President John Kennedy, President Kennedy, Reuben A. Holdenn, Richard C. Lee, Richard C. Lee Photographs, Richard Little Purdy, Roger Sherman, Yale Commencement, Yale University
"I do not know what caused the fire. A woman had just finished singing on the stage and the film was being shown. I saw a little smoke and a light which I thought had something to do with the production. Then I saw a piece of blazing material fall from the top of the stage. It was small, but it was followed by a burst of fire."
Posted in UncategorizedTagged Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, College Street district, College Street theater, College Street theatre, Hyperion Theatre, new haven, New Haven Green, New York Times, Rialto, Rialto New Haven, Rialto theater fire, The New York Times, Yale University
"'This garage is the inside of my brain,' said Mundy Hepburn, gliding his arm through the air. Standing in the bed of a Chevy pickup, his frame backlighted by one of his neon sculptures, 'The Wave,' he described with reverence the 'mystical beauty' of neon."
Posted in 20th Century, 21st CenturyTagged Andi Rierden, Betsy Keedle, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, Crown Street, Crown Street garage, Jacques Pepin, Jacques Pepins Kitchen, Joe Coppola, John Schmid, Katharine Hepburn, Louis Lunch, Mundy Hepburn, Mundy Hepburn neon, Neon art, Neon Garage, Neon garage art, Neon Garage New Haven, new haven, New Haven Green, Old Saybrook, Professional Parking Company
"Let us not stop defending our city's history. Let us not stop boasting of Eli Whitney and his cotton gin, of A. C. Gilbert and his Erector Set, or of how Buffalo Bill Cody carried a Winchester rifle, built with pride in New Haven. Let us not even stop boasting about how New Haven native Charles Goodyear invented the rubber tire, even though it was by accident."
Posted in 20th Century, 21st Century, Restaurant, Yale HistoryTagged 1701, Andy Horowitz, Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, first hamburger, Frank Pepe's pizzeria, hamburger, invention of the hamburger, kenneth lassen, Lassen family, Louis Lunch, new haven, New Haven Green, New York Times, Texas, Yale History
"The Hotel Taft contains about three hundred guest bedrooms, each connected with a bath, arranged singly or in suites of three to five rooms. The building has extensive public accommodations, including regular dining rooms, private dining rooms, a banquet hall, roof garden and accommodation for small society dinners."
Posted in 20th Century, TheatreTagged Architecture and Building, Architecture and Building magazine, Chapel Street, Chapel Street Historic District, College Street, F. M. Andrews, F. M. Andrews and Company, F. M. Andrews and Company Architects, Hotel Taft, New Haven Green, Roger Sherman, Taft Hotel, the taft hotel, Union League Cafe, Yale, Yale University