Part One of my on-going series,
documenting just some of the constant change
happening all around New Haven.
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| The Historic Roland T. Warner Hardware building, before & after renovation |
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| The Taft Tap Room at Richter’s, before & after reopening as Ordinary |
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| Anchor Spa/Restaurant, before & after sign change |
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| Caffe Adulis, before changing to Oaxaca Kitchen |
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| Oaxaca Kitchen, formerly Caffe Adulis |
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| Copper Kitchen Restaurant |
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| Copper Kitchen Restaurant – as it was transformed for the Indiana Jones movie. |
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| Copper Kitchen closed, and gift-shop Celtica moved in |
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| Copper Kitchen building, vacant after Celtica closed |
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| Copper Kitchen building being mysterious, in between tenants |
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| Green Teahouse – now open in the former Copper Kitchen/Celtica space |
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| Leon’s (formerly Rusty Scupper) at Long Wharf, before closing |
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| Lenny & Joe’s is now open at the former Leon’s/Rusty Scupper spot
All Photographs © Mike Franzman |













More Please, these are great. Thanks for sharing!
More To Come!! -mf
Can you please date these? The changes at Copper Kettle and Rusty Scupper seem unsettlingly fast in retrospect…