JAMES VELVET: musician, songwriter, performer, multi-instrumentalist, radio-host, local bands advocate, friend, and much more. He left this world on April 17 after heart surgery. His recorded music will live on, and here are some photographs to view while listening… James Velvet & Friends performing live at WYBC James Velvet, center stage on the New Haven […]
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New Haven Notables – by Mike Franzman
New Haven has many notable children, some of whom are now world-famous. Chapel West has celebrated this with banners on many of the buildings. Here are just some New Haven Notables you can see while visiting New Haven. The Five Satins All Photographs © Mike Franzman Notable Illustrations © Liz Garvey
New Haven Collectibles – by Mike Franzman
New Haven, with its rich past, changeable present, and uncertain future, has always offered lots of “collectability”! Here are some photos of Collectible New Haven. A Collectible New Haven Train set – this car is only 2″ tall, and 6″ long A Collectible Daily Caffe Postcard – most recently, this location was Ivy Noodle A […]
New Haven In Transition – by Mike Franzman
Previously known as “The Memorial Album”, this ongoing photo series shows the rapid change that is upon the New Haven area in the last year or so, as businesses close, change, transform… the corner of Crown & College Streets is now totally demolished, and in transition. Harold’s Bridal Shop closed this year Ivy Noodle […]
Frozen II (Still Frozen) – by Mike Franzman
Still Frozen. . . this time, we venture a bit east to capture still more of the frozen rivers of the New Haven area. New Haven Skyline across frozen water, as seen from Lighthouse Road a view of the water at Lighthouse Park in Winter Lighthouse Park In Winter a frozen springy-fish ride in the […]
Frozen – by Mike Franzman
Many days of sub-zero temperatures have transformed New Haven’s Quinnipiac River into a sea of ice… Grand Avenue Bridge surrounded by floating ice Ice Floats From The Ferry Street Bridge(l) to the Grand Avenue Bridge (r) The Frozen Quinnipiac River – looking towards the Q Bridge, from Chapel Street Bridge Icicles hang from the Erin […]
Ice & Snow – by Mike Franzman
New Haven endured a harsh dose of Winter this year… Here are some of my photographs of ice and snow. Park Street in the snow An Ivy-League Snow-Person In Old Campus at Yale University See You In The Spring an icy view of the Quinnipiac River, with Pilgrim Church visible Frozen River leading up to […]