Old stuff? Drive 15 min east of downtown New Haven on I-95 and motor around Guilford. Lovely old-style New England green, with church and period houses. A mile or so away is a very photogenic harbor (with more yachts than fishing boats these days, and not much of either this time of year).
A little further along I-95 is Hammonassett State Park, which has a huge beach (by New England standards)--cold and almost deserted at this time of year, but that has its photographic charm, too. In New England things are usually allowed to fall down rather than being torn down, so if you get off the beaten paths you will likely find old barns, houses, cars, trucks, tractors, horses, factories, and people that are well worth seeing and photographing. (I lived in Philly for 28 years, but I grew up in CT, and it still feels like "home"). Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 1/29/10, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Celio <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stuff to see in CT? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 6:06 PM > Many thanks, Steve, P.J., Ann and > Ken. I've piled your suggestions into a list and am in > the process of figuring out where I can go. Lots of > options now! > > Thanks again, > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve harley" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:54 AM > Subject: Re: Stuff to see in CT? > > > > On 2010-01-28 22:06 , John Celio wrote: > >> Later next month I'll be making my first trip to > the east coast since > >> 1989 (and my first time on an airplane since 1997) > to see a friend in > >> New Haven, CT. > >> > >> Anyone know of interesting things to see and/or > photograph there or in > >> areas nearby? > > > > it's been a while for me ... worth seeing > architecturally in New Haven, > > but not necessarily photogenic, are Louis Kahn's > Center for British Art, > > Eero Saarinen's "whale" ice rink, and Paul Rudolf's > brutalist Art & > > Architecture Building, which i understand has just > been expanded and > > renovated > > > > as museums to visit, an earlier Khan building, the > Yale Art Museum, > > might be more interesting than the British, and the > Beinecke Rare Book > > and Manuscript Library usually has fascinating > artifacts on display in > > its amazing main interior space (go on a sunny day) > > > > when i lived there (30 years ago) New Haven also had > some great run-down > > areas like old factories and a defunct amusement park > at the beach east > > of East Rock; i wish i was taking pictures back then > ... i'd imagine > > they've had their charm removed by redevelopment by > now > > > > to me, Mystic Seaport was never that special; i did > like seeing > > submarines up the coast at Groton -- they have a sub > museum there > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2655 - Release > Date: 01/29/10 01:08:00 > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
