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TOURING THE COUNTRYSIDE: Postcards from Cornwall, Kent, and Warren
Since the late 19th century, Connecticut’s northwest corner has drawn visitors to its natural beauty, rural charm and recreations. Picture postcards sent to family and friends by travelers – part of the late 19th century’s revolution in communications – spread the news of the area’s attractions. Postcards from the Cornwall, Kent and Warren historical societies tell a local story, delightfully inflected with enthusiastic commentary on the back. Continue Reading
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THE UNDERSTORY
In scattered locations in the Taconic and Litchfield hills of Connecticut and the adjacent areas of New York and Massachusetts the landscape holds hints of an enterprise that has largely been forgotten. Revealed by piles of firebrick and glassy slag, soil darkened by the remnants of charcoal, and the occasional rusty scrap of iron, these sites speak of the first great era of resource extraction following European colonization. The Understory, a project by artist Richard Klein, is a contemporary response … Continue Reading
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