In 1902 the YMCA hosted a gala opening of a roof garden and restaurant atop its building, which stood on Temple Street. We don’t know how the food was, but by the evidence of our article, tech-crazy New Haven sported the finest newfangled industrial dishwasher in New England. Your host Allan Appel and the New Haven Museum’s Jason Bischoff-Wurstle grab their dishrags to take you back.
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