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[A] guide to this rich and diverse architectural heritage --Connecticut Explored Wigren has channeled passion for our past into a handsome new volume, Connecticut Architecture, which examines Stories of 100 Places from around the state. It is not a guidebook or a best of but a detailed and lavishly illustrated history of what he calls the art and science of making places --Alan Bisbort, The Sunday Republican

This is an exceptionally thoughtful and provocative book, one that offers insights into art and life that are often forgotten in aesthetics. A great book for anyone. --Duo Dickinson, author of A Home Called New England This is an exceptionally thoughtful and provocative book, one that offers insights into art and life that are often forgotten in aesthetics. A great book for anyone. --Duo Dickinson, author of A Home Called New England Christopher Wigren intrigues the eye and mind in a journey through centuries of Connecticut history and architecture. He illuminates these places with stories enlivening the world around us by connecting the past to the present. --David K. Leff, town historian, Canton CT Drawing on over 30 years of historic preservation experience in Connecticut, Chrisopher Wigren has authored the first masterful telling of the story of Connecticut's built environment. From prehistory to the present, the lively text and informative photographs demonstrate Connecticut's strong New England 'sense of place'. By choosing 100 places-not always single buildings-Wigren weaves together the stories of Connecticut's peoples across over 300 years of building. With his deep grasp of existing research and the buildings recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, he provides both the scholar and the day trip enthusiast with a list of places to visit. --Mary M. Donohue, Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office

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CHRISTOPHER WIGREN is an architectural historian and Deputy Director of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. His articles and essays have appeared in the Hartford Courant, the New Haven Register, and Connecticut Explored magazine. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. THE CONNECTICUT TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION was established in 1975 to protect and promote buildings, sites, structures, and landscapes that contribute to the heritage and vitality of Connecticut communities.

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