New London Connecticut - A Narrated Drive - March 16, 2021

This a a drive around parts of New London Connecticut from the viewpoint of a small camera located on the front hood of a car. It occurred on March 16, 2021. I used a GoPro Hero 8 Black to record the video. I used a Sound Devices MixPre 3 ll to record the audio separately. I did the final audio edit in Reaper and the final video edit in Final Cut Pro X. Streets covered were Back Street, Pequot avenue, Ocean avenue, Montauk avenue. A drive through Ocean Beach was done as well.

[@aesurfprep]

My mother grew up on summer street. I played this video for her just now and it made her week reliving all the memories on bank street. Her parents owned “the half shell” restaurant back in the day which is long gone.

[@TomKaszuba]

I’m really happy to here this. All the best to you and your mother.

[@leanneredden7082]

Thank you, I lived in New London in the 1990s. I lived on Ocean Avenue. Best time of my life!

[@TomKaszuba]

You’re welcome Leanne.

[@olorcain]

I was born and raised in here, I lived on Ridgeview Circle up above Hawthorne drive over by Conn College, I also lived on Ocean Ave for a time as well. seeing this makes me homesick sometimes.

[@howieg2019]

i lived in new london from 91-94, on jay st and later eugene o neill drive, i always got good memories of this place

[@TomKaszuba]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@ulysses1904]

Great to see this, brings back memories. I used to live in an apartment on State Street in 1992 in the building on the left with the orange awning at the 12:23 mark. I worked in a building across from the Radisson on Gov Winthrop, still had a racquetball court on the ground floor as I'm told it used to be the YMCA. Nice perk to be able to play racquetball at the office. The sidewalk in front of the park on the left at the 14:30 mark was populated with hookers back then. I half-expected to see the Vietnam vet named Cal, holding a sign at the monument at the end of Bank Street, he was a good guy.

[@ChrisFernald-iq5rp]

I lived across from you for 18 months, in the red brick, early 80s. Loved the atmosphere. The church on the right, at 12:31, is what we lost recently, in a collapse.

[@theresawynne9529]

I went to nlhs , 60 s , now in North Carolina, thanks for the refresher course…. Enjoyed it … it’s been 20 years since I saw new london…. Thanks again…..

[@TomKaszuba]

I’m glad you enjoyed the ride. Thank you very much for commenting.

[@lauranardoni5626]

Great job of filming, thank you!

[@TomKaszuba]

I appreciate it. You’re welcome.

[@olorcain]

Hehe, I reglazed the windows in the Manwaring building on State St., I also helped stencil the walls in the Garde Arts Theater... so many memories! Also, fun fact, Fiddleheads used to be the grocery store called California Fruit.

[@TomKaszuba]

Wow. California fruit. I haven’t thought about that place in years. Thanks for the memory and thank you very much for watching and commenting.

[@ChrisFernald-iq5rp]

❤️ "Built on blubber". 💚 💛 The house on the right, at 34:50, was lost in a house fire. The Lighthouse Inn had a fire, but they were able to save it. Same year.

[@silvermine2033]

Love Fred's Shanty. I live down towards the Stamford area, and make a trip up there once a month during the spring and summer just to get a hotdog and a burger!

[@TomKaszuba]

Great place. A good view too. Thank you very much for watching.

[@olorcain]

That mural of the whales was painted by Wyland, I was there when he was painting it, I have had the pleasure of seeing one of his other murals in Alaska.

[@TomKaszuba]

It really is beautiful.

[@hirotwo2018]

My uncle moved from Brazil to New London in 2018 and now in 2023 2 of my aunts came to visit him

[@TomKaszuba]

That’s nice to hear. Thank you for watching.

[@shark619ify]

I lived right there on the corner of willets ave and shaw st. right across the rail road bridge by the shit plant when I was 10 yo back in the early 80s, my dad had joined the Navy and was stationed in Groton. We lived there for 2 years. I went to school there and was inspired to play drums from friends i met and heck I delivered Newspapers for that paper company you drove by...I was making bank at 10 yo between delivering papers and collecting cans for that 5 Cent return...wow just watching this brings back memories. I had a friend that lived in that yellow condo on Pequot...me and another friend used to sneak into ocean beach with our rafts we would just float in from the creek... I was first addicted and mastered pac man at the local bar called The Raiders Roost..my mother would go in and drink and they would let me play pac man...sometimes for free..Oh yeah also discovered rap and hip hop i was from central pa and i wasnt very hip..lol..was the first place i saw people scratching turntables...it was pretty wild.. yeah man and That Ocean Pizza and Hot Dogs from Freds Shanty. I have never had a better hot dog yet and Ive been up and down the east coast..oh yeah and the Grinders man...they were new to me and i must have ate at least 1 everyday that and lebanese pita stuffed pocket things...man the food was awesome there..yeah my one and only gripe was i remember swimming there at shit beach on pequot ave and could actually feel the water burning my skin probably from chemicals of the Big Pfizer plant across the water polluting the environment.. I remember Baba Orileys I delivered their newspaper and they would give me free sodas while i played video games...they were really good people and they had some really famous acts play there. I would also go to some pizza place that was near there and burn the roof off the top of my mouth with their thick crust pizza that was alright. I would also hang out there at the youth center on shaw st i think and we shoot pool and fooz ball basketball etc.. usually it was the free snacks sometimes that attracted me...lol

[@TomKaszuba]

@@shark619ify Shark…..thank you very much. That’s one of the best comments I have ever got. Memories……it’s a big part of the reason I’m doing these videos.

[@r.kellycoker9387]

Left New London 30 years ago after living in the area for 15 years. Nothing looks the same.

[@ChrisFernald-iq5rp]

It changes every time I leave. 😢

[@khunopie9159]

Nice tour son. I am a freshman in college here!

[@TomKaszuba]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@khunopie9159]

@@TomKaszuba Happy to help! Ask me anything

[@silvermine2033]

I attended there in 2000-2001. I was in Fairhaven Dorm. Have fun. I had a great time there and wonderful memories!

[@petercena9497]

Lived in New London for three months in an apartment off Bloomingdale Rd. in 1987. Being from Texas, it was a culture I wasn't used to, but I enjoyed my stay.

[@TomKaszuba]

Thank you for watching Peter.

[@robertjudd1560]

I leaned some much sir..thank you

[@ChrisFernald-iq5rp]

You did NOT do a clean sweep of Bank. You missed a mile. You missed a packy, Mike's Famous and a few restaurants. Two suggestions, s l o w down a bit and when it's important to the region you're recording, have a handheld camera you can turn. Other than that, excellent job. I watched your videos when I was away and homesick. ❤

[@TomKaszuba]

I always try to slow down at important locations but…..the folks on my tail remind me…..it’s not always possible. I missed part of Bank street. I’ll grab some footage of it in the future. Thank you very much for watching Chris.

[@zebracakez41]

Whats interisting is alot of people in the comment section have either visited or lived here briefly me i was born and raised here in newlondon and still live here dont think i will ever leave either

[@TomKaszuba]

@@zebracakez41 It’s a great town. No reason to live anywhere else.

[@zebracakez41]

@TomKaszuba yeah i luv the place are u from around here?

[@CherylBeatrice-j4x]

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[@ChrisFernald-iq5rp]

I miss the El'n'Gee and the Wine & Cheese Cellar.

[@TomKaszuba]

El N Gee. Legendary club. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts played there.

[@mosesorenco610]

Can you do a summer drive

[@TomKaszuba]

I’m going to do one this summer. I have an Ocean beach for you if you haven’t seen it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJDQeGihq698ntE

[@roberthoyt7921]

Route 32 in Connecticut is north-south, not east-west. I-95 may be designated as north-south by the signs, but it runs east-west.

[@TomKaszuba]

Interesting. I was reading off the GPS in my car.

[@khunopie9159]

It is generally N S but small stretches are E W. Happy to help. Ask me anything

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

12:30 - Church whose steeple collapsed in 2024, destroying the entire church.

[@TomKaszuba]

Good eye.

[@MyBigToe08]

The little beach is called Butler's beach

[@TomKaszuba]

Thank you for the information on that beach. 👍🏻

[@MyBigToe08]

@@TomKaszuba Great tour, I was hoping you would go down Jefferson Ave, two of my childhood homes in the 70s were off of Jefferson

[@TomKaszuba]

It’s on my list. I’ll be doing a drive there soon. Keep an eye open for it. Thanks for watching!

[@uwesattler116]

Coming to a full stop at any stop sign or red light is optional in New London?

[@The_Hagseed]

What a shame. Building are done right with businesses beneath and apartments on top. But then there's a six lane road that separates them which completely negates that type of walkable neighborhoods those style of buildings create. Never understood why an entire country's infrastructure is centered around something that sits in a parking spot 99% of the day instead of the citizens themselves.

[@ChrisFernald-iq5rp]

Love this. ❤

[@r.kellycoker9387]

Need to "pock the caw and wok around".