Just in New York City alone, Stony Creek Quarry granite appears as a major structural element in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Macy’s at Herald Square, Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue ...

When they notice the pink granite with specks of quartz sparkling in the sunlight, they might think it came from some prestigious place. It did — - the Stony Creek Quarry in Branford. Right now, the ...

Stony Creek granite crystallized around 360 million years ago, and the granite was first quarried in 1858. This distinctive granite makes up a great deal of New York City’s architectural history ...

But the end result is, Stony Creek granite, quarried by local workers in Branford near the Guilford line, will surround the throngs that attend the $70-plus million, 26,000-square-foot museum’s ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Branford’s Stony Creek Quarry’s granite has been chosen for the Gateway to New Haven, a new set of pedestrian and bike-friendly street improvements to link South ...

Why, if it weren't for Stony Creek pink granite, he wouldn't even be here. "My father's father, Aldo Balestracci, was a stonecutter for Dodd's Granite here in Stony Creek," Balestracci explains ...

Petit, a renowned artist and sculptor, will discuss the use of Stony Creek granite for monuments and sculpture, including the quarry process. The lecture is being held in conjunction with the Art ...

Here is Unk in the arms of his father. Labor disputes punctuated the history of the Stony Creek quarry and affected the production of granite. Concrete and steel replaced granite, the labor strike of ...