What was after an empty gallery area for the past year now homes the photography exhibition “Strange Times: Downtown New Haven in the COVID Era” by Roderick Topping. Brian Zhang 1:40 am, Oct 14, 2021 Contributing Reporter Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, the New Haven Museum on 114 Whitney Ave. opened a new exhibit that displays snippets of the pandemic’s effects on the Elm Town in 36 images. The exhibit, titled “Strange Moments: Downtown New Haven in the COVID Era,” has images of cityscapes, folks and neighborhood buildings by New Haven-primarily based artist Roderick Topping. His project capitalized on the earlier months of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Haven, with the…