Category: Commentary
04
Aug
Access Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Fairfield County Geology Long Reads Parks Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Beyond Hartford: Greenwich
by Kerri Ana Provost
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[First time visitor? Coming here directly? Stop and learn about the Beyond Hartford, Beyond Cars series before reading on] In previous car-free outings, I’ve questioned...
04
Aug
Access Activism Clay Arsenal Commentary Design Hartford Local News Long Reads Reader Tip Transportation Upper Albany
Safe Streets Connecticut: July 2023
by Kerri Ana Provost
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By the end of July, drivers had killed 31 pedestrians and cyclists in Connecticut. That's about one preventable death every week.
30
Jul
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Food Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford History Local News Long Reads Progress Summer West End
Communitarian
by Kerri Ana Provost
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That’s the word Andrew May used to describe his philosophy, and I wanted to ask if it was something contagious. To be honest, it probably...
27
Jul
Access Commentary Design Environmental Interest Food Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford History Local News Long Reads Parks Summer
Abundance
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What’s happening over in Zion Hill Cemetery today is not unprecedented. In British Columbia, a cemetery grows vegetables to give to the community; they also...
25
Jul
Asylum Hill Commentary Community Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Long Reads Progress Quality of Life Summer
Buzzing
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you cross the Sigourney Street bridge between Frog Hollow and Asylum Hill, especially walking, rolling in a chair, cycling, or scootering, you are aware...
20
Jul
Disconnect
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It makes me want to scream, but if I do, I'll choke on my water
16
Jul
Access Activism Commentary Environmental Interest Hartford Local News Long Reads Parks Regionalism Rivers Summer Transportation Volunteer
Après moi, le déluge
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It's not so bad here, standard spring flooding. Until you remember that this is July.
03
Jul
Access Activism Behind the Rocks Clay Arsenal Commentary Design Education Hartford Local News Long Reads Myth Busting Parkville Transportation
Safe Streets Connecticut: June 2023
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If I didn’t know better, I would believe that parking was the biggest problem facing some towns in Connecticut. West Hartford stalled its plans to...
23
Jun
Commentary Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Living Quality of Life Unsolicited Advice
Adding Color, Naturally
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We can make drab gray and beige buildings more colorful without using hundreds or thousands of cans of paint. We can choose art materials that...
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