Category: Construction
26
Oct
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Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail: A Park as Long as Its Name
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In Connecticut, we are expert-level at metaphorically hiding our treasure. Sure, we’ll put up highway signs and a bit of fuss over Mystic, Hammonasset, and...
30
Sep
Look: Soon
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The renovated path below I-84 is so close to being open again
29
Sep
Access Activism Construction Design Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Progress Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak Transportation
Tactical Urbanism, Take Two
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’ve ever crossed the intersection of Main Street and Charter Oak Avenue/Buckingham Street on foot, you don’t need to be told that it is...
29
Aug
Look: Under Construction
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Is it possible that more of Downtown Hartford is under construction right now than is not under construction?
09
Jul
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Mapping the Park River
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Park River continues to intrigue, mainly because so much of it has been buried below the city. I am working on a project to...
11
Jun
Look: Bowles Park / Willow Creek (2 of 2)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On a positive note, Willow Creek (formerly, Bowles Park) seems to be adhering somewhat to the Complete Streets ordinance. Some, not all, of the streets...
10
Jun
Look: Bowles Park / Willow Creek (1 of 2)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Apartments continue to be rebuilt on the site of the former Bowles Park housing project, which had originally opened in June 1950 with rents of...
13
Mar
One City, One Plan, Ten Years: Transportation & Circulation
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you regularly walk, bike, or take the train or bus, you are more likely to notice how this part of the Plan of Conservation...
23
Oct
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An Unintentional Walk Audit; or, Commuting to Work
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Put on your Walking Helmets — it’s time to experience construction projects as a pedestrian. On Capitol Avenue at Forest Street, there’s some flavor of...
29
Jun
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July 2018 Events in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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INSTRUCTIONS AND DISCLAIMERS To get an event published for next month, send details to realhartford@gmail.com by July 25th. Nothing is added after the calendar is...