Category: Design
25
Apr
Access Activism Design Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Myth Busting Progress Transportation
Scoot
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The scooters have arrived. This comes after years of discussion with and advocacy from residents. Part of why Lime pulled out of Hartford was because...
23
Apr
Access Asylum Hill Construction Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Progress Quality of Life Transportation
More Housing
by Kerri Ana Provost
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No, this is not a rerun. The NINA construction at 86-88 Hawthorn has completed and is filled with homeowners. This is 80-82 Hawthorn Street, next...
22
Apr
Access Activism Commentary Community Covid-19 Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Faith Food Free Get Outside Hartford Holiday Living Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip Regionalism Rivers Transportation Unsolicited Advice Volunteer
Earth Day 2021: Action
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We’ve been in a climate emergency. Most of 2020 and all of 2021, so far, has taught us what it looks like to act in...
17
Apr
Cultural Interest Design Downtown Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go South Green
…And You Get a Mural!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Why did it take a pandemic for Hartford to get Big Mural Energy? The latest, still in progress, is at Buckingham and Wadsworth Streets, where...
18
Mar
Skinny House on a Broad Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you one of my favorite buildings in Hartford. There is nothing more to say except “There, there. Aren’t you...
15
Mar
Cultural Interest Design Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Long Reads
Hartford County Building
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Like most, I have had no occasion to enter 95 Washington Street, and I am pretty okay with that. . . especially because my curiosity...
03
Mar
Something Old, Something New
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you haven’t been to Park and Park Terrace lately, you might not have noticed the new housing installed over the last year. Unlike the...
28
Feb
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Covid-19 Design Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal North East North Meadows Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Upper Albany West End
Hartford’s Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes, 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Besides looking at the fatal pedestrian/cyclist crash data statewide in 2020, I was tracking all collisions with pedestrians/cyclists in Hartford. Except for first responders and...
22
Feb
Unhidden Gems: Bosnian-American Islamic Cultural Center
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before Hartford’s Bosnian community renovated this warehouse in 2007 creating a cultural center and mosque, it had at least six other lives: Buick dealership, auto...