Category: Design
13
Apr
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Bartholomew Avenue: A Chance to Redesign for Modern Times
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After years of stagnation, Hartford has been making progress in fits and starts. Yet, there is unfulfilled potential that makes one ask: what holds us...
23
Mar
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Suggestion Box: A Better Lunchtime
by Kerri Ana Provost
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When Pratt Street opened for people during lunchtime last year, the tables set up in the street got used. In previous years, those tables...
26
Dec
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January 2018 Events in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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January 1 Free ice skating in Bushnell Park, 11 am – 8 pm. You could start the new year off at the gym, but why?...
04
Jul
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Meet Your City: Flower Gardens
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Constitution Plaza around the Boat Building When the Festival of Lights almost completely vanished from Constitution Plaza, it was hard for me to see...
22
Mar
Suggestion Box: Plan Outside the Conference Room Box
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’ve been to one planning workshop, you’ve been to nearly them all. Typically, these are held in a meeting room with no windows....
09
Mar
Streetscape Improvements in the Future for Bartholomew Avenue
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Around this time next year, expect to see some streetscape improvements under construction along Bartholomew Avenue in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood. The Bartholomew Avenue Streetscape and...
11
Jan
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Where to Park It (2017 Updated Edition)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s been a minute. Time to update our parking guide. If you are visiting Hartford or are otherwise not sure how to park when you...
04
Jan
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Signs of a New Year
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A number of new signs have been popping up in and around downtown. The one above is mounted on the I-91 pedestrian/cyclist bridge that connects...
27
Dec
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Best Most Awesome Superlatives 2016
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This has been, in countless ways, a crap year. In terms of Hartford-specific issues, it hasn’t been so bad, but that has gotten drowned out...
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