Category: Design

30 Mar

CTFastrak: A Seat-of-the-Pants Review

by Christopher Brown

17 Comments

Part One: Frog Hollow to Firefly Hollow A friend had suggested a Sunday morning meet-up at the downtown New Britain CTFastrak terminal for a leisurely...

13 Jul

Construction Cultural Interest Design Downtown Fun Hartford Music Parks Progress Shopping Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Heaven’s Open

by Kerri Ana Provost

1 Comment

20 May

Cultural Interest Design Downtown Fun Hartford Shopping

Hartford Has Style: Another Weekend, Another Fashion Show

by Kerri Ana Provost

2 Comments

Following hor d’oeuvres and open bar, a few dozen people who haven’t experienced fashion show fatigue yet took their seats along the 100 foot runway...

12 Dec

Access Activism Clay Arsenal Community Construction Cultural Interest Design Downtown Hartford North Meadows Parks Quality of Life Transportation

Final Downtown North Design Meeting

by Kerri Ana Provost

7 Comments

“This is about preparing an area for development,” said Thomas Deller, City of Hartford’s Director of Development Services. “Everything that’s here is being proposed as...

07 Nov

Design Education Hartford North East

“N” is for No: Community Speaks Against Closure of Clark School

by Kerri Ana Provost

6 Comments

“You have used the most powerful word in the English language,” Steve Harris, member of the Hartford Democratic Town Committee said, “and that word is...

23 Oct

Design Downtown Hartford Parks

Public Comment Futile on Downtown North Park Design?

by Kerri Ana Provost

24 Comments

A question routinely asked by Hartford residents is if attending the endless number of public meetings serves any purpose. People feel their voices are not...

20 Sep

Access Activism Cultural Interest Design Downtown Fun Hartford Parks Transportation

PARK(ed)

by Kerri Ana Provost

3 Comments

Green carpets were rolled out this morning for people, boggling the minds of those who had never heard of PARK(ing) Day before. Though anybody can...

17 Jul

Clay Arsenal Design Downtown Hartford North Meadows

Aspirations for North Downtown, West Downtown, and a sliver of Clay Arsenal and North Meadows

by Kerri Ana Provost

7 Comments

“It’s very white,” one resident remarked of the theme in Utile‘s “aspirational photos” for the region being described as “Downtown North.” This was one of...

12 Jul

Design Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Parks Quality of Life

Improving Parks, One Carriage Ride at a Time

by Kerri Ana Provost

7 Comments

“More events in Goodwin, Colt, and Keney Park” “Skateboarding” “Ice skating in more parks” “Enough with the iQuilt already!” “The old Taste of Hartford…when all...

25 Apr

Cultural Interest Design Downtown Hartford Parks

Ironing Out Wrinkles in the Proposed Urban Skate Plaza

by Kerri Ana Provost

2 Comments

Not enough charrettes are led by professionals in flannel and denim.