Category: Design
30
Dec
Hartford 2010: Resolutions for the New Year
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s way easier to delegate than to take on every last responsibility, so rather than work on gaining muscle mass or weaning myself off chocolate,...
09
Dec
A Sustainable City
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The most interesting ideas of last evening’s One City, One Plan POCD meeting arose during the small group discussions. The meeting was held in the...
21
Nov
Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development Must Be More Aggressive
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Toni Gold, resident and one of the panelists at this morning’s forum on transportation, commented that the POCD must be less timid and more aggressive...
10
Nov
One City, One Plan, Six Venues
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Public participation is encouraged at these meetings of Hartford’s Plan of Conservation and Development. The POCD site states that “Every ten years, the Hartford Planning...
14
Sep
Peace and Music and Suds
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Downtown is to hope as Frog Hollow is to Klezmer as Asylum Hill is to beer.
07
Aug
Commentary Cultural Interest Design Downtown Film Food Frog Hollow Fun Hartford Myth Busting Parks Shopping
Staycation 2009
by Kerri Ana Provost
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When my friend David told me he’d secured a reservation for a trip to the top of the Travelers’ Tower, I had no choice but...
12
Jul
A Somewhat Holey Quilt
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What would Hartford be like with people on the streets? As Doug Suisman put it, “people attract more people.” A bustling city would seem like...
22
Jun
Our Charmingly Irregular Quilt
by Kerri Ana Provost
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iQuilt intends to improve pedestrian routes from Bushnell Park to the Connecticut River, along with connecting cultural sites in Hartford.
11
Nov
All Saints Orthodox Church and Russian Bazaar
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While at the 35th Annual Russian Tea Room and Bazaar, I decided to take a tour of the recently painted iconography in the All Saints...
Proposed Land Use for Hartford’s Neighborhoods