Category: Design
15
Oct
Beyond Hartford Design Environmental Interest Long Reads Myth Busting New York Progress Unsolicited Advice
Scrappy Fairy Tale of New York
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If NYC, with nearly 9 million residents, can get this rolling in two years, tell me why your town with fewer than 200,000 residents can’t...
08
Oct
Endangered
by Kerri Ana Provost
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These photographs show what is surely an endangered species in Hartford.
05
Oct
Access Activism Autumn Commentary Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Living Long Reads Myth Busting Progress Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
National Week Without Driving: Day Four
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We’re most of the way through the National Week Without Driving, which is when people who regularly drive — especially those in decision-making positions —...
24
Sep
Bollards!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After this dry cleaners in West Hartford’s Bishops Corner was smashed through twice by cars in the last two years, massive, highly visible bollards were...
19
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation
Goals
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“The aim of climate activism isn’t to be ideologically pure, nor is it to erase the sins of the previous generations; it’s to ensure that...
18
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Faith Holiday Long Reads Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Where The Missing Sidewalk Excuses End
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This weekend I was up in West Hartford’s Bishops Corner and chatting with a fellow bus rider who had walked to one of the nearby...
14
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Community Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice
PARK(ing) Day
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Tomorrow (September 15, 2023) is PARK(ing) Day, something Hartford participated in a couple of times about ten years ago and then ceased to, perhaps prematurely....
10
Sep
Access Activism Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Parks Quality of Life Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Bike Joy
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“What policies could you try to work on? You could try to stop new fossil fuel developments in your state or work to shut down...
07
Sep
On The Level
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Had we chosen to live differently with water, it’s unlikely Hartford would have been so carved up by highways. At least, not ones so bloated...
05
Sep
Design Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford History Long Reads Meet Your Infrastructure North Meadows Parks Rivers
Footbridge
by Kerri Ana Provost
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FUN FACTS ABOUT THIS OVERBUILT MONSTROSITY AND ITS ENVIRONS The plan in 1977 was to tear down a pedestrian bridge so that I-91 could be...