Category: Design
08
Oct
Endangered
by Kerri Ana Provost
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These photographs show what is surely an endangered species in Hartford.
05
Oct
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
04
Sep
Safe Streets Connecticut: August 2023
by Kerri Ana Provost
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As of September 1, 2023, drivers have killed 33 pedestrians/cyclists in Connecticut. Around 2 PM on August 22, 2023, an unnamed driver killed a child...