Category: History
15
Feb
A Few Bricks
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It cost the New York & Hartford Housewrecking Company $400 in 1941 to knock down the two-story building that stood in place of what is...
14
Feb
Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Food Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Reader Tip Rivers Transportation Weird
50 Ways to Love Your City: The 2020 Edition
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, including and especially the Swift Factory on Love Lane which is community-centered and kind of a big deal. Viewing the...
08
Feb
Flood Level
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I have walked by this building hundreds of times. I’ve stood on that corner waiting for the stupid light to change. It was not until...
06
Jan
A Cemetery With a View
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Warwick, Rhode Island: land of lighthouses, saltwater and freshwater beaches, and a cemetery within a town park. Warwick City Park, bordered by Buttonwoods Cove and...
22
Dec
Beyond Hartford Coastal Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Eastern Connecticut Environmental Interest History Long Reads New England Parks Transportation
Salt & Air
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It seems weird to build an airport in a salt marsh, but what do I know, I’m not a 20th century Man vs. Nature type,...
17
Dec
Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Eastern Connecticut Environmental Interest Get Outside History Long Reads New England Parks Reader Tip
Shantok, Village of Uncas
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Some places don’t want to be found.
02
Dec
Beyond Hartford Cultural Interest Eastern Connecticut Environmental Interest Geology Get Outside History New England Parks Weird
Preserving Space for Peace and Exploration
by Kerri Ana Provost
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At a nature-themed holiday craft fair that I accidentally wander into, a cashier admits that she is not much into whimsy, but she can’t help...
10
Nov
Look: Them Sirens Did This
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 1978, this happened: an air raid siren on the Hartford Courant’s Broad Street building malfunctioned, and could not be shut off via radio signal...