Category: History
05
Aug
How To Avoid Parking Meters in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It will soon cost motorists more to rent car storage on certain downtown streets in Hartford. As of Monday, August 5, 2019, if you want...
22
Jul
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Beyond: Canal Road, and Other Delights
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A Bicycle Roadtrip West Hartford’s Canal Road, if you can get to it, is a joy.
09
Jul
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Mapping the Park River
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Park River continues to intrigue, mainly because so much of it has been buried below the city. I am working on a project to...
21
Jun
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Barn Island
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You will pass McMansions on the way to this property, and even a few new constructions, so very close to the coastline. When you walk...
19
Jun
Review: Good Trouble
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you live in Hartford and call yourself an activist, then you owe it to yourself to read Steve Thornton’s latest book, Good Trouble: A...
06
May
Look: Glenwood
by Kerri Ana Provost
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For a period, a village within Hartford was called Glenwood.
02
Apr
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Look: Bacon!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Folly Brook Natural Area — a wooded wetland just south of the Folly Brook dike and city line, north of Wethersfield Cove — collects...
30
Mar
Look: Woods River
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is the North Branch Park River and a culvert in the vicinity of Mark Twain Drive and Granby Street. The stream (culvert) passes below...
24
Mar
Look: The Church Home
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Built on the site of what had been the Barnard mansion, The Church Home — operated by several Episcopal parishes — was dedicated in 1899....
19
Mar
Look: Same Old Garbage
by Kerri Ana Provost
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According to a 1954 Hartford Courant article, people were dumping trash directly in the Park River, and at the time, city government was unresponsive. People...