Category: Long Reads
01
Aug
Access Construction Cultural Interest Design Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Local News Long Reads Parks Progress Transportation
A Thing of Beauty
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Sixteen years. That is how long I have been hearing about a plan to redesign the massive failure scarring the Frog Hollow neighborhood. At one...
29
Jul
Commentary Cultural Interest Design Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Rivers
Corning Fountain: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This is a polite letter about the Corning Fountain, in Hartford’s otherwise beautiful Bushnell Park. An antique dealer has informed as that the fountain is...
27
Jul
Activism Connecticut Freedom Trail Cultural Interest Downtown Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Parks Progress
Breaking Chains
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Two murals have been unveiled in Hartford, just days apart, with the newest one located a few feet from the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a...
13
Jul
Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Parks
“Connecticut’s First Authentic Folk Hero”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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New signs have been installed near monuments in Bushnell Park, giving some information about the statues’ creators along with the person depicted on the pedestal. ...
06
Jul
Access Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Geology Get Outside Hartford History Holiday Living Long Reads Myth Busting North Central Connecticut Parks Progress Quality of Life Summer Transportation
Liberty, Justice, and the Great Outdoors
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The understated beauty of Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Preserve, defeated the odds by being allowed to continue, as is.
06
Jul
Access Activism Asylum Hill Commentary Cultural Interest Design Education Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods History Living Long Reads Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation
The Problem With Pedestals
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“The time has come for Connecticut to tear down its monuments to inequality and racism: the elevated urban freeways that decimate our state’s neighborhoods, pollute...
04
Jul
Access Beyond Hartford Central Connecticut Commentary Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Get Outside Long Reads Myth Busting North Central Connecticut Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Rivers Summer Transportation
Podunk
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You could grapple for the last parking spot at Rocky Neck State Park, or, you could go to a place of no significance and have...
02
Jul
Camp Real Hartford Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Reader Tip Summer
Camp Real Hartford: Virtual Walk Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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With the shutdown, the guided walks through Hartford have moved online. Here is one that is not challenging in terms of distance, though it involves...
01
Jul
Access Activism Commentary Cultural Interest Design Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads North Central Connecticut Quality of Life Reader Tip Southwestern Connecticut Transportation
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in June 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The good news: there were not more pedestrian deaths in June than any other month this year. The bad news: there continued to be pedestrian deaths...
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in July 2020