Category: Long Reads
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...
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...
03
Sep
Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads North Meadows Parks
Strong Enough
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Last month when I wrote about a leaking faucet in a cemetery, there were a few things I did not get a chance to mention....
31
Aug
Access Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford History Long Reads Parks Parkville Transportation
Car Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Pope Park West is a poster child for wrong-headed decisions. Bad enough that it was orphaned by I-84, the parcel on Pope Park Hwy #4...
30
Aug
Activism Autumn Barry Square Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Film Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Music Myth Busting North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Parkville Reader Tip South West Summer Transportation Volunteer Women
A Little Something (September 2023)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for September 2023. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend....
29
Aug
Access Commentary Construction Design Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford County Long Reads North Central Connecticut Quality of Life Review Rivers Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice
The Problem With Single-Use Thinking
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While researching the variety of e-bike policies at Connecticut’s colleges/universities, I came across a tiny detail that hints as to why some organizations, and individuals,...
27
Aug
Access Commentary Design Frog Hollow Hartford Long Reads Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
AITA
by Kerri Ana Provost
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For two months during the summer of 2018, the bathrooms on CTrail Hartford Line trains were closed. It is a classic example of someone following...
22
Aug
Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice
Leak
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Years back at the dog-and-pony show known as the annual City of Hartford budget hearing, a friend pointed out how one of the sinks in...
20
Aug
Access Activism Commentary Design Environmental Interest Food Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Summer
Enough
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 1943, a 25 x 40 foot model Victory Garden could be found on the east lawn of the Old State House, at the spot...
18
Aug
Access Beyond Hartford Coastal Connecticut Commentary Construction Design Environmental Interest Free Get Outside History Long Reads New Haven County Parks Reader Tip Summer Transportation
Beyond Hartford: Milford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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[First time visitor? Coming here directly? Stop and learn about the Beyond Hartford, Beyond Cars series before reading on] I’m not saying that a state...