Category: Hartford’s Neighborhoods
23
Jan
Attention, Please.
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“Our depleted attention spans can mean that the world around us simply seems too complex, too bewildering for us to know how to influence it,...
12
Jan
Constitution Plaza Upgrade
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 2007, WFSB fled Hartford for a car-centric and sidewalkless suburban area, leaving its broadcast house on Constitution Plaza vacant for two years before it...
30
Dec
Public Menorah Lighting for Chanukah in Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The first public menorah lighting on Hartford’s Main Street — and perhaps anywhere in the city — took place just after 5 PM on December...
23
Dec
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Continued Improvements to Capitol Avenue
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We were fully into December when the hardened centerlines with bollards arrived. These help to keep motorists in their lane and less likely to make...
14
Dec
Hartford Goes Hard
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Frog Hollow neighborhood just got hotter thanks to the recent addition of these fine quick-build treatments at the intersection of Broad Street and Capitol...
01
Dec
History in the Pits
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Walking through Bushnell Park on a dreary afternoon, I spotted the splash of pink from across the lawn. It pulled me into its orbit. Was...
24
Oct
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A Little Something (November 2024)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Election cake, garlic planting, weaving center, dark skies, divine geometry, and more
07
Oct
What’s This? What’s This?!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Longtime visitors to this site no doubt recall reading that sidewalks are not decorative borders, even if they’re routinely obstructed by people who believe the...
15
Sep
Sigourney Street Station: A Stop on the “Bus to Nowhere”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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State Senator Joe Markley — a republican repping Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Wolcott, and Waterbury — should be eating his words. People who ride the bus...
29
Jul
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A Little Something (August 2024)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Free dance lessons, clothing swap, karaoke in the park, spooky movies, and more!