Category: Downtown
01
Mar
This Used To Be My Playground
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before this time a year ago, I could easily grab a coffee and find someplace to drink it. Usually, that place would be any park...
28
Feb
Access Activism Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Covid-19 Design Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Municipal North East North Meadows Parkville Quality of Life Reader Tip Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Upper Albany West End
Hartford’s Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes, 2020
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Besides looking at the fatal pedestrian/cyclist crash data statewide in 2020, I was tracking all collisions with pedestrians/cyclists in Hartford. Except for first responders and...
11
Feb
Asylum Hill Commentary Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Long Reads No Drama Weather Parks Quality of Life Transportation Unsolicited Advice Winter
This Needs To Work
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There are days when all you can do is marvel at the depth of incompetence. On Tuesday, when I stepped out to clear what should...
09
Feb
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 11)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Over this past week I have seen no fewer than three people wearing shorts outside; none of them were jogging. I watched a child riding...
06
Feb
Squirrel Gymnastics > Super Bowl
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Fewer concussions, no commercials
02
Feb
Asylum Hill Downtown Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Winter
Dispatches from the Ghost Town (Volume 10)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Proof that people spend time outside in New England during winter at places other than ski resorts.
24
Jan
Bravo
by Kerri Ana Provost
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I was debating whether to post the pic and let it be a case of “if you know, you know,” or if I would explain...
21
Jan
Let the Sunshine In
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s like waking up after a long nightmare…while also realizing that elements from that bad dream do still exist and need to be addressed. There’s...
19
Jan
Cultural Interest Downtown Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting Parkville West End Winter
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 8)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This was a weird week. On the one hand, we had armed soldiers stationed in Frog Hollow and Downtown. Despite what some folks might believe,...
12
Jan
Asylum Hill Behind the Rocks Cultural Interest Downtown Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Parks West End Winter
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 7)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Cold and windy January, and yet people are still able to be spotted outside without me exerting any effort to find them. As you may...