Category: Frog Hollow
15
Sep
Activism Cultural Interest Downtown Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Music Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer Transportation West End
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 41)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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ConnectiCon, Hartford Pride, the Amistad, sea shanties. . . and that’s only a slice of what was going on last weekend. The parks were popping. Volunteers...
09
Sep
New on the Block
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Recognize this building? This was, until recently, the location of the Hartford Public Library’s Park Street branch. Who knew the space actually had windows?! It’s...
08
Sep
Barry Square Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Faith Free Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Holiday Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks South End Summer Transportation West End
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 40)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Whether gathering in Pope Park for the weekly soccer game or in Elizabeth Park for High Holiday services, people were still in abundance this week...
01
Sep
Downtown Frog Hollow Fun Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting North Meadows Parks Parkville Summer Transportation
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 39)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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For those just tuning in, this Ghost Town series began after the umpteenth time I heard someone declare Hartford to be devoid of people. I...
25
Aug
Cultural Interest Downtown Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Myth Busting Parks Summer Transportation
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 38)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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People managed to find time to do things besides prepping for the “storm” and sitting indoors, watching the rain for half of the last week.
13
Aug
Cultural Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Meet Your Infrastructure Transportation
Street Murals in Frog Hollow
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Although the Courant erroneously referred to Babcock Street and Capitol Avenue, and Flower Street and Capitol Avenue, as “two major intersections,” this does not detract from...
30
Jul
Take the Broad View
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Broad Street, that is. Neema Kimondo’s mural is now on view at Trinfo Cafe. The community gardens — within two blocks of each other...
28
Jul
Asylum Hill Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Music Myth Busting Parks Quality of Life Summer Transportation West End
Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 34)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Thankful for frozen treats on 90° days Thanks to these young people for serving as a collective pace car, deterring motorists from speeding down Park...
23
Jul
Your Kind of Place
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This mural, painted by Jillian Goeler, is a welcome addition to Capitol Avenue, making the boarded up storefront seem like a place one would want...
07
Jul
Access Construction Design Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Meet Your Infrastructure Parks Summer Transportation
Natural Traffic Calming
by Kerri Ana Provost
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About two dozen, much needed new trees have been planted in the Park Terrace/Russ Street roundabout, and they’re not super scrawny ones either. These could...