Real Hartford

Category: Covid-19

26 Mar
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Weird

Ink and Time

by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
I suppose this can be read either as a factual statement, or as a conspiracy theory. The “Wake Up” tacked on smells a lot like...
25 Mar
Commentary Covid-19 Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Local News Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice

Viral Emergency

by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
Viral emergency is right. Our response to this pandemic shines an unforgiving stark light on the bad habits society has honed since personal computers could...
24 Mar
Access Covid-19 Downtown Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Living North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Rivers Sheldon/Charter Oak Unsolicited Advice

Hitting the Gym

by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
Another option for exercise and fresh air: Riverfront Recapture parks. The trails remain open, but the playgrounds have been fenced off. The water fountains are...
23 Mar
Access Activism Commentary Covid-19 Education Hartford Living Local News Long Reads Myth Busting Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice

What Does This Plague Reveal About Your Privilege?

by Kerri Ana Provost
9 Comments
Have you spewed the #StayHome rhetoric without first considering the needs of those who are homeless? Or did you rip most services out from under...
22 Mar
Access Commentary Covid-19 Education Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Living North East Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Quality of Life Seasons of New England Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Spring in Keney Park

by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
I encountered exactly one person while riding my bicycle along Keney Park’s trails, which is far fewer people than I would have seen in a...
21 Mar
Access Covid-19 Hartford Unsolicited Advice

Courage Looks Like This

by Kerri Ana Provost
2 Comments
It’s easy to get on one’s high horse and tell everyone to stay home, as if all of America did the kind of white collar...
19 Mar
Covid-19 Cultural Interest Free Get Outside Hartford

Art Always Open

by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
If you ever needed to hear an argument for public art and decorative buildings, you’ve got one now. The good news is that we already...
16 Mar
Access Activism Commentary Covid-19 Design Hartford Transportation

Cancel This Infrastructure

by Kerri Ana Provost
No Comments
I was germ aware before germ phobia was cool. Now that everyone is paying attention, let’s stop insisting the pedestrians push these awful, disgusting  buttons...