Category: Parks
12
Mar
One City, One Plan, Ten Years: Parks, Open Space & Natural Resources
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Compared with other aspects of the Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD)ยน, there were dismally few aspirations expressed for Hartford’s parks in 2010. What a...
11
Mar
One City, One Plan — Ten Years In
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After seemingly endless public meetings about it, the City of Hartford, in 2010, adopted One CIty, One Plan: POCD 2020, or Hartford’s Plan of Conservation...
08
Mar
Look: Bankside Grove
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Snow cleans up this wild section of Pope Park
22
Feb
Niantic Revisited
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Sand, sea, sky, and rail. A curved boardwalk alongside the train tracks offers views of Niantic Bay, including Plum Island and the Millstone nuclear power...
25
Jan
Look: Here’s Johnny!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Elizabeth Park has really elevated its decorations in the past few years.
18
Jan
Coastal Gems
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Connecticut Coastal Access Guide, an interactive map, reveals that Hammonasset and Rocky Neck are not even close to being the only places along our...
13
Jan
Look: Sharp Edges
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Finally! The artistic sign was recently placed in the skate park after years of delays; it spent approximately one year of this in a DPW...
09
Jan
Look: Tired
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Just as golf is a good walk spoiled, illegally and lazily dumped tires treads on a good view. Who goes out of their way to...
02
Jan
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Lessons from Mid-Afar
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A postseason menorah decorates Detroit’s Cadillac Square on Boxing Day. Glass huts house nearly two dozen vendors selling everything from chocolates to vintage clothing. A...
19
Oct
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Notch Hollow & Quarryville & Bolton Notch & Saqumsketuck & Sagumumpsketuck & Hop River Trail
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In a way, its rise was its fall.