Category: Quality of Life
19
Aug
Textile Collection: Coming Soon(?)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If all goes as planned, Hartford will soon be partnering with Simple Recycling to run a curbside textile collection program. How it works: each household...
13
Jun
Happy Birthday To Me!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Finally! The Hartford Police Department busted several men for patronizing prostitutes. If you’re just tuning in, you might not be aware that the track record...
01
May
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Do You Feel Safe in Hartford?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Raise your hand if you live in Hartford and have ever been asked, directly or via the scattershot of the Internet, whether or not you...
19
Mar
One City, One Plan, Ten Years: Greening Hartford and Sustainable Development
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The last Plan of Conservation and Development¹ was nowhere near as bold as necessary, and its Green Hartford and Sustainable Development segment was no exception,...
08
Nov
Learning Curb: #DocklessCars of Autumn
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The first horseless carriage appeared on Hartford’s streets in the 1890s. Over a century later, though cars spend most of their lives stationary, the...
23
Oct
Access Activism Construction Frog Hollow Hartford Parkville Quality of Life South Green Transportation
An Unintentional Walk Audit; or, Commuting to Work
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Put on your Walking Helmets — it’s time to experience construction projects as a pedestrian. On Capitol Avenue at Forest Street, there’s some flavor of...
11
Oct
Pedestrians ‘Pay It Forward’
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Have you ever heard about those hours-long pay-it-backward chains at coffee drive-thrus and felt both inspired, but a little left out because as someone who...
31
Aug
Access Beyond Hartford Commentary Design Downtown Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Quality of Life Sheldon/Charter Oak Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Suggestion Box: Some Courtesy
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There are plenty of things to not like about Washington D.C. — the rats scurrying about in daylight, the climate, the density of politicians per...
01
Aug
Park Street: Not a Walk in the Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Imagine living in a neighborhood where in the course of ten years, you cannot confidently count how many buildings have burned or partially collapsed. What...
21
Jul
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Airbnb, Electric Scooters, and the Decline of Civilization // Part 3 of 3
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Part 3 of 3 The Dream Imagine the Hartford that you would like to see. Residents in all neighborhoods adopt a YIMBY attitude, distinguishing between...