Kerri Ana

Category: Quality of Life

01 May
Asylum Hill Barry Square Behind the Rocks Blue Hills Clay Arsenal Commentary Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Faith Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Myth Busting North East North Meadows Parks Parkville Quality of Life Sheldon/Charter Oak South End South Green South Meadows South West Transportation Unsolicited Advice Upper Albany West End Women

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
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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
Commentary Hartford Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation

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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
02 Jul
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Hundreds Call for an End to ICE

by Kerri Ana Provost
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While many are taking long weekends to celebrate Independence Day, others are using their vacation time to speak out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
22 Jun
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More of This

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford is beginning to do a better job of activating spaces, from varying types of programs along the Connecticut River, to coordinating a day of...