Category: Quality of Life
26
Sep
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Russ Street: Slow Your Roll
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A day after the City of Hartford newsletter announced that changes would be “coming soon” to Russ Street, fiberglass planters were installed along the road,...
24
Sep
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“I Don’t Know How To Explain To You Why You Should Care About Other People”
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The phrase that seems to most sum up 2020 is this: “I don’t know how to explain to you why you should care about other...
02
Sep
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Time to Pay Your Respects
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There is something about a cemetery that serves as home to both a department store president’s mausoleum, and to those whose remains are marked by...
04
Aug
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Asylum Hill Bath House
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Before having a tub in one’s home was the norm, public bath houses were the place to go. Hartford had a few. One was recorded...
02
Aug
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Take a Seat
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A little bit of Capitol Avenue has been reclaimed for use by people with the installation of a picnic table and a dumpster repurposed as...
29
Jul
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Why We Need To Stop Making Excuses and Install Barrier-Protected Bike Lanes Already
by Kerri Ana Provost
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26
Jul
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Reclaiming the Streets
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Trinity Street in Bushnell Park has been opened for people-centered use, at least through August 2020. This has meant the addition of two rows of ...
06
Jul
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Liberty, Justice, and the Great Outdoors
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The understated beauty of Matianuck Sand Dunes Natural Preserve, defeated the odds by being allowed to continue, as is.
06
Jul
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The Problem With Pedestals
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“The time has come for Connecticut to tear down its monuments to inequality and racism: the elevated urban freeways that decimate our state’s neighborhoods, pollute...
Pedestrian Deaths Across Connecticut in September 2020