Kerri Ana

Category: Transportation

18 Aug
Commentary Covid-19 Cultural Interest Downtown Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 37)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hope nobody is tired of carnival! The West Indian Independence Parade (with the standard live show following) wrapped up a week of celebration. It’s much,...
13 Aug
Cultural Interest Frog Hollow Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Meet Your Infrastructure Transportation

Street Murals in Frog Hollow

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Although the Courant erroneously referred to Babcock Street and Capitol Avenue, and Flower Street and Capitol Avenue, as “two major intersections,” this does not detract from...
04 Aug
Covid-19 Downtown Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Parks Summer Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 35)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Because it finally stopped raining and I am trying to enjoy this, only a few words this week. Hartford on the weekend and evening feels...
28 Jul
Asylum Hill Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Food Free Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Music Myth Busting Parks Quality of Life Summer Transportation West End

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 34)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Thankful for frozen treats on 90° days Thanks to these young people for serving as a collective pace car, deterring motorists from speeding down Park...
21 Jul
Access Commentary Cultural Interest Downtown Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Long Reads Parks Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 33)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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On a recent jaunt through Brooklyn and Manhattan — seven miles of walking on one afternoon — I made a few observations. More than a...
11 Jul
Access Asylum Hill Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Rivers Summer Transportation West End

Tale of Two River Branches

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Will I ever cease being exasperated over the decision to entomb the south branch of this river? Probably not. Nor will I pass up the...
07 Jul
Access Construction Design Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Local News Long Reads Meet Your Infrastructure Parks Summer Transportation

Natural Traffic Calming

by Kerri Ana Provost
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About two dozen, much needed new trees have been planted in the Park Terrace/Russ Street roundabout, and they’re not super scrawny ones either. These could...
06 Jul
Access Activism Community Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Fun Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers Summer Transportation West End

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 32)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’re new here, let me catch you up. The “Ghost Town” limited series is my way of calling bullshit on the haters who have...
29 Jun
Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Parks South End Summer Transportation

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 31)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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This week’s edition: so hot and humid that I usually left my camera behind.
22 Jun
Activism Cultural Interest Downtown Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Ghost Town Hartford Holiday Myth Busting Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Transportation West End

Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 30)

by Kerri Ana Provost
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I hereby give permission to my friends and close acquaintances to slap me across the face if ever I become the cranky person who says...