Category: Transportation
11
Jun
Look: Bowles Park / Willow Creek (2 of 2)
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On a positive note, Willow Creek (formerly, Bowles Park) seems to be adhering somewhat to the Complete Streets ordinance. Some, not all, of the streets...
31
May
Access Beyond Hartford Coastal Connecticut Fun Get Outside Hartford New England Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Exploring Connecticut When Everyone Else Has the Day Off Too
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Going with the flow is setting oneself up for misery when it comes to wandering Connecticut on holiday weekends or on one of our three...
28
May
Look: Nice Rack
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A brand new bicycle rack has been installed at Charter Oak Landing near the also-brand-new playground.
08
May
Look: It’s Time
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Keney Tower is located in the center of a square — a park owned by the City of Hartford. Its boundary clearly marked by a...
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
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,...
14
Mar
Look: Below 84
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you’ve ever thought about what the viaduct looks like up close and from below, here’s the scene by the Exit 48 off-ramp. You too...
13
Mar
One City, One Plan, Ten Years: Transportation & Circulation
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you regularly walk, bike, or take the train or bus, you are more likely to notice how this part of the Plan of Conservation...
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)¹, 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...