Tag: Climate Possibilities
05
Sep
Design Downtown Environmental Interest Hartford History Long Reads Meet Your Infrastructure North Meadows Parks Rivers
Footbridge
by Kerri Ana Provost
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FUN FACTS ABOUT THIS OVERBUILT MONSTROSITY AND ITS ENVIRONS The plan in 1977 was to tear down a pedestrian bridge so that I-91 could be...
03
Sep
Commentary Design Downtown Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads North Meadows Parks
Strong Enough
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Last month when I wrote about a leaking faucet in a cemetery, there were a few things I did not get a chance to mention....
31
Aug
Access Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Hartford History Long Reads Parks Parkville Transportation
Car Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Pope Park West is a poster child for wrong-headed decisions. Bad enough that it was orphaned by I-84, the parcel on Pope Park Hwy #4...
29
Aug
Access Commentary Construction Design Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford County Long Reads North Central Connecticut Quality of Life Review Rivers Summer Transportation Unsolicited Advice
The Problem With Single-Use Thinking
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While researching the variety of e-bike policies at Connecticut’s colleges/universities, I came across a tiny detail that hints as to why some organizations, and individuals,...
27
Aug
Access Commentary Design Frog Hollow Hartford Long Reads Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
AITA
by Kerri Ana Provost
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For two months during the summer of 2018, the bathrooms on CTrail Hartford Line trains were closed. It is a classic example of someone following...
24
Aug
Re-Create
by Kerri Ana Provost
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While sign clutter is real, I love a colorful and informative interpretative sign. This one, in Pope Park, explains the habitat around the pond. From...
22
Aug
Commentary Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Municipal Parks Reader Tip Unsolicited Advice
Leak
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Years back at the dog-and-pony show known as the annual City of Hartford budget hearing, a friend pointed out how one of the sinks in...
20
Aug
Access Activism Commentary Design Environmental Interest Food Hartford History Long Reads Myth Busting Summer
Enough
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In 1943, a 25 x 40 foot model Victory Garden could be found on the east lawn of the Old State House, at the spot...
17
Aug
Retaining Water
by Kerri Ana Provost
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What ever happened to that? All of that. The City of Hartford, through its Retain The Rain initiative, gave rain barrels to residents. I was...
15
Aug
The Home Team
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In “A Talk: Bluesology/Black History/Jaws/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Gil Scott-Heron makes fun of the now-classic blockbuster: “Jaws was in the water. This is...