Tag: Look!

If you’ve been in Hartford for five minutes, you’ve likely heard the widely accepted narrative: Hartford suffered two major floods in 1936 and 1938; because...

05 Feb

Hartford Weird

Look: Another Home, Another Gnome

by Kerri Ana Provost

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This picture does not capture all the gnomes in this yard.

04 Feb

Hartford South West Weird

Look: There’s No Place Like Gnome

by Kerri Ana Provost

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If you feel gnome-deprived, take a walk through the South West neighborhood.

03 Feb

Hartford

Look: Little Pink Houses

by Kerri Ana Provost

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This is one of several overachieving pink houses in the neighborhood. How can you not love a yard with a peacock?

02 Feb

Hartford

Look: House with Chutzpah

by Kerri Ana Provost

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I have a soft spot for houses that stray from the norm of neutral paint colors. . . especially in the winter.

01 Feb

Get Outside Hartford South West

Look: Got To Get Back to the Garden

by Kerri Ana Provost

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In 1955 or 1961 — depending on whose records you believe — Hartford Hospital sold land on Cedar Mountain to Church Homes for construction of...

31 Jan

Hartford History South West

Look: Bells, bells, bells–

by Kerri Ana Provost

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This bell can be found behind the Hartford Korean United Methodist Church. The street address is New Britain Avenue, yet the church driveway is actually...

30 Jan

Hartford

Look: One Car, Two Car

by Kerri Ana Provost

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Those drowning in their “Hartford used to be” nostalgia might open their eyes to find plenty of old stuff still in plain sight