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Look: Bells, bells, bells–
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 accessed via Avery Heights. How does the oldest...
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Look: Got To Get Back to the Garden
In 1955 or 1961 — depending on whose records you believe — Hartford Hospital sold land on Cedar Mountain to Church Homes for construction of what a 1965 Courant article dubbed an “elderly colony.”...
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Look: There’s No Place Like Gnome
If you feel gnome-deprived, take a walk through the South West neighborhood.
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Do You Feel Safe in Hartford?
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 feel safe here? There are those who have found graceful ways to...
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Look: South Branch Park River
Between an industrial zone and a strip mall, it is still possible to take in bucolic scenes that seem impossible within city limits. Interested in the Park River? Listen to an episode of the...
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Mapping the Park River
The Park River continues to intrigue, mainly because so much of it has been buried below the city. I am working on a project to help distinguish between rumors, legends, misconceptions passed along as...
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Ancient Burying Ground: Have a few extra minutes while waiting for your bus? Check out how people honored their dead back in the day. This is not a huge space, but there really is a lot of information...
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The Great Outdoors: 26 Places You Can Reach By Bus, Without Fuss, From Hartford
You should be able to get your nature fix without having to bum a ride. I have intentionally included a variety of venues, from easy access to challenging. Here’s why: during “summer vacation” months,...
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Look: Alive
Just a reminder from the bees of Cedar Hill Cemetery and Elizabeth Park that summer is not over until it’s over. Autumn begins September 23.
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13 Things To Know About Cedar Mountain
(1) It’s in Hartford, Newington, and Wethersfield. (2) Cedar Hill Cemetery is on its lower slopes. (3) MDC’S Cedar Mountain Reservoir is located here, in Hartford, just at the town line. (4) The...
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Cedar Mountain
There were many opportunities for guided First Day Hikes yesterday, but I opted to be guided by roaming wherever seemed interesting in the moment. The cemetery is large and hilly, and there are paths...
View ArticleVirtual Walk Hartford: Contagions of Yore
Normally when these Walk Hartford outings take place, they involve a handful of people, in person, and we take a break for lunch or have drinks after. The walks that I designed back in January will...
View ArticleVirtual Walk Hartford: Explore Cemetery Brook
Normally when these Walk Hartford outings take place, they involve a handful of people, in person, and we take a break for lunch or have drinks after. The walks that I designed back in January will...
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Sounds of Quarantine
The main difference is that I no longer am woken by school buses using my street as a cut-through to Park Terrace. From my house I can still hear the highway. It’s more muted, but still present, even...
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Two Cemeteries After the Storm
Zion Hill Cemetery, like so many other places, lost trees and large branches in the tropical storm last week. Then, there’s the ongoing damage caused by its resident vandals (pictured below). Close to...
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Rocky Ridge
Having two names for what is essentially one park feels silly. Bushnell Park, Elizabeth Park, Keney Park, and Pope Park are all interrupted by streets, yet their separate parts do not get brand new...
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Pond Life
What’s not pictured is how all the other ducks were clustered together on a log across the pond.
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[For those who do not get the Real Hartford newsletter, a quick explanation: I used to produce a monthly event calendar, and as much joy as it brings me to be helpful, it was a giant pain in the ass...
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Hartford Wildlife
More often than not, I stumble upon deer in Goodwin Park, Cedar Hill Cemetery, and along the Park River. Like me, they are almost always snacking.
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A Little Something (October 2020)
ADD TO CALENDAR BLUEGRASS ON THE GRASS: The talented Lindsey Fyfe will be performing along with Joe Lemeris and Joe DeLillo outside of the Wadsworth Atheneum at 5 PM on October 1, 2020. This is a free...
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ADD TO CALENDAR VOTE: If you did not already do this, get it done. Show respect for others by voting the fascists out. 8 PM on November 3, 2020 is last call.GET A FLU SHOT: St. Francis is running a...
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Hartford’s Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes, 2020
Besides looking at the fatal pedestrian/cyclist crash data statewide in 2020, I was tracking all collisions with pedestrians/cyclists in Hartford. Except for first responders and hospital workers, it...
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Unhidden Gems: Min Min Myanmar Market
Instead of talking about the recent coup and related violence in Myanmar, or Hartford’s Karen refugees, I bring you photos of some of what you can find at the Min Min Myanmar Market. Not pictured: lots...
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Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 25)
“There’s nobody in Hartford on the weekend” – Some Crank Who Hasn’t Been to Hartford Since 1988
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A Day on Cedar Mountain
If you want nature with a side of peace and quiet, you’ll mostly get it in the South West neighborhood. . . aside from the aggressive gobbling of these turkeys.
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Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 26)
What are you looking at? A neighborhood resident taking the initiative to water flowers and various plants at Zion Hill Cemetery. Newly planted items include peppers, lupine, and marigolds. You’re...
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Unhidden Gem: St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Something rare about St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral is that unlike most other institutions, the church bothered to create an in depth and public account of its own history, even going so far as to...
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A Little Something (October 2021)
Your curated Hartford event calendar for October: ADD TO CALENDAR BENEFIT SHOW: A pay-what-you-can benefit show at the Free Center will raise funds for Summer of Solutions’ food justice and mutual aid...
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Dispatches from the Alleged Ghost Town (Volume 47)
Getting close to nearly one year of having weekly documentation of people in Hartford.
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Car-Free Diaries: Week 18
Instead of screaming into the void of Twitter, I bring you a weekly highlight reel of what it’s like going places in Greater Hartford when one is gloriously car-free. These posts are on a slight time...
View ArticleA Little Something (June 2022)
Here is your curated Hartford event calendar for June 2022. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. Check with each venue for information about Covid...
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A Little Something (July 2022)
Here is your curated Hartford event calendar for July 2022. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. Check with each venue for information about Covid...
View ArticleA Little Something (September 2022)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for September 2022. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. Check with each venue for information about Covid...
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Car-Free Diaries: Week 42
Instead of screaming into the void of Twitter, I bring you a weekly highlight reel of what it’s like going places in Greater Hartford when one is gloriously car-free. These posts are on a slight time...
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A Little Something (May 2023)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for May 2023 What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend ADD TO CALENDAR NOOK FARM: The Stowe Center recently...
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A Little Something (June 2023)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for June 2023 What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend ADD TO CALENDAR [edited June 7: Tisane has...
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A Little Something (July 2023)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for July 2023 What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. I don’t recommend events that obviously and immediately...
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A Little Something (August 2023)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for August 2023 What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. ADD TO CALENDAR FULL MOONLIGHT TOUR: Walk through...
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A Little Something (September 2023)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for September 2023. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. Review events with the host/venue to confirm...
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A Little Something (October 2023)
Here’s your curated Hartford event calendar for October 2023. What makes this list? Events that I would either attend or recommend to a good friend. Review events with the host/venue to confirm details...
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