I managed a quick outing to Hartford in October 2019, the weekend after we had returned from a month in New Brunswick. I guess I didn't expect too much from the city, but I had a jolly visit in fine Saturday weather, and appreciated many of the historic buildings downtown and the art at the Wadsworth Atheneum. The downtown did strike me as a little under-utilized, and like so many American cities, it is savagely cut off from the nearby Connecticut River by expressways, but it treated me well nonetheless on this little visit.
Photo List (Total 228 Photos)
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Central Hartford (150 photos) - This gallery starts at the Connecticut State Capitol building, which is in the lovely Bushnell Park. It continues to Union Station and area, including my night out at Black-Eyed Sally's, then down Church Street to Main where most of the action in the city is located. A small cluster of tall buildings around Main and Asylum streets, then over to the edge of the Connecticut River along the Riverwalk. Heading back to the Main Street area, it covers the Ancient Burying Ground, and then the Wadsworth Atheneum and City Hall and buildings on south Main.
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Other Hartford (78 photos) - This is basically everything that is east, south, west and north of the central city. It starts in the east, where I crossed the Connecticut River to take some photos from the Great River Park. The southern photos start at the Charter Oak Landing Park, which was close to my hotel, and which I visited in the morning as clouds were rolling in over the city. Many of the photos from the south are of and around the old Colt factory (guns and warfare) with its iconic blue dome. It also includes some photos of Wethersfield Avenue houses and Colt Park. The western photos begin at the Asylum Avenue Historic District, which wasn't frankly that historic but which featured the splendid Cathedral of Saint Joseph, one of the highlights of this visit. It moves further west to Mark Twain House and some buildings at the University of Connecticut. There are only two northern photos, one at the airport and one of a derelict building on my way out of town.
