Chapter 7 One City, One Plan Downtown Development Plan KEY TOPICS Downtown Vision Hartford 2010 Downtown Goals Front Street Downtown North Market Segments Proposed Developments Commercial Market Entertainment Culture Regional Connectivity Goals & Objectives Adopted June 3, 2010 One City, One Plan– POCD 2020 7- 2 recent additions into the downtown include the Introduction Downtown Plan relocation of Capitol Community College to the Recently many American cities have seen a former G. Fox building, development in the movement of people, particularly young profes- Adriaen’s Landing project area, including the sionals and empty nesters, back into down- Connecticut Convention Center and the towns. Vibrant urban settings with a mix of uses Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration, that afford residents opportunities for employ- Morgan St. Garage, Hartford Marriott Down- ment, residential living, entertainment, culture town Hotel, and the construction of the Public and regional connectivity in a compact pedes- Safety Complex. trian-friendly setting are attractive to residents. Hartford’s Downtown is complex in terms of Downtowns like Hartford offer access to enter- land use, having a mix of uses both horizontally tainment, bars, restaurants, and cultural venues and vertically. The overall land use distribution unlike their suburban counterparts. includes a mix of institutional (24%), commercial The purpose of this chapter is to address the (18%), open space (7%), residential (3%), vacant Downtown’s current conditions and begin to land (7%), and transportation (41%). This mix of frame a comprehensive vision of the Downtown’s different uses has given Downtown Hartford the future. It will also serve to update the existing vibrant character befitting the center of a major Downtown Plan which was adopted in 1998.
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NPS Form 10-900 a OMB *Pprov»l No. 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number ___ Page SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 79002676 Date Listed: 11/29/79 Collins and Townlev Streets Historic District____ Hartford CT Property Name County State Asylum Hill MRA Multiple Name This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, notwithstandinojthe National Park Service certification included in the nomination documentation. Signature of the Keeper Date pf Action Amended Items in Nomination: 8. Period of Significance &___3. Classification: Number of Resources within Property The Collins and Townley Streets Historic District represents a significant concentration of high style residential architecture that developed in response to the growth of the city's downtown in the late nineteenth century. As growth progressed in the early twentieth century through the Depression, the increased demand for affordable modes of housing resulted in the construction of several apartment buildings and the conversion of many single-family houses into multiple unit residences. Thus, the period of significance for the Collins and Townley Streets Historic District is extended through 1928 to reflect the significant social and historical changes in the district that resulted in the construction of apartment buildings and in the conversion of single-family houses into multiple unit residences. Further, the clause in the original nomination documentation that states "...free of apartment buildings that detract from the historic character of the area..." is retracted.
DOWNTOWN HARTFORD PARKING LOTS & GARAGES EXIT 50 Crowne I-91S 16 Plaza Hotel 30 Trumbull St. EXIT 32B Trumbull St. 40 42 28 43 41 47 21 6 29 I-91S << NO. CHAPEL ST. << MORGAN ST. NORTH EXIT 32A I-84W EXIT 48 Asylum Ave. 84 BULKELEY BRIDGE GREATER HARTFORD ARTS COUNCIL >> SO. CHAPEL ST. >> MORGAN ST SOUTH 45 Pratt Street, P.O. Box 231436 I-91N EXIT 49 18 11 5 Hartford, CT 06123-1436 8 Hilton EXIT 32A Ann/High St. Hartford Trumbull St. 34 >> TALCOTT ST. Phone: (860) 525-8629 Capital I-91N 23 36 32 2 7 Community 3 << HIGH ST. EXIT 32B Fax: (860) 278-5461 College I-84W SPRING ST. CHURCH ST. CHURCH ST. Email: info@connectthedots.org GARDEN ST. www.connectthedots.org 39 19 Constitution Hartford Plaza 22 26 Civic Center 46 ALLYN ST. >> PRATT ST. This map of parking 35 17 UNION STATION COLUMBUS BLVD. 91 MARKET ST. >> ANN ST. lots and garages was 37 SPRUCE ST. 24 14 1 25 3 >> UNION PL. TRUMBULL ST. created as a guide to << ASYLUM ST. Old State KINSLEY ST. House The help you find safe, 38 15 27 Goodwin MAIN ST. Hotel 10 3 EXIT 48A convenient and Constitution RIVER Asylum Ave. Plaza RIVERFRONT PLAZA affordable parking in CityPlace 3 33 EXIT 48B downtown Hartford. Capitol Ave. 13 ST. HAYNES 12 9 STATE ST. FOUNDERS BRIDGE PEARL ST. CENTRAL ROW I-84W The map shows the The Pavilion in TheaterWorks Bushnell Park 4 EXIT 54 Travelers GROVE ST. approximate locations Tower Capitol 31 Area of most surface lots and LEWIS ST.
Hartford's Constitution Plaza: Mistake Or Something Else?
Hartford’s Constitution Plaza: Mistake Or Something Else? | Real Estate Page 1 of 14 HARTFORD COURANT ABOUT CT REAL ESTATE S Hartford’s Constitution Plaza Falls Into Foreclosure Former Bernie’s Headquarters in Enfield Sold -- ADV Hartford’s Constitution Plaza: Mistake Or Something Else? by KENNETH R. GOSSELIN on AUGUST 1, 2012 · 34 COMMENTS Hartford’s Constitution Plaza has often been reviled as a mistake that erased an entire, ethnically diverse neighborhood, creating a raised plaza isolated from the rest of downtown. But an historian Wednesday urged moderation in assessing the legacy of the 1960s Urban Renewal redevelopment, even as a large chunk of the area has now fallen into RECENT POSTS foreclosure. Ahead Of Move, C Hartford Gets A N “I’m not saying Constitution Plaza is awesome,” said Jason Scappaticci, On The Waterfron Fundraiser who wrote his master’s thesis on the evolution of Hartford’s East Side and Downtown Hartfo State Funding the plaza. “I’m not saying it’s terrible. Constitution Plaza is one of Luxury Housing M Greenwich, Or Jus those gray areas. All I’m saying is go Former Bernie’s H a little softer on the criticism.” http://courantblogs.com/ct-real-estate/hartfords-constitution-plaza-mistake-or-something-else/ 8/10/2012 Hartford’s Constitution Plaza: Mistake Or Something Else? | Real Estate Page 2 of 14 Hartford's Front Street neighborhood was razed in the late Scappaticci, coordinator of RECENT COMMEN 1950s to make way for Constitution Plaza. Copy of a photo transitional programs at Manchester taken in 1957. Photo by Kathy Hanley/The Hartford Courant.
Architectural History: As Connecticut Grew, Buildings Reflected
Architectural History: As Connecticut Grew, Buildings Reflected Changing Styles Styles and building materials -- whether brownstone from Portland or brick from Windsor -- tell only part of the story of Connecticut's architectural heritage, which stretches back even before the country was born. The structures erected, those torn down and replaced and those still standing reflect the evolving social and economic fabric of the state, from buildings clustered around a town green in Colonial times to bringing back pedestrian-friendly downtowns in the 21st century. The Courant asked experts for their list of "must-see" building. From dozens of the suggestions, the first 12 structures in this gallery were selected, with the help of Essex architect Michael J. Crosbie, a professor of architecture at the University of Hartford who occasionally writes about architecture and design for The Courant. Some selections may surprise, but all were intended to give the sense of place that is Connecticut. Keep clicking after the first 12 for more historic architecture around Connecticut. SOURCES: Avon Old Farms web site; cthistoryonline.org; "Structures and Styles" by David Ransom; Tyler Smith, Smith Edwards McCoy Architects, Hartford; Andrew Walsh, historian, Trinity College; the glasshouse.org; connecticuthistory.org; Michael J. Crosby; "Beauty & the Beast, 300 Years of Connecticut Architecture" by William Hosley. Kenneth R. Gosselin Contact Reporter Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum — the country's oldest public art museum — positioned itself at the vanguard of Modern architecture in the 1930s with exhibits and visits by the movement's leading proponents. But the Wadsworth took it a step further: the interior spaces of the Avery Memorial addition, opened in 1934, embraced the Modernist movement: little ornamentation, wide open exhibit areas and skylights flooding the space with light.
JULY 2016 What Can We Do Differently? A Look at Progress and Promise in Our Communities NOV 9, 2010 CT MIRROR NOV 13, 1994 Budget Pressure JUN 7, 2016 HARTFORD COURANT Pushes Schools HARTFORD COURANT JAN 22, 2003 to Regional Future of HARTFORD COURANT Cooperation Budget Cuts Prompt Greater Hartford More Layoffs, Open Regionalism to Be Sheff vs O’Neill Positions Revisited This Week Lawsuit Settled Sobering Report Lower Tax on Local Economy: Revenues = Aggressive, Thinking Like a Town, Working Grimmer Regional Approach Like a Region; From Economic Connecticut Called Key to Development to Traffic Flow, Budget Picture Revival Municipalities Learn to Join NOV 10, 2015 Their Neighbors HARTFORD COURANT FEB 27, 1992 HARTFORD COURANT MAR 26, 2000 NEW YORK TIMES MetroHartford Millennium Project: A Vision to Spur Regional Growth SEP 7, 1997 HARTFORD COURANT Supported by Hartford Foundation for Public Giving What is Metro Hartford? The Metro Hartford region consists of 1 million people living in Hartford, New Britain and the 36 surrounding towns and communities. While there is no perfect definition for “Metro Hartford,” the Capitol Region Council of Governments brings together municipal leaders from these 38 towns to coordinate on shared issues, planning and economic development for the region. City Inner Suburbs* Outer Suburbs * Inner suburbs have higher population density and poverty than outer suburbs Meaningful change in 2016? Last year’s report focused on access to schools, jobs, neighborhoods and the ongoing challenge of creating access to
HARTFORD / NEW ENGLAND’S RISING STAR focus on Hartford Capital Gains Hartford is revitalizing its status as the gateway to New England by Bob Woods “I think this is the best built and the handsomest town I have ever seen,” wrote the well-traveled Mark Twain of Hartford a few years before moving to the city in 1871 and building a whimsical mansion on Farmington Avenue. The famously mustachioed man of letters must have taken great comfort in Connecticut’s capital, the state capitol for it was here that he produced Bushnell Park provides a lovely and inviting contrast some of his best works. to the grand architecture of the building (1878). ALL PHOTOGRAPHY: KAREN O’MAXFIELD US AIRWAYS Attaché ★ J ANUARY 2004 59 HARTFORD / NEW ENGLAND’S RISING STAR CAPITAL GAINS Hartford, like Twain’s inimitable writings, has Airport recently opened a new terminal and since withstood the test of time and remains concourse. All this activity naturally creates GOINGS ON inspiring and entertaining, as well as sturdy and more jobs. METRO handsome. Today, in the spirit of Tom Sawyer’s The improvements at Capital Community fence-painting exploits, the city is getting a fresh College exemplify ongoing enhancements of the Hartford is a gold mine of coat of rejuvenation. Everywhere you look, from region’s so-called Knowledge Corridor, which history, arts, and culture. the ambitious Adriaen’s Landing building project stretches north to Springfield, Massachusetts. It The area offers a wide downtown to the new season of Broadway plays comprises 32 higher-education institutions, variety of sights, sounds, at The Bushnell, Hartford is teeming with life.
NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service 0 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer,-to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name other names/site Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building 2. Location street & number One American Row not for publication N/A city or town Hartford________ vicinity N/A state Connecticut code CT county Hartford code 003 zip code 06102 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets _ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _ national I v) statewide X locally _, (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) ^-^ n _________ November 10, 2004 Signature gf certifying official Date Jennifer Aniskovich, State Historic Preservation Officer State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria.
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Connecticut Preservation News January/February 2015 Volume XXXVIII, No. 1 ConnecticutCOLTSVILLE Gets a New National Historical Park Congress officially designated Coltsville as Connecticut’s first national historical park in December. The provision was included in a defense authorization bill, and as CPN goes to press, President Obama has indicated that he will sign the bill into law. The act, sponsored by Representative John Larson (D-1st district) in the House and by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (both D) in the Senate, specifically establishes the Coltsville National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. continued on page 10 _______________________________________ In This Issue... _______________________________________ Book Notes: The Merritt Parkway 2 _______________________________________ Funding for Preservation 5 _______________________________________ Around the State 6 Historic Properties Exchange 16 C. Wigren The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, nonprofit organization. ISSN 1084-189X Book Notes The Merritt Parkway: A Public-Private Partnership Laurie Heiss and Jill Smyth, The Merritt Parkway: The Road that Shaped a Region (The History Press, 2014), 158 pages. $19.95. n Laurie Heiss and Jill Smyth’s new history of the Merritt I Parkway, New Haven architect Herbert Newman recalls childhood trips on the Parkway with his parents and squabbling siblings: When we came to the Merritt we were distracted from our battles. Here we were on a beautifully landscaped roadway…. The wonder of the Merritt was that it was conceived as a place to experience the state, not just get from here to there. To my mind, it’s Connecticut’s longest, perhaps most wonderful, work of architecture.