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$20 Million Infusion May Revive Hartford's Constitution Plaza
The Hartford CourantFifty years ago, plans for Hartford's Constitution Plaza called for soaring office towers, a television broadcast studio, a hotel, storefronts for specialty shops and one more thing: apartments. Yes, apartments. In the wake of a recession that hit in...Tags: Media Industry, Rentals, Connecticut River, Michael Stone, Real Estate
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Hartford
The Hartford CourantORIGINS: Settled in 1633 as a Dutch trading post called House of Hope. Founded in 1635 by a group of settlers from Massachusetts led by the Rev. Thomas Hooker. NAME: Originally called Newtown, it was named Hartford in 1637 after Hertford, England. DID...Tags: Mark Twain, Katharine Hepburn, Connecticut River, Trinity College, Arts and Culture
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Architectural Gems
![Ask Wilson H. Faude, historian extraordinaire and director emeritus of Hartford's Old State House, for his favorite piece of architecture in Hartford, and he'll sidestep colonial and Italianate and Queen Anne marvels. He'll go straight to that monument of modernism, the downtown "Boat Building,'' the striking 1963 headquarters of The Phoenix Companies Inc. designed by Max Abramovitz, who also designed the United Nations and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-08/31759486.jpg "Ask Wilson H. Faude, historian extraordinaire and director emeritus of Hartford's Old State House, for his favorite piece of architecture in Hartford, and he'll sidestep colonial and Italianate and Queen Anne marvels. He'll go straight to that monument of modernism, the downtown "Boat Building,'' the striking 1963 headquarters of The Phoenix Companies Inc. designed by Max Abramovitz, who also designed the United Nations and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.")
Courant Staff WriterAsk Wilson H. Faude, historian extraordinaire and director emeritus of Hartford's Old State House, for his favorite piece of architecture in Hartford, and he'll sidestep colonial and Italianate and Queen Anne marvels. He'll go straight to that monument of...Tags: Katharine Hepburn, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Architecture, Ken Johnson
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Tall Tree, Tall Tales
![In the bowels of the Connecticut Historical Society on graceful Elizabeth Street, Richard C. Malley is leading a cook's tour.
As assistant director of museum collections, and curator of technology, Malley knows his way around the museum's extensive holdings, both the pieces on display and those stored away. Today, he's hunting for pieces from Hartford's legendary Charter Oak, the tree that adorns the Connecticut quarter-dollar. The society has furniture from the tree, picture frames, jewelry, napkin rings - and simple, undeveloped hunks of the tree, what society employees call "chunks of chartah."](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-08/31759889.jpg "In the bowels of the Connecticut Historical Society on graceful Elizabeth Street, Richard C. Malley is leading a cook's tour.
As assistant director of museum collections, and curator of technology, Malley knows his way around the museum's extensive holdings, both the pieces on display and those stored away. Today, he's hunting for pieces from Hartford's legendary Charter Oak, the tree that adorns the Connecticut quarter-dollar. The society has furniture from the tree, picture frames, jewelry, napkin rings - and simple, undeveloped hunks of the tree, what society employees call "chunks of chartah.\"")
Courant Staff WriterIn the bowels of the Connecticut Historical Society on graceful Elizabeth Street, Richard C. Malley is leading a cook's tour. As assistant director of museum collections, and curator of technology, Malley knows his way around the museum's extensive...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Mark Twain, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Charles Dickens
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The picture of hatred
By James Ralph
America, according to Barack Obama, has been "stuck" in a "racial stalemate" for many years. In his recent speech on race relations, the U.S. senator from Illinois noted the palpable anger among blacks over the obstacles they have faced...Tags: Crimes, World War II (1939-1945), Social Problems, Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace
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New Center To Open; Will It Be A People Magnet?
The Hartford CourantAttraction. That was the word used more than a decade ago to describe the 2-acre parcel of land wedged in a corner near I-91 and the Founders Bridge, the back seat of a billion-dollar state plan for a stadium, a convention center, new housing and a...Tags: Russia, Connecticut River, Building Material, Health and Safety at School, Feet
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Beantown's fine brew of politics and the past
Special to The TimesThe late Tip O'Neill, speaker of the House and Massachusetts political legend, used to say, "All politics is local." Here in Boston, politics also is everywhere. We see it in the blarney of tour guides on the sightseeing trolleys, in the Colonial...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Eggs Benedict, Jamaica, Travel, John Hancock
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Hartford/Central Connecticut
Wood Pond PressHARTFORD Lately billed as New England's rising star, the Insurance City – Connecticut's state capital – is making a comeback from its low point in the early 1990s when people, jobs, retailers and the major-league hockey franchise left for greener...Tags: Defense, Mark Twain, Adults, Horse (animal), Eric Sloane
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Boston, Massachusetts
Wood Pond PressFor New Englanders, Boston is "The Hub" – the hub of New England, if not of the country, the world, the universe. It's been that way since the Puritans settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. More than any other city, Boston is where the nation's...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Adults, Getaway Travel, Travel, Architecture
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Quantum Leap
Courant Staff WriterWhen noted architects from Amsterdam and New York unveil their expansion plans for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art at a press conference Friday, the public will get its first glimpse of the dramatic, innovative improvements soon in store for the 160-...Tags: Architecture, World War II (1939-1945), Trumbull, Career and Workplace, Real Art Ways
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The Hartford CourantFestivals, ice-skating shows, kick-boxing exhibitions - if it doesn't fit in a category, it's listed here. 26TH ANNUAL NAVARATRI FESTIVAL Sept. 19-22 - Four-day-long celebration of Indian culture. Directed by Wesleyan adjunct professor of music T....Tags: Mark Twain, Adults, Elie Wiesel, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Halloween
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The View From Main
The Hartford CourantRebecca Taber-Conover says it happens all the time: As she leads a tour down Hartford's Main Street, people are bowled over by its history and architecture - once it is brought to their attention. "A lot of folks - and I was this way, too - you drive...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Connecticut Historical Society
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