Pics of my Hometown, Hartford, Connecticut. Thanks to all those who have posted various pics so that this thread could be so complete.
I believe Hartford has a great skyline. Enjoy!
Hartford Panoramas:
Older Hartford Pics:
1980s Aerial from above Westfarms Mall 6 miles southwest of Hartford's CBD:
1965:
1955:
1900:
Rare 1913 Hartford Panorama:
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Awesome pics. I love the Aerial. Thats a city I have always wanted to visit. Looks nice.
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Hartford is so cool. What a beautiful city. Great skyline too. Very nice pics.
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Such an underrated city...
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thanks for the nice comments. feel free to post Hartford pics if you have 'em. I'll post more as I acquire more.
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my hometown too. great photos. what a wonderful city it is.
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^ It seems a lot of people are from Hartford. Too bad not enough stay in Hartford. There are a few people here and over at SSP that are Hartford natives.
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Hartford has quite a nice skyline, with a nice variety of scrapers.
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Nice pics
I also thing Hartford has a great skyline !
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Connecticut Governor's Mansion:
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The following are renderings of 1980s proposals for Hartford that were never built.
180 Allyn Street
Cutter Financial Center
Metro Center Two
Society Center
World Trade Center
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Great City..... What year was that 15ish story old spire building constructed?
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Any current projects/proposals?
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Hartford has some great buildings especially the gold coloured building.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe84323
Great City..... What year was that 15ish story old spire building constructed?
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I'm not sure, but I think you are referring to this building, the Traveleres Tower. It was built in 1919, stands 527 feet tall and contains 34 floors.
When built, it was the 7th tallest building in the world and the tallest office building outside New York City.
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The Mark Twain House at Nook Farm:
The Blue Onion Dome of the Colt Factory south of downtown:
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Here are pics of Tow proposal that are going up on the corner of Park and Main. I am from chicago but live in hartford. Happy New Year
[IMG]Two Proposal for the latin community entrance[/IMG]
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Whatever happened to the Hartford Whalers NHL team? The owner move them or was the attendance poor?
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Darrel, have you ever heard about Reverend Alfred Johnson, who lived in Hartford ? He was a friend of mine ! I knew him when he and his wife, Mary Johnson , came in a cruise to Rio , in...well, that was a long time ago, in 1972 !
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Looks like a 300.000 inhabitants US city ehhe. What's the population?
Looks interesting though, must be the biggest city in Connecticut, right?
