Hartford is the capital of the state of Connecticut in the US. It was the headquarters of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded the local government in 1960. The city was nicknamed "The Capital of World Insurance", as it became the headquarters of many of the insurance companies headquarters that were the major industries in the region.
Hartford was founded in 1635 and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly-funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper ( Hartford Courant ), and the second oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It is also home to Trinity College, a private liberal arts college, and Mark Twain House where the author wrote his most famous work and raised his family, among other important historical sites. Mark Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautiful cities it is my good fortune to see this is the chief."
Hartford was the richest city in the United States for decades after the American Civil War. Today, this is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 3 out of every 10 families living below the poverty line. In contrast, the Hartford metropolitan area is ranked 32th out of 318 metropolitan areas in total economic production and 8 out of 280 metropolitan statistical areas in per capita income.
Census estimates since the 2010 US Census have shown that Hartford is the fourth largest city in Connecticut, behind the coastal towns of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford.
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Histori
Different tribes live in or around Hartford, all parts of the Algonquin people. These include Podunks, mostly east of the Connecticut River; Poquonock to the north and west of Hartford; Massacoes in the Simsbury area; the Tunxis tribes in West Hartford and Farmington; the Wangun in the south; and Saukiog in Hartford itself.
Colonial Hartford
The first Europeans known to have explored the area were the Dutch under Adriaen Block, who sailed to Connecticut in 1614. The Dutch feather merchant from New Amsterdam returned in 1623 with a mission to establish trading posts and fortify the area for the Dutch West India Company. The original site is located on the south bank of River Park in the current Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood. The fort is called Fort Hoop or "House of Hope." In 1633, Jacob Van Curler officially bought the land around Fort Hoop from the Pequot head for a small amount. It was home to several families and several dozen soldiers. The fort was abandoned by 1654, but this area is known today as Dutch Point; the name of the Dutch fortress "House of Hope" is reflected in the name of Huyshope Avenue.
The Dutch outpost and a small contingent of Dutch troops stationed there did not much check on British migration, and the Dutch soon realized that they were greatly outnumbered. Hope House remains the outpost, but it is continually being swallowed by a wave of British settlers. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant met with British representatives to negotiate a permanent border between the Dutch and British colonies; the line they agreed was more than 50 miles (80 km) west of the original settlement.
English began arriving in 1636, settling upstream from Fort Hoop near the current Downtown and Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhoods. The Puritan Priest Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone, along with Governor John Haynes, led 100 settlers with 130 cattle on their way from Newtown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Cambridge) and started their settlement north of the Dutch fort. The settlement was originally called Newtown, but was changed to Hartford in 1637 in honor of Stone's birthplace in Hertford, England. (Hooker also created the nearby Windsor town in 1633.) The orthodology of Hartford is the crossroads of crossing the cross, or "crossing the deer". The Seal of the City of Hartford features a stag.
The newly grown colony along the Connecticut River is outside the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter and must determine how it should be governed. Therefore, Hooker delivered a sermon that inspired the writing of the Fundamental Command from Connecticut, a document ratified on 14 January 1639 that invested people with authority to govern, rather than surrendering authority to a higher power. Historians claim that the conception of self-rule of Hooker embodied in the Basic Command inspired the Connecticut Constitution, and ultimately the US Constitution. Today, one of Connecticut's nicknames is "The State of the Constitution."
The original residential area contains the Charter Oak site, an old white oak tree where the colonists hid the Charter of 1662 Connecticut to protect it from seizure by a British governor-general. The state adopted the oak tree as a symbol in the state of Connecticut. Charter Oak Monument is located at the corner of Charter Oak Place, a historic street, and Charter Oak Avenue.
19th century
Throughout the 19th century, Hartford's housing population, economic productivity, cultural influences, and concentration of political forces continued to grow. The advent of the Industrial Revolution in Hartford in the mid-1800s made this city at the end of the 15th century as one of the richest people per capita in the United States.
Political turmoil
On December 15, 1814, delegates from five New England states (Maine were still part of Massachusetts at the time) gathered at the Hartford Convention to discuss the possibility of New England's secession from the United States. During the early 19th century, the Hartford area was the center of abolitionist activity, and the most famous abolitionist family was the Beechers. Reverend Lyman Beecher is an important minister of the Congregation who is known for his anti-slavery sermons. Her daughter Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin ; his brother Henry Ward Beecher was a famous pastor who strongly opposed slavery and supported the movement of women's simplicity and suffrage. Sister Stowes, Isabella Beecher Hooker, is a key member of the women's rights movement.
In 1860, Hartford was home to the first abolitionist supporters of Abraham Lincoln. These proponents organized a torch-light parade which was a political and social event, often including fireworks and music, in celebration of Lincoln's visit to the city. This type of event was caught and eventually became the subject of the mid-19th century campaign.
Industrialization and Colt inheritance
Industrialist and inventor Samuel Colt and his wife Elizabeth had a major influence on the development of Hartford within 100 years of independence. Colt is often regarded as the father of the Connecticut River industry revolution, although there were a handful of small garments that had operated by the time he bought extensive land in the area in the 1840s.
In 1836, Colt who was born in Connecticut received a US patent for a revolver mechanism that allowed the pistols to be released several times without reloading. Sales were initially slow and business ventures were in trouble. Then the US government ordered 1,000 Colt revolutions in 1846, with the Mexican-American War taking place. In 1848, Colt was able to start again with his own new business, and he transformed it into a company in 1855 under the name of the Colt Patent Rifle Manufacturing Company. The original factory is located in the Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood just south of downtown Hartford.
With a business boom in 1855, Colt entered a phase of aggressive expansion and opened Colt Armory, the world's largest private armaments factory. He uses advanced manufacturing techniques such as replaceable parts and organized production lines. In 1856, the company could produce 150 weapons per day. The Civil War caused a spike in demand, and Colt supplied the Union Armed Forces. Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company operates at full capacity and employs over 1,000 people at its plant in Hartford. By then, Colt had become one of the richest men in America. He led his company from Armsmear, an Italian nobleman who was built near the armory in 1857. After his death in 1862, he was worth more than $ 15 million ($ 380 million by 2015 standards).
The Colt Method was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution, and its success secured Hartford's place as a major manufacturing center of the 19th century. It is estimated that his company generated over 400,000 revolvers in its first 25 years of manufacture. Its use of interchangeable parts helped it to be one of the first to exploit the assembly line. In addition, its innovative use of art, celebrity endorsements, and corporate gifts to promote its goods make it a pioneer in advertising, product placement, and mass marketing. His business practices are also innovative, involving the use of an ingenious patent to protect his products, as well as new developments in marketing and business organizations to create a highly successful business that has long survived.
Elizabeth Colt inherited the interests that controlled her husband's manufacturing company after her death in 1862. At that time, Colt firearms produced about 1/996 of all the gross national product of the United States. He piloted the company until 1901 with his brother Richard Jarvis as president, becoming one of the most prominent female industrialists in America. Together they moved the company from the end of the American Civil War into the 20th century, seeing the evolution of the percussion revolver into a cartridge revolver into a semi-automatic pistol and machine gun.
In addition, the Colts leave an indelible imprint on the architectural environment of Hartford. Samuel Colt was inspired by what he saw during his trip to London in 1851, and he started one of the boldest real estate development campaigns in Hartford's history. The intention is to build an industrial community to accommodate its workers close to Colt Armory. In 1856, it was an inner city city, where workers from many countries and religions worked and lived side by side. Coltsville was one of the nineteenth-century American company towns, and easily the most advanced of its time - though not the largest, the most prominent, or the most strictly controlled. The Colt complex also includes the world's largest arsenal, as well as pier and ferry facilities on the Connecticut River.
The great fire destroyed the original arsenal in 1864, but Elizabeth Colt rebuilt it, including the most dramatic feature: a blue onion dome with gold begun, topped by a golden ball and a rampant horse, the original symbol of the Colt Manufacturing Company. Colt Armory was spotted by the commuter on I-91 and stands as a monument to the first "celebrity industrialist" of Hartford and the empire he once created.
Elizabeth Colt has dedicated her last few decades to philanthropy and public works. He commissioned the Good Shepherd Church in 1896 as a monument to his son after his death. It was built in the Gothic style of Victorian High, and the architectural features include various parts of the rifle, such as bullet prints, sight of weapons, and cylinders - perhaps the only church in the world with rifle motifs.
With no children left, Elizabeth wants many rare art collections for Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, one of America's oldest art galleries. The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Memorial Wing is the first American museum wing to have a female protective name.
When Elizabeth Colt died in 1904, she wanted the majority of her property to be Hartford City for use as a public park. Today 105 acres of Colt Park (42Ã, ha) serves the community with a number of athletic fields, playgrounds, swimming pools, playgrounds, skating rinks, and Dillon Stadium.
Hartford is a large manufacturing city from the 19th century until the mid-20th century. During the Industrial Revolution entering the mid-20th century, the Connecticut River Valley cities produced many major precision manufacturing innovations. Among these are the pioneers of bicycle makers and Hartford cars. Many factories have been closed or relocated, or have reduced operations, as in virtually all former North manufacturing cities.
Rise from large manufacturing center
Around 1850, the original Samuel Samuel Colt perfected a precision-making process that allowed mass production of thousands of revolvers with replaceable parts. Various industries adopted and adapted this technique over the next few decades, and Hartford became a production center for a variety of products, including:
- Colt, Richard Gatling, and John Browning firearms
- Weed sewing machine
- Royal and Underwood typewriters
- Columbia Bicycle
- Pope automobiles
The Pratt & amp; Whitney Company was founded in Hartford in 1860 by Francis A. Pratt and Amos Whitney. They built a large factory where the company produced a variety of machine tools, including tools for sewing machine makers, and weapons-making machines for use by the Union Armed Forces during the American Civil War. Pratt Street (off Main St) continues to reflect this heritage. In 1925, the company expanded the design of aircraft engines at its plant in Hartford.
Just three years after Colt's first factory opened, Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company set up shop in 1852 at a nearby site along the now buried River River, located in the current Frog Hollow neighborhood. Their factory touted the beginning of the region's transformation from swampy farmland into a major industrial zone. The road that leads from town to factory is called Rifle Lane; the name was later changed to College Street and then Capitol Avenue. A century earlier, the factories were located along the Garden River due to the strength of the water, but by the 1850s the strength of water was already approaching obsolescence. Sharp objects located there specifically to take advantage of the railway line built along the river in 1838.
The Sharps Rifle Company failed in 1870, and the Weed Machine Sewing Company took over its factory. The discovery of a new type of sewing machine led to new applications of mass production after the principles of interchangeability applied to clocks and weapons. The Weed Company played a major role in making Hartford as one of three engine tool centers in New England and even outperformed Colt Armory in nearby Coltsville in size. Weed eventually became the birthplace of both bicycle and car industries in Hartford.
Industrialist Albert Pope was inspired by a British bicycle (called velocipede) that he saw in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, and he bought patents for bicycle production in the United States. He wanted to contract out his first order, so he approached George Fairfield from the Weed Sewing Machine Company, which produced the Pope's first bike in 1878. The bicycle proved to be a huge commercial success, and production expanded at the Weed plant, with Weeds making every part except tires. Demand for bicycles overshadowed the failed sewing machine market in 1890, so the Pope purchased the Weed factory, took over as its president, and named it Pope Manufacturing Company. The short-lived bicycle boom, culminating near the turn of the century when more and more consumers were craving private car travel, and the Pope's company suffered financially from overproduction amid declining demand.
In an effort to save his business, Pope opened a motorcycle transport department and powered a car, beginning with "Mark III" in 1897. His company may have made Hartford the capital of the auto industry if not for Henry Ford's power and a series of entrapment traps and patents Pope himself.
In 1876, the Hartford Screw Machine was awarded the charter "for the purpose of making screws, hardware and machines of every variety." The basis for its incorporation is the invention of the first one-spindle automatic screw machine. Over the next four years, the new company occupies one of Weed's buildings, grinding thousands of screws daily on more than 50 machines. His president is George Fairfield, who runs Weed, and his supervisor is Christopher Spencer, one of the most flexible inventors in Connecticut. Soon the Hartford Machine Screw crossed the line and built a new factory adjacent to Weed, where it remained until 1948.
20th century
On the 12th week of April 1909, the Connecticut River reached a record flood stage of 24.5 feet (7.47 meters) above the low water mark, flooding the city of Hartford and doing great damage.
On July 6, 1944, Hartford was the scene of one of the worst fires in US history. It happened on the appearance of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus and was known as Hartford Circus Fire.
After World War II, many Puerto Rican residents moved to Hartford and the Puerto Rican flag can be found in cars and buildings throughout the city even today. Former Hartford Mayor Eddie PÃÆ'Â © rez was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Hartford in 1969 when he was 12 years old.
Beginning in the late 1950s, the suburbs that read Hartford began to grow and flourish and the capital began to decline long. Insurance giant Connecticut General (now CIGNA) moved to a new, modern campus in the Bloomfield suburbs. Constitution Plaza has been hailed as an urban renewal model, but has gradually become a concrete office park. The department stores are currently shut down, such as Brown Thomson, Sage-Allen, and G. Fox & amp; Co., as malls in the suburbs are gaining in popularity, such as Westfarms and Buckland Hills.
In 1997, the city lost its professional hockey franchise, with Hartford Whalers moving to Raleigh, North Carolina - despite an increase in season ticket sales and offers from the state for the new arena. In 2005, a developer from Newton, Massachusetts (who is also the largest property owner in town) tried to work with the city to bring the NHL team back to Hartford and put them in a new, publicly funded stadium.
Hartford had problems because the population shrank by 11 percent during the 1990s. Only Flint, Michigan, Gary, Indiana, Saint Louis, and Baltimore experienced greater population losses over the decade. However, the population has increased since the 2000 Census.
In 1987, Carrie Saxon Perry was elected mayor of Hartford, the first female African-American mayor of a major American city.
21st century
In 2004, Underground Coalition, a Connecticut hip hop promotion company, produced the first Annual Hartford Hip Hop Festival, which also took place at Adriaen Landing. The event attracted over 5,000 fans. A large number of cultural shows and performances occur annually at Mortensen Plaza (Riverfront Recapture Organization) by the Connecticut River bank. The event is held outdoors and includes live music, festivals, dance, arts and crafts. They are very diverse in ethnicity. Hartford also has a live theater scene with massive Broadway productions at the Bushnell Theater as well as performances at Hartford Stage and Theatreworks (City Arts).
In July 2017, Hartford began considering the filing of Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
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Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​18.0 square miles (47Ã, km 2 ), of which 17.3 square miles (45Ã, km 2 ) is ground and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2 ) (3.67%) is water.
Hartford is bordered by the cities of West Hartford, Newington, Wethersfield, East Hartford, Bloomfield, South Windsor, and Windsor. The Connecticut River forms the boundary between Hartford and East Hartford, and is located on the east side of the city.
The Park River initially divided Hartford into the north and south and was a major part of Bushnell Park, but the river was almost completely covered and buried by a flood control project in the 1940s. The previous river lanes can still be seen on several highways built on river sites, such as Jewell Street and Conlin-Whitehead Highway.
Climate
Hartford is located in the moist continental climate zone (KÃÆ'¶ppen
Seasonally, the period from May to October is warm to hot in Hartford, with the hottest months being June, July, and August. In the summer months there is often high humidity and sometimes (but brief) thunder. The cold to cold months are from November to April, with the coldest months in December, January, and February having the highest average at F 30 and overnight lows near 20 F.
Average annual rainfall is about 45.9 inches (1,170 mm), which is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year. Hartford typically receives about 44.5 inches (113 cm) of snow in average winters - about 40% more than the coastal cities of Connecticut such as New Haven, Stamford, and New London. Seasonal snowfall ranged from 115.2 inches (293 cm) during the winter of 1995-96 to 13.5 inches (34 cm) in 1999-2000. During the summer, temperatures reaching or exceeding 90Ã, Â ° F (32Ã, Â ° C) averaged 17 days per year, although the number of incident records was 38 in 1983 and 1920 saw none. Conversely, on average, the temperature does not rise above freezing at 30 days and drops to 0 Â ° F (-18 Â ° C) or below at 4.0 nights per year. Tropical storms and hurricanes also hit Hartford, although the appearance of such systems is rare and usually limited to such remnants of storms. Hartford saw extensive damage from the 1938 New England Hurricane, as well as with Hurricane Irene in 2011. The highest officially recorded temperature was 103 Â ° F (39 Â ° C) on July 22, 2011 and the lowest was -26 Â ° F (-32Ã , Â ° C) on January 22, 1961; The record of maximum cold daily was -1 Ã, Â ° F (-18Ã, Â ° C) on December 2, 1917, while, on the other hand, the minimum minimum daily note was 80 ° F (27 ° C) on 31 July 1917.
Demographics
At the 2010 census, there were 124,775 people, 44,986 households, and 27,171 families living in the city. Population density is 7.025,5 people per square mile (2,711.8/km ²). There are 50,644 housing units with an average density of 2,926.5 per square mile (1,129.6/km²). City's racial makeup is 29.8% white, 38.7% African American or black, 0.6% Native Americans, 2.8% Asia, 0% Pacific Island, 23.9% of other races, and 4.2% % of two or more races. 43.4% of the population is Hispanic or Latino, primarily of Puerto Rican origin. The whites of the Latino background are 15.8% of the population in 2010, down from 63.9% in 1970.
There were 44,986 households, of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.2% were married couples living together, 29.6% had unmarried female households present, and 39.6 % is non-family. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the city, the population distribution of young skews: 30.1% under the age of 18, 12.6% 18-24, 29.8% 25-44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% 65 ages years or more. The average age is 30 years. For every 100 women, there are 91.4 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 86.0 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 20,820, and the average income for families is $ 22,051. Men have an average income of $ 28,444 compared to $ 26,131 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 13,428.
In 2010, 33.7% of Hartford residents claimed the legacy of Puerto Rican. This is the second largest concentration of Puerto Rican people in the Northeast, behind only Holyoke, Massachusetts, about 30 miles (48 km) north along the Connecticut River.
Government
Hartford is organized through the form of a mighty mayor of the mayor's council system. The current mayor is Luke Bronin. Hartford voted to restore the mayor's council system in 2003, more than 50 years after forming a council-manager form. Mayor Eddie Perez was first elected in 2001 and re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2003. As the first powerful mayor elected on a revised charter, he is widely credited with reducing crime, reforming the school system, and spurring economic revitalization. in the city. However, his reputation was hurt by corruption allegations.
In Connecticut, there is no county-level executive or legislative government; districts determine the limits of judges, civilians, and criminal courts, but only slightly. Connecticut City provides almost all local services such as fire and rescue, education, and snow removal, as local governments have been abolished since 1960.
City council
Emergency services
The Hartford Fire Department provided fire protection and emergency medical services for first responders to the city of Hartford, operating from 12 fire stations located throughout the city. This is the fifth largest fire extinguisher in Connecticut and maintains a fleet of fire apparatus.
The Hartford Police Department was founded in 1860, though the history of law enforcement at Hartford began in 1636. It is located on 253 High Street and includes divisions such as animal controls, bomb squads, and detective bureaus.
Hartford outsources ambulance services to private companies, including Aetna Ambulance in South End and American Medical Response in the North End.
Nearby Areas
The central business district, as well as the State Building, the Old Country Building, and numerous museums and shops are located in Downtown. Parkville, home to Art Real Way, is named for the northern meeting and the southern branch of the Park River. Frog Hollow, close to Downtown, is home to Pope Park and Trinity College, which is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the country. Asylum Hill, a mixed residential and commercial area, became the headquarters of several insurance companies as well as the historic homes of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The West End, home to the Governor's residence, Elizabeth Park, and Connecticut University Law School, borders Hartford Golf Club. Sheldon Charter Oak is well known for the location of Charter Oak and its successor monument as well as the former Colt headquarters including the Samuel Colt family house, Armsmear. The Northeast neighborhood is home to Keney Park and some of the city's oldest and ornate houses. The South End features "Little Italy" and is home to a sizeable Italian community in Hartford. South Green hosts the Hartford Hospital. The South Meadows is the site of Hartford-Brainard Airport and the Hartford industrial community. The North Meadows has a retail strip, car dealer, and Comcast Theater. Blue Hills is the home of the University of Hartford and also houses the largest per capita population that claims Jamaican-American heritage in the United States. Other neighborhoods in Hartford include Barry Square, Behind the Rocks, Clay Arsenal, South West, and Upper Albany, which are filled with many Caribbean restaurants and shops.
In 2010, Hartford was ranked 19th in the annual national crime rankings of the United States (under rank 200.00). It has the second highest crime rate in Connecticut, behind New Haven. Statistically, the northern districts of Hartford (North East, Asylum Hill, Upper Albany) have the highest murder rates, while the southern district (Downtown, Sheldon, South Green) has a slightly lower murder rate, but has the largest overall crime. Overall, the South Meadows environment has the lowest crime rate, respectively.
Economy
Hartford is the historic center of the international insurance industry, with companies such as Aetna, Conning & The Company, The Hartford, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Phoenix Company, and Hartford Steam Boiler are based in the city, and companies such as Travelers and Lincoln National Corporation have major operations in the city. The city is also home to the headquarters of the US Firearms Company, United Technologies, and Virtus Investment Partners.
Aetna and Hartford Financial Services Group, both Fortune 100 companies, are headquartered in Hartford. Travelers Insurance has the largest national employment center and historical headquarters in the city. CIGNA Insurance is headquartered in the region with a presence in Hartford and its suburbs, Bloomfield. United Health Insurance has a significant presence in the city.
At the same time, many companies have moved to or expand in the central business district and surrounding neighborhoods. Aetna announced mid-decade that in 2010 it will move nearly 3,500 employees from its Middletown, Connecticut office to its corporate headquarters in Bukit Asylum in the city. Recently, travelers expanded their operations in several locations in the city center. In 2008, the Sovereign Bank consolidated its two branches of banks as well as its regional headquarters in the nineteenth century palazzo on Asylum Street. In 2009, Northeast Utilities, Fortune 500 and New England's largest energy utility, announced it will build its corporate headquarters in the city center. Other newcomers to the downtown market include GlobeOp Financial Services and a special insurance broker S.H. Smith. CareCentrix, the patient's home health care company, moved into the city center of East Hartford, where it will add more than 200 jobs in the next few years.
In March 2018, Infosys announced that the opening of a new technology innovation center in Hartford, creating up to 1,000 jobs by 2022. Hartford's technology innovation center will focus on three key sectors - insurance, health care and manufacturing.
Hartford is a medical, research and education center. In Hartford itself the city includes Hartford Hospital, Institute of Life, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and Saint Francis & amp; Medical Center (which joined in 1990 with Mount Sinai Hospital).
After rising during the Great Recession to more than 9% during 2010, unemployment in Connecticut dropped in December 2014 to 6.4%, 6 above the national average of 5.8%.
Media
The daily newspaper Hartford Courant is the oldest continuously published newspaper, founded in 1764. A weekly newspaper, owned by the same company that owns Courant, Hartford Advocate , as well as Hartford Business Journal ("Greater Hartford Business Weekly") and weekly Hartford News.
The Hartford area is also served by several magazines. Among the local publications are: Hartford Magazine , a monthly lifestyle magazine serving Greater Hartford; CT cottage & amp; Gardens ; Connecticut Business , a glossy month serving all of Connecticut; and Home Living CT , home and garden magazines are published five times a year and distributed throughout the state.
Some Hartford-based television and radio stations, including Connecticut Public Television, are headquartered in Hartford. In addition to Connecticut Public Television, Hartford's main television stations include WFSB 3 (CBS), WTNH 8 (ABC), WVIT 30 (NBC O & amp; O), WTIC-TV 61 (Fox), WCCT-TV 20 (The CW) and WCTX 59 (MyNetworkTV). These stations serve the Hartford/New Haven market, which is the 29th largest media market in the US.
Education
Colleges and universities
Hartford has several world-class institutions such as Trinity College. Other leading institutions include Capital Community College (located in Downtown in the old building of G. Fox Department Store on Main Street), University of Connecticut campus in Hartford (downtown at Old Hartford Times Building on Prospect Street), University of Connecticut School of Business. (also Downtown), Hartford Seminary (in West End), Law Faculty of the University of Connecticut (also in West End) and Rensselaer in Hartford (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's downtown campus). The University of Saint Joseph opened a pharmacy school in the city center in 2011. Hartford University has several cultural institutions: Joseloff Gallery, Renee Samuels Center, and Mort and Irma Handel Performing art center. The "U of H" campus is located in the Blue Hills neighborhood and in neighboring West Hartford and Bloomfield towns.
Primary and secondary education
Hartford is served by Hartford Public Schools. Hartford Public High School, the country's second oldest secondary school, is located in the neighborhood of Asylum Hill in Hartford. The city is also home to Massaley High School at Wethersfield Avenue, Global Communications Academy at Greenfield Avenue, Weaver High School on Granby Street, and Sport Medical and Sciences Academy at Huyshope Avenue. In addition, Hartford contains The Learning Corridor, which is home to the Montessori Magnet School, Hartford Magnet Middle School, Greater Harford Academy of Mathematics and Science, and Greater Hartford Art Academy. One of the technical high schools in Connecticut Technical High School System, A.I. Prince Technical High School, also called the town house. The Classic Magnet School is one of Hartford's many magnetic schools. Hartford is also home to Watkinson School, a private coeducational day school, and Grace S. Webb School, a special education school. Catholic schools are run by the Roman Catholic archdiocese in Hartford.
The city's high school graduation rate reaches 71 percent in 2013, according to the state Education Department.
Transportation
Highway
I-84 stretching from Scranton, to the junction with I-90 at Sturbridge, just on the border of Massachusetts, and I-91, which runs from New Haven along the Connecticut River finally to Canada, intersects downtown Hartford. In addition to I-84 and I-91, two other highways serve the city: Route 2, the highway that runs from downtown Hartford to Westerly, passes Norwich and passes Foxwoods Resort Casino. The Wilbur Cross Highway is part of Route 15 which skirts the southeastern part of town near Brainard Airport. The short connector known as Conlin-Whitehead Highway also provides direct access from I-91 to the Capitol Area in downtown Hartford. The Main St Bridge is a historic bridge on the highway.
Hartford experienced heavy traffic as a result of a large suburban population (almost 10 times the actual city). As a result, thousands of people travel on the highway at the beginning and end of each working day. I-84 experienced traffic from Farmington via Hartford and to East Hartford and Manchester during rush hour.
Some of the main surface arteries also travel through the city. Albany Avenue (Route 44) stretches west through northern West Hartford to Farmington Valley and the hills of northern Litchfield County and to New York, and eastwards to Putnam and to Rhode Island. Blue Hills Avenue (Route 187) operates north from Albany Avenue to Bloomfield and East Granby. Main Street (Route 159) head north through Windsor to the western suburbs of Springfield, Massachusetts. Wethersfield Avenue (Route 99) heading south through Wethersfield towards Middletown. Maple Avenue leads south-southwest, being the Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield and Newington. Farmington Avenue headed west through West Hartford Center and Farmington to Torrington.
Large-scale projects are under construction, rebuilding I-84.
Rel
Amtrak provides services from Hartford to Vermont via Springfield and south to New Haven, with connections to New York, Boston, Providence, Rhode Island and Washington DC. The station also caters to many bus companies because of Hartford's central location on the New York route to Boston.
By the end of 2016, there are plans to create a commuter train service called the Hartford Line, connecting New Haven to Springfield via Hartford and stopping at a community station along Interstate 91. The railway will be used by Amtrak, formerly part of the New system York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The commuter train line is scheduled to open June 16, 2018, and is currently under construction.
Airport
Bradley International Airport (BDL), in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, about halfway between Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts. It has more than 150 daily departures to over 30 destinations in nine airlines. The 30-Bradley Flyer route from Glasgow Transit provides a semi-express bus service between Bradley International Airport and downtown Hartford for a low local bus fare (one-way fares are $ 1.50). The Bradley Flyer provides direct services to Connecticut Convention Center, Union Station and other interesting Hartford downtown. Other airports serving the Hartford area include:
- Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD), located in Hartford from I-91 and close to Wethersfield, serves charter flights and local flights.
- Westover Metropolitan Airport (CEF), located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, 27 miles (43 km) north of Hartford, serves commercial, local, charter and military flights.
- Tweed New Haven (HVN) Regional Airport, located in New Haven, Connecticut, served by American Eagle.
Bus
Connecticut Transit (CTtransit) is owned by the Connecticut Transportation Department. CTtransit Division of Hartford operates local bus and commuter services within the city and surrounding area. The Hartford's Downtown Airport Shuttle (DASH) bus route is a free downtown circulator. All city buses come with bike racks.
In March 2015, CTfastrak, the first fast bus transit system in Connecticut, opened, providing a separate exit between Hartford and New Britain. In addition, the express bus service departs from downtown Hartford and Waterbury, serving intermediate suburb communities such as Southington and Cheshire, providing reliable public transport between these communities for the first time. CTfastrak consists of 10 stations along New Britain dedicated to the Hartford busway, as well as the downtown loop serving Union Station and other downtown landmarks. Facilities include high-level station platforms, on-board wi-fi, ticket machines for pre-boarding rates, and real-time arrival information at stations.
The interstate bus service is provided by Peter Pan Bus, Greyhound Bus and Megabus. The Chinatown bus line provides cheap bus service between Hartford and their New York and Boston hubs. In addition, there are buses for connections to small towns in the state. The main bus terminal is located on the ground floor of the transportation center at Hartford Union Station at One Union Place, serving Pan Pan and Greyhound Bus customers. All the arrivals of Megabus and departure are on the corner of Columbus Boulevard and Talcott Street on the opposite side of downtown.
Bicycle
Bicycle route across downtown Hartford. This route is a small part of the big east bike route - East Coast Greenway (ECG). The 3,000 mile (4,800 km) EKG runs from Calais, Maine to the Florida Keys. This route is meant for off-road, but some parts are currently on-road. Section via Hartford right in the middle of Bushnell Park.
There are designated bike paths on several roads including Capitol Avenue, Zion Street, Scarborough Lane, Whitney, and South Whitney.
The bike-sharing program from LimeBike enables motorists to find GPS tracked bikes, unlocks and pays $ 1 per half hour travel time to come to Hartford in April 2018. The bike sharing program allows over five thousand ride in the first week of the program.
Culture
Cuisine
The first American cookbooks were Amelia Simons, published in Hartford by Hudson & amp; amp; amp; Fish, Poultry, and Vegetable by Amelia Simons Goodwin in 1796. It was also the first cookbook to include recipes of pumpkin and cornmeal, and contained the first recipe published for pumpkin cake. It affects American generations of baking with recipes for bread yeast with pearl ashes. The full text of this book is available online.
Hartford's cuisine was formed by early settlers, carrying Dutch and British influences combined with the Saukiog Indians in the area. The first half of the 20th century brought significant Polish immigration and a number of Polish restaurants, some of which are still operating today. On the other hand, Italian food is not always welcome; a Hartford restaurant owner who long ago recalled, "in 1938, you would not put an Italian name on a restaurant sign because everyone would think you were related to the Mafia." But the New York Times commented on the diversity of food available in Hartford in 1979, noting that "Hartford has undergone a culinary revolution in recent years."
Hartford received praise from Food and Wine as a "foodie destination". Food trucks are restricted to designated areas of the city, mostly along Bushnell Park in Downtown Hartford and in the farmers market. Food today can be found throughout the city from a wide variety of ethnic influences.
Hartford hosts a number of seasonal farmers markets. Hartford Regional Market is the largest market between New York City and Boston. In 2018, the Connecticut State Assembly decided to transfer ownership of the Regional Market to the Capital Development Authority, leaving its future somewhat uncertain.
The waterfront is less than 35 miles away and has played a big part in Hartford's food habits. Recently there has been a cultivation explosion on Long Island Sound and as a result, local seaweed began to appear on the plate. The Connecticut River Valley is the most productive agricultural area of ​​New England and neighboring Wethersfield is famous for its red onion, whose aroma is said to have entered Hartford when production reached a historical height in the early 1800s.
Pack Hartford Wolf of the American Hockey League plays ice hockey at XL Center in downtown Hartford. XL Center also hosts a wider profile game for men's and women's basketball teams from UConn Huskies. Another UConn home game is played at Gampel Pavilion located on the university campus in Storrs.
The Hartford Yard Goats, a Double Rock affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, moved to Hartford in 2017, moving from New Britain. The team is currently playing at Dunkin 'Donuts Park. The move was made in an attempt to get the team to leave the state for Springfield, Massachusetts.
Hartford will soon be home to a new USL team, starting in 2019. The team will play at 9,600 Dillon Stadium seats after renovating.
Former team
Hartford became the home of the WHA New England Whalers in 1975 after the club moved from Boston, one of four WHA teams that joined the NHL in 1979. The town was home to the Hartford NHL Whalers from 1979 to 1997, before the team moved to Raleigh, North Carolina and became the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Boston Celtics played various home games per year in Hartford from 1975 to 1995, when they opened a new TD Park.
Hartford is also home to the Hartford Hellions of the Major Soccer League (MISL).
Hartford previously had the National League baseball team, Hartford Dark Blues, in the 1870s, and had an NFL team, Hartford Blues, for three seasons in the 1920s.
Hartford has been home to many historically significant people, such as the dictionary writer Noah Webster (1758-1843), inventor Sam Colt (1814-62), and American financier and industrialist J.P. Morgan (1837-1913).
Some of America's most famous writers lived in Hartford, including Mark Twain (1835-1910), who moved to the city in 1874. Neighbor's neighbor Twain at Nook Farm was Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-96). Poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was an insurance executive in town, and World War II correspondent Lyn Crost (1915-97) lived there. Recently, Dominick Dunne (1925-2009), John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003), and Suzanne Collins (born 1962) have lived in Hartford.
Actor and others in the entertainment business from Hartford include Academy Award-winning film icons Katharine Hepburn, actors Gary Merrill, Linda Evans, Eriq La Salle, Diane Venora, William Gillette and Charles Nelson Reilly, and TV producer Norman Lear. Marvel Comics Artist George Tuska grew up in Hartford.
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), a cytogeneticist pioneer born in Hartford, CT. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of a genetic transposition breakthrough. She is the only woman who received the Nobel Prize which is not divided into Medicine category.
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 - 1903), considered the father of the Landscape Architecture profession, was born in Hartford. Among the designs are Central Park New York, 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and Asheville's Biltmore Estate. Other projects involving Olmsted include the co-ordinated first and coordinated park and park system in Buffalo, New York; the country's oldest state park, the Niagara Reservation in Niagara Falls, New York; one of the first planned communities in the United States, Riverside, Illinois; Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec; Emerald Necklace in Boston, Massachusetts; Highland Park in Rochester, New York; Belle Isle Park, on the Detroit River for Detroit, Michigan; Large Garden Necklace in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Cherokee Park and the entire park and parking system in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the field of music, the natives included Sophie Tucker (1884-1966), "the last of the hot-red mamas." Others include:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Gene Pitney and Mike Carabello (from Santana)
- Mark McGrath
- bass guitarist Doug Wimbish from Living Color
- Cindy Blackman (drummer for Lenny Kravitz)
- jazz alto saxophonist Jackie McLean
- concert violinist Elmar Oliveira (b.1950)
- brothers Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, and Steve Porcaro (from Toto group)
Former Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini from Hartford. Former NHL player Craig Janney and current player Nick Bonino was born in Hartford. Other sports stars include NBA players Marcus Camby, Rick Mahorn, Johnny Egan, and Michael Adams, as well as John Carney's NFL kicker, Dwight Freeney, Tebucky Jones, and Eugene Robinson.
Twin Cities
Hartford has many twin cities. They include:
See also
- Hartford Electric Light Company
- Mary-Ann (turbine generator)
- List of cities in Connecticut
Note
References
External links
- Official website
- Chamber of Commerce
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