Long Walk: They're Coming Back

I went back to Trinity Friday night.  Trinity has Hartford's best movie theater for foreign, classic and independent films.

Here is Long Walk again.  This time with the streetlights lit and this time with college girls.

Weekend Reflections: Window Shopping

Shopping in, at and around a housewares store.  I am still learning about capturing reflections . . .

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Trinity College Chapel

The College Chapel building is one of the most prominent on the campus of Trinity College.  The carillon (bell tower) can be seen above the skyline for miles around.

Freshmen and transfer students are scheduled to arrive on the Trinity campus today.  The serene atmosphere shown here in photographs from last week will not last long . . .

Theme Day: Connecticut Grown

Greater Hartford has numerous small farmers markets, opening on different days of the week.  Most emphasize locally grown products.

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Don't Back Up!

I think this means I can go wherever I want, so long as I don't back up.

Goodwin Hotel

The bright reddish-orange brick, ornate building on the left is the facade of the Goodwin Hotel in downtown Hartford. 

Our tax laws give breaks to developers who preserve historic buildings.  In this case, only the facade was saved.  The inside was gutted.  Above it rises a modern highrise hotel and office building.

Regrettably, the center city has been struggling economically, and the recession that began in 2008 accelerated the problems.  Today the hotel is empty, awaiting better times and a better-funded owner.

Here is a view from Bushnell Park.  You can barely see the historic facade that gave rise to the tax benefits, can you?

(A sharp-eyed friend points out that the close hotel occupies only the lower floors, and the offices above remain open.  Sorry.)

Long Walk

A college campus can be VERY quiet on a late August morning.  But, it is the lull before the storm.

First-year and transfer students arrive at the Hartford main campus of Trinity College on September 2.  The Long Walk shown here will swarm with student life.

Maybe I will come back next month.  Meanwhile I will show some quiet scenes from this pretty campus in the coming days.