Advest

Advest was a very good regional independent stock brokerage firm that was based in Hartford.

Advest was acquired by First Fiduciary, which merged with AmeriMoney, which was sold to Centrobucks, which was acquired by Bancopoop . . .

OK.  You caught me.  I don't remember who bought them.  It was at least a decade ago.

Advest is still around as part of some big financial monolith.  And, their traditional ship symbol is still on a building on Central Row.

Jonathan Edwards

JONATHAN EDWARDS
1703 - 1758

Born at East Windsor

Died at Princeton, New Jersey

Pastor and Theologian

Tutored in Yale College

President College of New Jersey

and one of the leaders

in the Great Awakening

the first spontaneous movement

in the religious life

of the American people.

A lot different from yesterday's Pelican Tattoo shot, isn't it?

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Noah Webster House

Noah Webster is one of the best known native sons of greater Hartford.  The famous lexicographer -- dictionary maker -- was born in this house on South Main Street in West Hartford.  The house is owned and maintained by a private non-profit foundation.  It has been open to the public since the 1960s.  The West Hartford Historic Society is affiliated with the foundation and is housed here.



This post is linked to Ruby Tuesday, a blog that features pictures with a little or a lot of red.

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Pelican Tattoo

Here is a change of pace.

While driving on Park Road in Hartford, I went past this tattoo parlor. 

I didn't go inside.  Honest.

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The Land of Steady Habits

One of the nicknames for Connecticut is "The Land of Steady Habits."  I don't think it is a compliment. 

As I crossed South Main Street in West Hartford, I counted the cars.  There were 18 cars.  And every one was black or silver or white.  Every one.  18 out of 18.  No red.  No blue.  No yellow.  18 black or silver or white cars.

The Land of Steady Habits.

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Hartford City Hall

You got a hint of Hartford City Hall on last fall's election day.  Here are two other views. 

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Weekend Reflections: Bushnell Park

Bushnell Park is a big park in the center of the downtown, just below the Connecticut State Capitol.  The 1990 polished metal sculpture, "Harmony" by Charles O. Perry, is set in a pond near Jewell Street.

When my daughter Susie was guest photographer in January, she showed a winter photo of Harmony.

Please go here to see other Weekend Reflections.



I will be away from April 8 through the 16th, but I have scheduled posts to be shown here during that time. While traveling, I should be able to read any comments you leave on this blog, but I will not have much time to respond to your comments or to leave comments on your blogs. I'll see you all again when I get back!