Hartford's 375th Anniversary

Somehow I neglected to report that last year was the City of Hartford's 375th anniversary.  The sign is on the railway bridge used by Amtrak, leading to Hartford's Union Station.

This post is linked to the Sunday Bridges meme hosted by Louis la Vache.

Miscellany I

How about a few pictures I wasn't able to fit in earlier?

This is a big, beautiful brick and stone house across Bloomfield Avenue from 

the Watkinson School and the University of Hartford. 

This gentleman wanted me to take his photo, so here it is

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This intern at a TV station was being interviewed about some vandals who stripped the bark off a marvelous old tree in Elizabeth Park and then carved their initials into it.