Comments on: da Hood gets a new Playscape…

By: BEN LATIN

BEN LATIN — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:37:51 +0000

I GREW UP ON SEYMS STREET… AND LET ME ASSURE YOU ALL THAT THIS AREA IS NOT THE MOST WORSE AREA OF HARTFORD CT!

IN FACT THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD HERE!

JUST BECAUSE IT IS LABELED “THE HOOD” DOESN’T MEAN YOU CANT STOP BY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME FOR AN HOUR OR TWO!..

SHOOT OUTS (GUN FIGHTS) CAN APPEAR AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT AND IN ANY GIVEN ENVIRONMENT ANYWHERE IN HARTFORD! AND MOST LIKELY IT WILL NOT HAPPEN HERE! THERE’S REASONS FOR MY BELIEF BUT NO TIME RIGHT NOW TO GET INTO DETAIL!.. I HOPE YOU CAN GET AROUND THE FACT THAT THIS AREA IN HARTFORD IS BAD WHEN IT TRULY ISN’T!.. TO ME.. IT IS ONE OF THE NICEST PARTS OF HARTFORD!

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!…

BEN LATIN!

By: Josh LaPorte

Josh LaPorte — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:21:18 +0000

Looks good. I have been wandering around that neighborhood a lot lately when walking the dog, but have not actually checked out Seyms Street since I was at Quirk, which must have been about 20 years ago. I will check it out this weekend!

By: kerri

kerri — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:49:19 +0000

Nice photos!

When he gets old enough, Angelito should be a guest blogger for you and create a playground review guide.

By: Luis

Luis — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:58:46 +0000

GIS data shows that the area in and around the park is one of the poorest in the city, and, yes, I’ve heard people call it dangerous (mind you…that would fall under the ‘perception’ category.) That doesn’t mean that there aren’t people who have lived there forever who continue to create community on a day in day out basis, like Clorinda and Jean. My hood growing up was the Center/Seyms/Green/Winter/Florence area where I still have friends who live there, so…no biggie going there…unfortunately last couple times it’s been to remember friends who have died. The area has some beautiful architecture in the Italianate, Queen Anne, and Neo-Classical Revival styles…one such structure on Florence that made Mercy and I go … “hmmmm..”

As to who would go? I don’t know, I’m sure there are people out there who could weed through perception and reality to make up their own minds. The Park is definitely a destination unlike the new one currently under construction at DeLucco where people can see it from Albany Ave. Hopefully this will draw out people who might not have had a reason to go hang out at the benches on a cool summer evening. But if somebody chooses to come off the beaten path, they’ll have some cool people like Clorinda and Jean waiting to say “Hello!”

By: Thom Page

Thom Page — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:08:49 +0000

Luis: Great idea for an article, and super pictures, but who’s going to Lozada Park after you tell them it is located in a “thoroughly oppressed neighborhood”…”smack dab in the middle of what some call the most dangerous neighborhood in the city”? I’m comfortably in Jean and Clorinda’s hood late at night every month or so – maybe you’ll join me sometime for a peaceful chat on Florence St.