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New presence to old friends

Luis — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:15:37 +0000

Long over due props need to goto the folks over at the Hartford Independent Media Collective. For a number of months now they have moved over to their new online presence…and it is snaaaaaazyyyyy.

My experience working in DC opened my eyes to the world of more progressive / radical thought in the states. I DJ’d for [...]

Downtown Parking…

Luis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:55:29 +0000

For two and a half years I lived on the corner of Capitol and Hudson. A beautiful one bedroom basement apartment in one of the many incredible brownstones on the block. I was working at the time at The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts and had a relatively short commute of about 5 minutes [...]

Urban Land Institute in Hartford…

Luis — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:25:24 +0000

Our friend over at Urban Compass has a super duper detailed report on the ULI’s report to Hartford [...]

Museum of the City of Hartford?

Luis — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:21:47 +0000

Two summers ago, a couple friends and I took one of many ritualistic art day trips to New York City. Find parking on the upper west side, take subway down to central park and walk through to the east side at about 105th street. We would go to El Museo del Barrio on 5th Avenue [...]

Weekend Update…

Luis — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:50:41 +0000

Just a quick update on relevent Hartford happenings reported this weekend in The Hartford Courant:

Thirman Milner filed for papers to run for (you guessed it) Hartford Mayor. This might be a power play against I. Charles Matthew as Milner ally and former Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry and Mr. I have had their differences in the [...]

Front Street is back on…or is it?

Luis — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:33:58 +0000

Aaaah…this rollercoaster is off again. The Hartford City Council (aka the coalition of the bullied and bought) approved a 15 year, $12 million tax abatement deal with Bradley Nitkin of the HB Nitkin Group. The deal is for the expected development of the Front Street branch of Adriaen’s Landing which is now on it’s [...]