| Vanished Downtown Hartford Contributor(s): Sterner, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540232905 ISBN-13: 9781540232908 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Architecture | Criticism |
| Dewey: 720.974 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Early nineteenth-century illustrations of Hartford, Connecticut, show church steeples towering over the Victorian homes and brownstone facades of businesses around them. The modern skyline of the town has lost many of these elegant steeples and their quaint and smaller neighbors. Banks have yielded to newer banks, and organizations like the YMCA are now parking lots. In the 1960s, Constitution Plaza replaced an entire neighborhood on Hartford's east side. The city has evolved in the name of progress, allowing treasured buildings to pass into history. Those buildings that survive have been repurposed--the Old State House, built in 1796, is one of the oldest and has found new life as a museum. Yet the memory of these bygone landmarks and scenes has not been lost. Historian Daniel Sterner recalls the lost face of downtown and preserves the historic landmarks that still remain with this nostalgic exploration of Hartford's structural evolution. |