Submitted by ILovePublicLibraries t3_yfci3h in Connecticut
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dont_think_outofstep t1_iu3v2gm wrote
you need more confusing glare... you can almost see some map
IGameOnMac t1_iu45u07 wrote
For reference New Haven had 86,000 people and Bridgeport had 48,000. Hartford had 50,000. Even Waterbury had just 25,000, the rest were way smaller.
AvogadrosMoleSauce t1_iu46u0x wrote
Hartford should go back to 1780 borders
National_Attack t1_iu49mrn wrote
It’s incredible that they just built/paved over the river that cut through hartford. You wouldn’t even know it ran through the middle of Bushnell park of old maps didn’t exist.
Infrastructure is one of those things that is necessary but we look in hindsight at the true effectiveness vs other options. It seems a lot of the old politicians in charge of city planning in Hartford neglected to see the impact cutting 91 and 84 would have on the culture and livelihood of the city. They effectively killed growth in Hartford with one blow.
Really sad, but I guess “Hartford has it!” Right?
TheOkayestName t1_iu4dpv5 wrote
Probably a lot safer, especially near the Mark Twain house and where the Webster theater is today..
angeldeb82 t1_iu4nz2f wrote
What a cool map! :)
Squirts_Faygojizzer t1_iu4qa21 wrote
The Park River is tunneled. It still (sometimes) flows into the Connecticut River
Squirts_Faygojizzer t1_iu4qg5c wrote
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/mash_up/1934.html
In a similar vein, this is a very cool viewer to compare aerial imagery of CT from 1934 to present
Squirts_Faygojizzer t1_iu4qqah wrote
By today's standard, Hartford is still quite small. Detroit is damn near 8x the size of Hartford, for example.
Ok_Huckleberry6820 t1_iu5a2nb wrote
Yes, I agree. It has a very small footprint, and you can be out of the city and into something like country in minutes.
satansdebtcollector t1_iu6fivs wrote
I love old CT maps. Nice! 🗺️
IGameOnMac t1_iu6h395 wrote
Today I learned Hartford actually had a river flowing through it
SwietyMateusz t1_iu7lwd4 wrote
The Park River is fascinating stuff: https://mpetroff.net/2014/08/canoeing-the-park-river-under-hartford/
B6304T4 t1_iu8x1kb wrote
You can thank Beatrice Fox for the 91 and 84 interchange (satans anus) running directly through downtown Hartford.
IGameOnMac t1_iuawdc3 wrote
Holy cow thst was interesting! They should really make it a tourist trap and clean it up or really what a shame
Ok_Huckleberry6820 t1_iu2x3hh wrote
It was just a small town,by today's standard.