New Video: Main Street, Hartford 100 Years Before Dunkin’ Park

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Before Dunkin’ (Donuts) Park was built in Hartford, Connecticut, there was a parking lot and before that a car dealership there. But before that there was a dense row of buildings that included a hotel, as well as wall paper, hardware and furniture stores. Find out about this lost piece of Old Hartford. Also, check out my 1 minute log YouTube short about the Webb House in Wethersfield: https://youtube.com/shorts/KRde3UyBGnc?si=_kkntKyBST93nRS5

My Books (These are links to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases):

A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut: https://amzn.to/4bNbiAR

Vanished Downtown Hartford: https://amzn.to/3IhK7Ao

New Video: Early Buildings of Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

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This video focuses on the buildings of Saint Francis Hospital that were built before the early 1970s, some of which survive and some of which are lost. These include the old Chinese Education Mission and Saint Thomas Seminary buildings on Collins Street that were later demolished. I also talk about the former National Fire Insurance Company Building on Farmington Avenue that the hospital acquired in the 1970s and the historic Collins and Dunham Houses once stood there. I end by briefly mentioning the hospital’s more recent buildings, including the parking garage currently under construction.