My latest YouTube video is about the history of the block on the east side of Trumbull Street, between Pratt and Church Streets, a the south side of Church Street around the corner. Things that once existed here include a lost mansion that was home to prominent Connecticut politicians, another notable citizen’s plumbing business, the temporary G. Fox & Co. store that was built in the aftermath of the great 1917 fire, a building where the owner’s brother fell to his death, and many Jewish-owned businesses, including a long-lived tailoring supply store (D. & R. Blutstein), a notable furrier (S. Max & Co.) and the bar and grill owned by legendary boxer Louis “Kid” Kaplan.
A Lost Block of Hartford’s Trumbull Street and neighboring Church Street