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Today is the twelfth anniversary of Historic Buildings of Connecticut. Thanks to everyone who follows my posts about beautiful & interesting building throughout the state. As of today there are 4,184 individual building posts on this site! My first post was the Joseph Webb House in Wethersfield, back when it was still painted red!

In addition to new posts about different buildings, I am also working on completing an index of buildings for each town. So stay tuned! And dont’s forget to follow me on Twitter & Facebook. Thanks!

I’m doing a talk tomorrow about Nook Farm, the Hartford neighborhood of Mark Twain & Harriet Beecher Stowe, at the Elmwood Senior Center in West Hartford at 10:30 am. The non-member price is $4.00. Come by if you are available!

My article on Octagon Houses in Connecticut for Connecticut Explored Magazine is now available online at https://www.ctexplored.org/site-lines-connecticuts-octagon-houses/. Octagon houses featured on this site can be found under the Octagon category.

I’ll be doing a presentation on Hartford’s old East Side neighborhood next Thursday, February 21 at the Elmwood Senior Center in West Hartford. This is the neighborhood of the old Front Street that was demolished in the late 1950s to make way for Constitution Plaza, the Phoenix Building and the interstate highway. Using historic photos, we will journey down State Street to Front Street and then to Commerce Street along the Connecticut River. Revisit a fascinating urban landscape that was lost to  redevelopment over 60 years ago.

This is part of a series of three talks I’m giving at the Elmwood Senior Center. I’m also doing a course through West Hartford LifeLearn Continuing Education called “Great Buildings of Hartford” that begins later this month.