Videos

This is the first in a series of videos about Dutch Point in Hartford, Connecticut. This peninsula, formed by the junction of the Park (or Little) River and the Connecticut River was called Dutch Point because it was near the Dutch trading post called the House of Hope that was here in the 17th century. By the 19th century, Dutch Point was the site of shipbuilding and a saw mill operation.

Where did the famous Charter Oak stand in Hartford and how is it commemorated there? I talk about that in this video, as well as some of the history of the property and buildings that have been on the site.

This is a video about Governor Street, a partially lost street in Hartford, Connecticut. It was once the home of five governors of Connecticut, one from the 1850s and four from the 1600s! Part of the street was lost to the Sheldon Oak development and the rest was renamed Popieluszko Court. Besides being a residential street for early governors, it was a manufacturing area and a center for the Polish-American community. #hartfordhistory #hartford #hartfordct #danielsternervideos

This is the last video in my series on the stretch of Asylum Street between Main and Trumbull Streets in Hartford, Connecticut. This section of the parking lot on the north side of Asylum Street, just west of Main Street and the lost Hartford-Aetna Building, was once home to businesses such as the Freeman-Church clothing store, Greenspon’s Hardware store, Huntsinger’s Business College, and various business enterprises operated by Eli Pakulski, including the Wooster billiards, bowling and cafe and the Wooster lunchroom and Wooster Lunch Annex.

This video is about the Isle of Safety, which sheltered trolley (and later bus) passengers in Downtown Hartford, Connecticut from 1913 to 1976. It is now at the Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor, Connecticut.