In so many of my other videos I describe what has been lost and destroyed in downtown Hartford, CT. But in this video I talk about the great buildings that survive from the days before the great mid-century urban renewal projects, from old houses (Butler-McCook, Barnard & Hills Houses), to later residential and commercial buildings (the Hotel Capitol, McCone Block, Cheney Building & the Linden), and then from department stores (Sage-Allen, Wise-Smith, G. Fox) and office towers (Hartford Trust Co. and Travelers), to churches (Center and South Congressional, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Peter’s, South Park Methodist & Central Baptist) and great public and institutional buildings (South Green Fire Station, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Municipal Building & Old State House). Which are your favorites?