This video is about a lost section of the old East Side neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut. I talk about buildings and businesses that used to exist on State Street, from the Intersection with Front Street to the Connecticut River. The entire area was demolished in 1957 for the building of the Founders Bridge. In the early nineteenth century this was an affluent area. Steamships arrived at the foot of State Street and there were docks and warehouses used in the West India trade. Later in the century, as the East Side became the home of immigrant communities, various businesses flourished here, including saloons, grocery and liquor wholesalers, and manufacturers of paper and of flavoring extracts. At the foot of State Street the steamboats were joined by the Connecticut Valley railroad. In the first half of the twentieth century, the shade tobacco industry dominated the area, with blocks of buildings being used as warehouses. By the 1950s there were still various businesses here, including large stores for furniture and for heating and plumbing supplies, as well as a hotel for transients. But it was all swept away for redevelopment.