The construction of the i-84 Viaduct and further downtown urban redevelopment changed hartford’s look drastically. let’s see how.
Front street
front street was widened to accommodate cars, the buildings were torn down to transform the community to a business only zone, and the street was renamed Columbus avenue.
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morgan street
In the heart of downtown hartford. morgan street today is a small strip of Road alongside interstate 84.
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chapel street
in today’s layout, morgan street turns into chapel after the road passes main. alongside the highway, two square miles of downtown hartford are taken up by parking lots.
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main street
where windsor and main street used to intersect. redevelopment in this area has just recently begun. though the highway still separates ‘nodo’ from downtown.
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ann street
renamed ann uccello street after hartford’s first female mayor. this is another street that got divided due to the construction of the highway.
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asylum street
looking at asylum from main. the urban renewal project transformed downtown hartford completely.
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farmington avenue
looking towards downtown from farmington ave today looks quite different compared to 100 years ago.
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hopkins street
hopkins street, alongside the old hartford high school were demolished to make way for interstate 84.
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Capitol avenue
willow street also no longer exists. but it used to intersect with capitol ave near the current on and off ramps to exit 46 on i-84.
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