Welcome to the first of our new series of local playground reviews. For those just joining us, here is the initial idea. Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 Slides Location: 180 Elizabeth Street in Hartford, at the north end of Oxford Street. (Note that 180 Elizabeth is not a real address, but seems to work on Google Maps) Hours: Dawn to Dusk The playground at Elizabeth Park is ideal for younger children, and also has
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All this rain has been a real downer – I’m not allowed to go to the park when it’s rainy. And I really like to go to the park. Ask anyone, they’ve probably heard me campaigning for an outing. I completely don’t understand the whole “no park in the rain” rule. I’m almost 2 for goodness sakes, I’m not going to melt! Alas, I am trapped inside. Rather than using this time to aimlessly color,
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We’ve been spending a lot of time outside recently. For the most part we’ve been cleaning up the yard from the winter, but we have also begun to plant the flower gardens for the spring. Clean-up and gardens have overlapped a little bit this year. We had been concerned about the snow crushing our shrubs, but they bounced back surprisingly well. However, in other parts of the yard, we did lose a couple of garden
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Located on a quiet cul-de-sac, this move-in condition Colonial is within walking distance to the shopping and restaurants at Blue Back Square. It offers 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths over 1,200 square feet. The first floor features a formal living room with a pellet stove, formal dining room, remodeled kitchen and half bathroom. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a full bathroom. The backyard is private and fully fenced with a patio, deck and gardens.
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Below is another article about demographics and other real estate trends that builds on the research of Arthur C. Nelson. It came to my attention after being posted by City of Hartford COO David Panagore. This continues on the themes of Mr. Condon’s piece from Sunday and our take on specific neighborhoods that may benefit from the market shifts. I’ll be honest, I couldn’t get through the whole thing in the first sitting, but when
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