{"id":62,"date":"2007-06-19T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/19\/new-retail-space-at-prospect-and-boulevard\/"},"modified":"2007-06-19T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T13:36:42","slug":"new-retail-space-at-prospect-and-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amybergquist.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/19\/new-retail-space-at-prospect-and-boulevard\/","title":{"rendered":"New Retail Space at Prospect and Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just about every day I drove by Larry’s Service Station at the corner of Prospect and Boulevard, on the West Hartford border. Then late last week the trucks were gone and there was a chain link fence surrounding the property.<\/p>\n

Where’d Larry go? Apparently to Farmington Avenue in Hartford.<\/p>\n

And yesterday the demolition commenced on Larry’s old locale. Steel beams swung around by a crane, dropped onto a pile of rubble below. Larry’s old home was razed.<\/p>\n

So, what’s going to take its place? According to the Courant, a small retail shopping complex will be gracing the corner.<\/a> Three stores will occupy the 5,256 square foot site. The town oversaw the site plan, which included landscaping, in April. Tenatively, one of the stores will be a coffee shop.<\/p>\n

Hopefully it will add some positive development to the area, without negatively impacting traffic too much. Stay tuned for future updates…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just about every day I drove by Larry’s Service Station at the corner of Prospect and Boulevard, on the West Hartford border. Then late last week the trucks were gone and there was a chain link fence surrounding the property. Where’d Larry go? Apparently to Farmington Avenue in Hartford. And yesterday the demolition commenced on Larry’s old locale. Steel beams swung around by a crane, dropped onto a pile of rubble below. Larry’s old home<\/p>\n

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