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Hartford / City Place

City Place (1980) is Connecticut’s tallest building – just two meters taller than Travelers Tower (1919). Name: City Place  Location: 185 Asylum Street  Year Completed: 1980  Architect:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Style: Postmodern  Wikipedia: City Place I  Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2020 with Canon 5D Mark iv

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Hartford / Christ Church

The Gothic Revival Christ Church is quite a contrast with the monolithic Stilts Building just across Church Street. Name:  Christ Church Location: 45 Church Street, 955 Main Street  Year Completed: 1827  Architect:  Ithiel Town Style: Gothic Revival  Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral (Hartford, Connecticut)  Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October

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Hartford / Charter Oak Cultural Center

A former synagogue, Temple Beth Israel, converted to civic use. Dramatic architectural details in a low-rise building. Name:  Charter Oak Cultural Center Location: 21 Charter Oak Avenue  Year Completed: 1875  Architect:  George Keller Style: High Victorian Romanesque  Wikipedia: Temple Beth Israel (Hartford, Connecticut)  Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October

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Hartford / Center Church

When viewed from the south, Center Church wears a gold halo in the form of the Gold Building. Name: Center Church, First Church of Christ  Location: 675 Main Street, 60 Gold Street  Year Completed: 1807  Architect:  Daniel Wadsworth Style: Federal  Wikipedia: First Church of Christ and the Ancient Burying Ground  Google Map All images copyright

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Hartford / Bushnell Theater

A building with a split personality: The exterior is Georgian Revival style, the interior is Art Deco. Name:  Bushnell Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall Location: 166 Capitol Avenue  Year Completed: 1930   Architect: Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray  Style: Georgian Revival, Art Deco interior  Wikipedia: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts  Google

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Hartford / Bushnell Park

Claimed to be the oldest publicly funded park in the United States, and part of the East Coast Greenway. The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch commemorates Civil War combatants. Other points of interest include the Corning Fountain, carousel, and Spanish-American War memorial. Reverend Horace Bushnell conceived the park, and asked Hartford native Frederick Law Olmsted

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Hartford / Atlantic Screw Works

A part of Hartford’s industrial history, half-covered during the flood of 1936. Restored and converted to offices. Detailed terra cotta, red brick. Name:  Atlantic Screw Works Location: 75 Charter Oak Avenue  Year Completed: 1903, 1910  Architect: Davis & Brooks  Historic Buildings of Connecticut: Atlantic Screw Works  Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant /

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Hartford / Asylum Hill Congregational Church

A Gothic Revival brownstone erected just after the Civil War. Historians note that the architect mainly designed for the Roman Catholic Church; this was an exception. Name:  Asylum Hill Congregational Church Location:  814 Asylum Avenue Year Completed: 1865 Architect: Patrick Keely  Style: Gothic Revival  Wikipedia: Asylum Avenue District  Google Map All images copyright © Kenneth Grant

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