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Hartford / Bushnell Theater

Hartford, CT / By

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

Hartford, CT / By

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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