National_Attack t1_iu49mrn wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:17 PM

It’s incredible that they just built/paved over the river that cut through hartford. You wouldn’t even know it ran through the middle of Bushnell park of old maps didn’t exist.

Infrastructure is one of those things that is necessary but we look in hindsight at the true effectiveness vs other options. It seems a lot of the old politicians in charge of city planning in Hartford neglected to see the impact cutting 91 and 84 would have on the culture and livelihood of the city. They effectively killed growth in Hartford with one blow.

Really sad, but I guess “Hartford has it!” Right?

Squirts_Faygojizzer t1_iu4qa21 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:16 PM

The Park River is tunneled. It still (sometimes) flows into the Connecticut River

IGameOnMac t1_iu6h395 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 10:28 PM

Today I learned Hartford actually had a river flowing through it

SwietyMateusz t1_iu7lwd4 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:14 AM

The Park River is fascinating stuff: https://mpetroff.net/2014/08/canoeing-the-park-river-under-hartford/

IGameOnMac t1_iuawdc3 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:37 PM

Holy cow thst was interesting! They should really make it a tourist trap and clean it up or really what a shame

B6304T4 t1_iu8x1kb wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:59 PM

You can thank Beatrice Fox for the 91 and 84 interchange (satans anus) running directly through downtown Hartford.