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WINTER  2003
VOLUME 1 / NUMBER 2
IN THIS ISSUE:  BUILT IT / RAZED IT

 
  Front Street’s Saloons   Historic Modern Architecture?   The Anatomy of a 221-Year-Old House      Rise & Fall of Public Housing   A Mantel with Mileage

Contents

On the cover:
Boys line up in the street, c. 1906. Hartford’s East Side, a densely
populated working-class immigrant neighborhood, housed nearly half
of the city’s saloons.

pg 7  From the Publisher: Do we try hard to preserve the past? By Elizabeth J. Normen

pg 9 A Tale of Two Cities: The Rise and Fall of Public Housing By Nancy O. Albert

pg 18 The Last 18th-Century House on Main Street By David F. Ransom

pg 24  The Award-Winning Wilde Building By Bruce Clouette
pg 31 The Wilde Building: A Building for the Completely Insured Air Age By Sheila Daley with Elizabeth Normen
A pair of stories that consider: 1950s Office Building — Icon or White Elephant?

pg 34  The Saloon: The Poor Man’s Club By Gergely Baics
Vice in 19th century Hartford centered around the city’s saloons.

pg 40 re: collections: The Mark Twain House Mantel By Patti Coogan
This well-traveled architectural element inspired more than a few yarns.

pg 42  Shoebox Archives: Francis Goodwin II’s reflections on the wild and wooly three-day opening of the Bulkeley Bridge.

pg 44 Destination: The Polish National Home By David Kamienski
This Art Deco gem has been the cultural home of Polish Americans for 70 years.

pg 45 Soap Box: Tyler Smith has the last word as the Emhart Building, now known as CIGNA’s North Building, is slated for demolition.