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The Hartford Municipal Building, also known as Hartford City Hall, is a historic Beaux-Arts structure located at 550 Main Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Completed in 1915, it is a prominent local example of Beaux-Arts architecture, and is the third building to serve as city hall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
Website. bushnell.org. The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts (formerly known as Bushnell Memorial Hall or simply The Bushnell / ˈbʊʃnəl /) is a performing arts venue at 166 Capitol Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Managed by a non-profit organization, it is marketed as Connecticut's premier presenter of the performing arts.
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. [9] Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the ...
The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut.The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, Hudson River School landscapes, modernist masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as collections of early American furniture and decorative arts.
Bulkeley Bridge, circa 1906-1916. Pratt & Whitney Factory, 1940. On July 6, 1944, Hartford was the scene of one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States. The fire, which occurred at a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, became known as the Hartford Circus Fire.
Residence (s) Essex, Connecticut, U.S. Alma mater. Boston College (BS) Occupation. Business executive. Catherine Frances Malloy known as Cathy Malloy (née Lambert; born April 1, 1955) [1] is an American executive and former First Lady of Connecticut between 2011 and 2019. She is the wife of former Governor of Connecticut Dannel Malloy.
Downtown Hartford. Pratt Street is a "historic, one-block, quasi-pedestrian mall" in the heart of downtown Hartford. [1] Downtown Hartford, Connecticut is the primary business district of the city, and the center of Connecticut 's state government. Because of the large number of insurance companies headquartered there, Hartford is known as the ...
The city of Hartford switched from a mayor–council government to a council–manager government in 1947. [2] The mayor was chosen from among the city council until 1969, when the mayor began to be directly elected in partisan elections.