Merritt Parkway Creates Scenic Gateway to New England
June 29, 2018
This Depression-era road improvement project sought to artfully balance the natural and built environments, and despite setbacks and scandal, achieved its aims. …[more]
Architecture
Metal Homes for the Atomic Age
May 17, 2018
Once touted as the house “America has been waiting for,” only a few post-WWII Lustron steel houses remain in Connecticut. …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Popular Culture
Frederick Law Olmsted Born – Today in History: April 26
April 26, 2018
On April 26, 1822, Frederick Law Olmsted was born in Hartford. Often described as the founder of landscape architecture in... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, Hartford
G. Fox & Co. Destroyed by Fire – Today in History: January 29
January 29, 2018
On January 29, 1917, at about 11:00 pm, watchmen discovered a fire on the ground floor of the G. Fox... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Beatrice Fox Auerbach, Business and Industry, Disaster, Hartford, Popular Culture
New Haven Coliseum Imploded – Today in History: January 20
January 20, 2018
On January 20, 2007, the 35-year-old New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum—better known as the New Haven Coliseum—met its end at... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Contemporary United States, New Haven, Popular Culture
Civic Center Roof Collapses – Today in History: January 18
January 18, 2018
On January 18, 1978, at about 4:20 in the morning, the Hartford Civic Center roof collapsed. Ten days of bad... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Contemporary United States, Disaster, Hartford, Popular Culture
Father of Architects Born – Today in History: December 4
December 4, 2017
On December 4, 1804, “Father of Architects” Henry Austin was born in the Mt. Carmel section of Hamden, Connecticut. A... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Business and Industry, Expansion and Reform, Hamden, New Haven
Theodate Pope Riddle Dies – Today in History: August 30
August 30, 2017
On August 30, 1946, Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the nation’s first successful woman architects, died at the age of... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Farmington, Theodate Pope Riddle, Women
Landscape Architecture Helps in Healing – Who Knew?
April 24, 2017
…Hartford-born landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted re-designed the grounds on the campus of the Hartford Retreat for the Insane to... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted, Hartford, Health and Medicine, Who Knew?
Dr. Mary B. Moody Challenges Victorian Mores About Women in Medicine
March 13, 2017
New Haven resident Dr. Mary Moody the first female graduate of the medical school at the University of Buffalo, and the first female member of the American Association of Anatomists. …[more]
