West Hartford is a suburb located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Located 5 miles (8.0 km) west of downtown Hartford, the population is 63,268 at the 2010 census.
The city is famous for its popular city center known as the "West Hartford Center," or simply "The Center," centered on Farmington Avenue and South/North Main Street. West Hartford Center has been a major center of society since the late 17th century. In 2008, Blue Back Square opened as a new addition in the central area. Blue Back includes bookstores, cinemas, two parking garages, various doctors and medical offices, and several restaurants.
Founded as a city in 1854, the city was formerly a Hartford parish, founded in 1672. Among the southernmost communities belonging to the metropolitan area of ​​Hartford-Springfield Knowledge Corridor, West Hartford is home to the University of Hartford and the University of Saint Joseph.
In 2010, Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine noted West Hartford as one of the country's "Top 10 Big Cities to Raise Families". In 2010, Kiplinger ranked West Hartford # 9 on the list of "10 Best Cities for the Next Decade". In 2010, CNN Money placed West Hartford as the 55th best-selling town in America. In 2010, the national online magazine Travelandleisure.com quoted West Hartford as one of the top 10 "coolest" areas in the country. The magazine calls the West Hartford Reservoir on Farmington Avenue, "West Hartford Central Park," and also records the city's hot-worthy hot spots, with cutting-edge restaurants, great shopping, and plenty of parking. "
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According to new archaeological evidence, the Wampanoag people use West Hartford as one of their winter camps. Fishing and hunting along the Connecticut River, the West Hartford area offers the Wampanoag a sanctuary of winter winds and severe spring floods in the river. In 1636 Reverend Thomas Hooker led a group of followers of what is now Cambridge, Massachusetts to the "Great River" and eventually founded the Hartford Colony. As the colony grows, additional land is needed. In 1672, Hartford's owners ordered that a Division be made in the West. A total of "72 Long Lots" is placed between Quaker Lane currently on East and Mountain Road in the West. The northern boundary is Bloomfield, and South, New Britain Avenue at present. (The west limit was extended in 1830 to include the Farmington section). In the 1670s the area was referred to as the "West Division" of Hartford. It remained the official name until 1806 when the General Assembly of Connecticut began to refer to it as "The West Hartford Society."
It is believed that the first settlers to West Hartford were Stephen Hosmer whose father was in the first Hartford settler group at Hooker and who later had 300 acres (1,200,000 m 2 ) in the present Central north. In 1679, Stephen Hosmer's father sent him to set up a sawmill on the property. Young Hosmer will eventually return to live in Hartford, but in inventory 1693 real estate, 310 acres (1,300,000m 2 ) at West Hartford along with a registered house and sawmill. For almost a century the property will be downgraded to the whole family. Proof remains of the first industry in the City, as Stephen Hosmer's pond and dam can still be found today on the west side of North Main Street.
At the time of the American Revolution, the once powerful wilderness has been very clear and the new agricultural community has grown to a population of over 1,000 inhabitants and 3,000 sheep. At its heart is the home of the congregation. The First Congregational Congregation Building was built around 1712. Now in the fifth building, the church stands proudly in what is now the southeast corner of Main Street and Farmington Avenue. As the focus of early religious, political and social life, the meeting house helped provide this area with the name, a title still held today - "Center."
Evidence at the Hartford Courant and the 1790 census shows that some of the more affluent households rely on labor and slaves for field work and household help. The Sarah Whitman Hooker House is one of those residences and still stands on New Britain Avenue. The evidence shows that the Prostitute has several slaves. One of the slaves, Bristow, bought his freedom in 1775 to fight in the Revolutionary War. a slave to whom one of West Hartford's high schools was named, Bristow bought his freedom from Thomas Hart Hooker in April 1775 as Hooker set out to fight in the Revolutionary War. Bristow continued to live with the family after Thomas Hart Hooker was killed in the war. Bristow became an agricultural expert and left his property to Hooker's two children when he died. He is the only African American known to be buried at West Hartford Central Cemetery.
Arrival industry
One of the first major emerging industries centered on pottery and brickwork. Expanding from Hartford to Berlin is a huge deposit of fine clay. In 1770, Ebenezer Faxon came from Massachusetts and settled on the part that would become part of Elmwood West Hartford. There he founded a pottery on South Road (now New Britain Avenue) that utilizes the local geological landscape. It was Seth Goodwin, however, who helped found the pottery dynasty. Goodwin started working pottery around 1798. For over a hundred years, the name Goodwin will be associated with West Hartford pottery. Producing utilitarian goods such as jugs for the manufacture of gins in local distillation, for the design of terra cotta and fine porcelain, the Goodwin Company employs up to 75 people in its heyday. The Goodwin Brothers Pottery Company (as it was known) was burned for the third time in 1908 and never recovered.
In 1879 Edwin Arnold founded Trout Brook Ice & amp; Feed Company. Ice from Trout Brook, a river that runs in the middle of West Hartford, is harvested in winter, sawed into blocks, and placed into a series of ice houses through an escalator system. Isolated in sawdust, ice blocks are used as cooling locally and shipped as far as New York City. At the end of the 19th century, New York, New Haven & amp; Hartford Railroad ran past Elmwood's section in the southeast corner of town. Various companies were cut in this field including Coil Whitlock Pipe Company in 1891, and then Royal Typewriter, Wiremold, Abbot Ball, Colt Manufacturing and Silver Uncle Grippers (manufacturer of tweezers). The largest West Hartford manufacturer is Pratt & amp; Whitney (now Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems, who later lent her name to Pratt & Whitney, an aerospace company headquartered in East Hartford). In 1940 built a factory in 20 acres (81,000 m 2 ) and at the height of World War II, it employed more than 7,000 people. It will stand until 1991, when Pratt & amp; The Whitney Measurement System was obtained and the operation was transferred to Plainville.
New city
In 1792 a citizen committee was appointed to seek permission from Hartford to escape, and was rejected. Five years later they petitioned again and again rejected. In the spring of 1854, the Connecticut General Assembly met in New Haven (co-capitol with Hartford at the time). Most likely taking advantage of the distance from Hartford, a petition dated March 21, was sent to the General Assembly by delegates from West Hartford. Signed by 153 residents, the petition claims that the residence "is experiencing a lot of discomfort because of their current relationship with the city and city of Hartford and that their comfort and prosperity will essentially be promoted by departing as separate cities." On April 26, about 100 residents from West Hartford presented their own case against secession. After reviewing and opening up opportunities for Hartford to make an argument for keeping West Hartford, the General Assembly voted on May 3 for West Hartford's independence.
However, the 1854 vote was not the end of the debate. In 1895, the wealthy residents of West Hartford's "East Side" petitioned Hartford for annexation. Their call was rejected by other West Hartford residents. Then in 1923 and 1924 Hartford wanted to annex West Hartford back so that it could reach the "Greater Hartford Plan." Residents of the city united in opposition and the plan was defeated in a 2,100 to 6137 vote.
Appears as tramway edges
This is the transportation that has the greatest impact on West Hartford and its evolution from the crossroads to the modern outskirts. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, three turnpikes ran through West Hartford. Around these streets, taverns, blacksmiths and wheel shops, public shops and many other business venues have sprung up. The initial map provides an understanding of how important this byways is in the development of trade and industry. Then came the trolley - starting in 1845, Fred Brace started running a horse-drawn omnibus from his home on the corner of Farmington Avenue and Dale Street into downtown Hartford. More important is the horse-drawn cart line and then the electric trolley that in 1889 began weaving the road from the inner city of Hartford to the West Hartford countryside. The trolley line opens up land that is not accessible to many people, and allows for professionals and their families to settle along Prospect Avenue, then north of Farmington Avenue.
In the 1880s, Hartford began to experience an economic boom. Therefore, Hartford business leaders began to build their mansions along Prospect Avenue. Prospect Hill, located on a mile-long ridge that has breathtaking city views, is the most prestigious place in the region. Homes are characteristic of the popular architectural style of the period, especially the 19th and 20th Late Renewals. Many houses in the area on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Connecticut Governor's Residence, were built in 1908. Prospect Avenue is adjacent to Elizabeth Park, designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1896 and named for the wife of Governor Charles H Pond, who inherited the land to Hartford City. In 1900, Hartford Golf Club opened its link on the other side of Asylum Avenue to the west of Prospect Avenue, adding to the ideal suburban sensibility in the area.
In 1895, Wood, Harmon and Company created one of the city's first subdivisions on the property known as Stanley Farm, an upward sloping channel of a trolley line that then ran along Farmington Avenue, opposite No. 7 Reservoir. 1. Called Buena Vista, it is promoting it "New and Hartford Handsome." Their literature highlights the "exceptional suburban electric car service" and is close to No Reservoir. 1.
Other developments followed include "Elmhurst" in Elmwood (1901), and Sunset Farm (1917). One of the most exclusive of early developments was West Hill. Located on the former estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the son of renowned financiers and transportation magnets, it is the brainchild of Horace R. Grant. Designed by some of Hartford's finest architects in the 1920s, West Hill is historically very important because this is an excellent example of the development of planned real estate in the early 1920s that goes under the limits of special designs to achieve tremendous success as the environment well designed and prestigious. Architecture is characteristic of the Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival styles that were popular in that period. It was declared a National History District in 1996.
Car
In the 1920s and 30s, the impact of the car was felt in West Hartford when the city became more accessible to middle-class citizens and workers in Hartford. Between 1910 and 1930 West Hartford residents grew from 4,808 to 24,941 inhabitants. Then with the end of the Great Depression, World War II, and the exodus of the city centers, West Hartford witnessed the entry of extraordinary people when the population swelled from 33,776 in 1940 to 62,382 in 1960. This era ushered in the construction of large housing and retail space throughout the community.
In the 50s, the main roads - Albany, Asylum, and Farmington - became important arteries for commuters, and access made West Hartford attractive to middle-class families. During this decade, the city built a new primary school every year to accommodate population growth. In the 1960s, development began on Interstate 84, completed in 1969. Interstates have many branches in society, most notably splitting the city, isolating the more industrial and ethnic environments of Elmwood with physical barriers from others. from West Hartford. In addition, Interstate allows increased accessibility as the population increases with Baby Boom and development, and recalibrates traditional retail sites.
Subsequent housing developments continued into the late 70s, particularly in suburbs to the west, west and far to the southwest, as evidenced by the many colonial-style houses, farms, and split levels in these areas. In 1971, the construction of the Bishop's Corner was inaugurated. Housing tenants like Lord & amp; Taylor, F.W. Woolworth, and Doubleday Book Shop attract buyers from across the region; Centers with independently owned stores, negatively affected by new retail traffic patterns.
To the southwestern outskirts of the city lies Westfarms Mall. Opened in 1974 with original anchor JC Penney, G. Fox & amp; Co., and Sage-Allen, this mall performs further calibration at West Hartford. It became famous for its luxurious ceilings and waterfall-style fountains. Sitting astride I-84, conveniently connected to the city's main internal artery, and comprising over 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m 2 ) of shops and restaurants, it is the third largest indoor mall in Connecticut.
Blue Back Square
In recent years, most communities have gone through a significant transformation. Opened in 2007, Blue Back Square is a pioneer in mixed-use development at the Center that combines large retail and residential living spaces. The five-building complex contains 220,000 square feet (20,000 m 2 ) of ground floor retail space and 120 luxury spaces. The medical office space covers 137,000 square feet (12,700 m 2 ), and other professional offices will reach a square foot area of ​​62,500 square feet (5,810 m 2 ). A six-screen movie theater as well as two 500-room parking garages were also built. Named after the popular spelling book Noah Webster, Blue-Back Speller, the development has significantly altered the Center and advancing West Hartford's status as a dining area and shopping destination.
Maps West Hartford, Connecticut
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​22.3 square miles (57.7 km 2 ), where 21.9 square miles (56.6 km 2 ) is ground and 0.42 square miles (1.1 km 2 ), or 1.91%, is water.
West Hartford's west side is flanked by Metacomet Ridge, a jagged ridge that stretches from Long Island Sound to almost the Vermont border. Key features of Metacomet Ridge at West Hartford include Talcott Mountain and a number of Metropolitan District's high water reservoirs, which maintain watershed and recreational resources on the property. The 51-mile (km) Metacomet Trail crosses the ridge. The city's website shows that the highest point in town is 778 feet (237 m) above sea level in Talcott (Avon) Mountain. The altitude at City Hall is 120 feet (37 m).
West Hartford is adjacent to and west of Hartford, the state capital, and borders Bloomfield, Newington, New Britain, Farmington and Avon. West Hartford is about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Boston and 120 miles (190 km) northeast of New York City. Interstate 84 runs through West Hartford.
Demographics
In the 2010 Census, there were 63,268 people, 25,258 households, and 16,139 families living in the city. Population density is 2,888.9 people per square mile (1,117.0/km²). There are 25,332 housing units with an average density of 1,152.3 square miles (445.0/km²). City's racial makeup is 79.6% White, 6.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 7.4% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Island, 3.8% of other races, and 2.7 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 9.8% of the population.
Of West Hartford residents, 49.85% are religious. Of all the inhabitants, 31.74% were Catholic, 3.29% were Presbyterians, 2.19% were Baptists, 2.19% were Methodists, 1.59% were Jews, 1.39% were Lutherans, 1.31% are Episkopalian, 1.19% are Pentecostals, 4% are Mormons, 3.38% are other Christian denominations, and 34% are Muslim.
There were 25,258 households where 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had non-husbands female households, and 36.1% were not family. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the city, the population is spread by 23.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% years or more. The median age was 41.5 years. For every 100 women, there are 86.5 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 82.2 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 80,061, and the average income for the family is $ 106,089 as an estimate of 2011. Men have an average income of $ 69,888 compared to $ 56,162 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 45,453. About 3.7% of families and 6.1% of the population are below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under the age of 18 and 9.6% at age 65 or older.
Economy
Government
West Hartford has been organized through a council-manager government since 1919. West Hartford is the first city in the state and one of the first in the country to adopt this form of government in which the council acts as an elected policy council and the city manager serves as the chief executive officer responsible for carrying out council policies. City Council members were elected extensively for two years and represented all West Hartford and the city clerks were elected for four years. Chosen by City Council in 2008, Ronald F. Van Winkle is City Manager.
Connecticut (like neighboring Massachusetts and Rhode Island) provides almost all local services (such as fires and rescues, education, snow removal, etc.), since the local government has been removed since 1960.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Airport
Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, is twenty minutes north of downtown Hartford. It has more than 150 daily departures to over 30 destinations in nine airlines. Other airports serving the Hartford area include:
- Hartford-Brainard Airport, located in Hartford from I-91 and close to Wethersfield, serves charter flights and local flights.
- Westover Metropolitan Airport, located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, 27 miles (43 km) north of Hartford, serves commercial, local, charter and military flights.
- Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, located in New Haven, Connecticut, served by US Airways Express.
Railroad
Currently, Amtrak does not currently serve West Hartford directly. The city center is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Hartford Union Station.
However, West Hartford is a planned stop along Hartford Line, a commuter rail service from New Haven to Springfield that will use the current Amtrak line, with the possibility of a shuttle bus connection at Windsor Locks to Bradley International Airport. By December 2015, funding has been secured to finance the construction of new lines, with services scheduled to begin in early 2018. Connecticut State has been funded for the construction of a new train station on Flatbush Ave, on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and New Park Avenue.
Bus rapid transit
In March 2015, CTfastrak, the first transit fast bus corridor in Connecticut opened, providing a separate shortcut between Hartford and New Britain. West Hartford is served by two stations:
- Elmwood - Corner of New Park Avenue and New Britain Avenue
- Flatbush Ave - Flatbush Avenue Corner and New Park Avenue
Highway
I-84, which runs from Scranton, to its intersection with I-90 in Sturbridge, just above the Massachusetts border that passes West Hartford. In addition, Hartford is served by the following:
- USÃ, 44
- I-84 / US $ 6
- Route 9
- Route 4
- Route 71
- Route, 173
- Route 185
- Route 189
- Route 218
Utilities
Education
In 2006, Money magazine ranked West Hartford as the 10th most educated city in the United States, as measured by the percentage of city dwellers holding bachelor's or professional degrees. The 2006 Connecticut Magazine ranked the West Hartford Public School's education in the top three of all cities and towns in Connecticut for a population class of over 50,000 people, behind only Greenwich and Fairfield.
Public schools
The city is home to two public high schools, Conard High School (home of Conard Chieftains) and Hall High School (home of Warriors Hall), as well as 11 elementary schools and three secondary schools at West Hartford Public Schools. Primary schools are Aiken, Braeburn, Bugbee, Charter Oak, Duffy, Morley, Norfeldt, Smith, Webster Hill, Whiting Lane, and Wolcott. The three middle schools are King Philip, Sedgwick, and most recently, Bristow Middle School, located where Kingswood-Oxford Middle School was once located. Eleven primary schools were evenly distributed to King Philip or Sedgwick, and those who registered at Bristow were selected by lot. After high school, students continue to high school with the same student body. They at Sedgwick went to Conard High School, while they at King Philip went to Hall High School, and students in Bristow returned to their same school district in elementary school.
Private school
Colleges and universities
Higher education institutions located in the city include the following colleges and universities:
- Hartford University
- Saint Joseph University
- University of Connecticut, Greater Hartford Campus
Media
- The Jewish Ledger , the weekly newspaper
- West Hartford Life , monthly newspaper
- West Hartford News , weekly newspaper
- West Hartford Press , weekly newspaper
- Radio
- WNWW
- WWUH
- WNPR
- TV
- West Hartford Community Television (WHCTV)
- WVIT
Famous people
In alphabetical order:
- Chip Arndt, gay rights activist, philanthropist and winning colleague The Amazing Race 4
- Stephen Barnett (1935-2009), a law scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970
- Michelle Beadle, Sports Reporter, and NBC Universal Host
- E. Alexander Bergstrom (1919-73), conservationist
- Manute Bol (1962-2010), NBA player
- Ben Bova, science facts and fiction writers
- Tim Brennan, guitarist and songwriter for Dropkick Murphys
- Chris Carrabba, singer-songwriter from Dashboard Confessional
- Joyce Cohen, the actress
- John Droney, politician and lawyer
- Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) and John Gregory Dunne, (1932-2003), author, born in Hartford and raised in West Hartford
- John L. Flannery - chair & amp; CEO, General Electric (GE)
- John Franklin Enders, 1954 Nobel Prize Winner for Treatment
- Joe Furey, Head of Meteorology Fox61
- Martin Hayes, Six Times All Fiddle Irish Champion
- Grayson Hugh (singer-songwriter), the songs featured in the Oscar-winning film, Thelma and Louise and Fried Green Tomatoes
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1878-1951), social activist
- Liz Janangelo, a professional golfer at the LPGA Tour
- Jared Jordan, compiled 45th by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2007 NBA Draft
- Charlie Kaufman, Academy Award winner and screenwriter Become John Malkovich and Endless Sunlight from Endless Mind
- Edward Lorenz, mathematician and meteorologist, early pioneer of chaos theory, the inventor of strange pulling ideas, makes the term "popular butterfly effect" popular
- Frank Luntz, Republican poll
- Joseph Mascolo, veteran actor and soap opera
- Brett H. McGurk, Special Advisor to the US Ambassador to Iraq
- Edward Morley, a name for Morley Elementary School, the best known scientist with the Michelson-Morley experiment
- Jason Muzzatti, a former NHL goalkeeper, plays with Hartford Whalers
- John O'Hurley, an actor on the Seinfeld television series and a former member of Family Feud.
- Peter Paige, actor
- John P. Reese, financial manager and financial columnist
- William Thompson Sedgwick, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a key figure in shaping U.S. public health
- Noah Webster, lexicographer, author, Bible translator, spelling reformer, author and editor
- John Woodruff, congressman
- Korczak Ziolkowski (1908-82), sculptor of Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota
Destination
- Bishops Corner
- Blue Box Back
- Elizabeth Park
- Elmwood
- Fern Park
- Noah Webster House
- Taman Street
- West Hartford Center
- Westfarms Mall
- Westmoor Park
See also
- List of Historic Historic Places of Interest in West Hartford, Connecticut
References
External links
- West Hartford History
- Official West Hartford city website
- West Hartford Center
- West Hartford Community Television
- Yearbook Pictures of Conard and Hall High School Famous Alumni
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