Get ready to BE INSPIRED by designer room showcases . . .SHOP the marketplace . . . and MEET home preservation experts and specialists at this first-of-a-kind event in Hartford.
Hartford Preservation Alliance is pleased to be teaming with Rebuilding Together Hartford to present Designer SPACES & Market PLACES Thursday, September 23 through Sunday, September 26 ~ a unique event featuring the work of Connecticut's top interior designers together in one venue for the first time in Hartford.
Join us for the opening night cocktail party, Thursday, September 23 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm featuring a sneak preview of our designer rooms and a silent auction.
The main event will be open Friday, September 24 & Saturday, September 25 from 10:00 a.m. - 6 p.m. and on Sunday, September 26 from 10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.
100% of the proceeds will benefit Hartford Preservation Alliance and Rebuilding Together Hartford.
For ticket prices and further information visit www.spacesplaces.org.
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NEXT TOURS: September 11 ~ 3rd Discover Hartford Bicycling & Walking Tour
HPA is pleased to be providing four walking tours:
♦ Asylum Hill ♦Bushnell Park ♦Downtown Moderns
♦South Downtown/South Green
Visit www.hartfordbiketour.org or call 860.727.0050
to pre-register or for more info
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| Hartford . . . Once Upon A Time |
Partially built by the same contractor who had constructed the Mark Twain House twenty years earlier, the grand Asylum Hill home of Charles R. Forrest sat near the corner of Asylum Avenue and Gillett Street from 1891 until the early 1950s, when, like so many other fine residences along the Avenue, it was replaced by modern structures. As a wealthy city businessman, Forrest could well afford the grand home, which combined a number of architectural styles and elements, and included a spectacular stone porch in the front. Forrest died in 1912, but his family held onto the home until selling it after Elsie Forrest, Charles’s daughter, died in late 1948. click here to read more
(Photo: Hartford: Sunset (1893). R.S. de Lamater, photographer. Tomas J. Nenortas Collection)
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DODD, LIEBERMAN, LARSON ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE COLTSVILLE AS A NATIONAL PARK
April 30, 2010 - Today, U.S. Congressman John B. Larson and U.S. Senators Christopher Dodd and Joe Lieberman announced that they have introduced legislation to designate Coltsville as a National Park. The Coltsville National Historic Park Act (HR-5131). The legislation was formally introduced in the Senate this week and in the House of Representatives on April 22nd.
In 2003, Dodd, Lieberman and Larson successfully passed the Coltsville Study Act into law, requiring the National Park Service to make recommendations about adding Coltsville to the National Park system. Overall, the study concluded that Coltsville has "national significance" and was "suitable for inclusion in the National Park System." In 2008, the National Park Service designated Coltsville as a National Historic Landmark.
The Hartford Preservation Allliance is proud to serve on the Coltsville Ad Hoc Committee which has been working diligently towards securing National Park status for Coltsville and its preservation.
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| The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation recently awarded the Hartford Preservation Alliance and the City of Hartford it 2010 Community Vision Award in recognition of our work in "conceiving and enacting the Hartford Preservation Ordinance, Connecticut's first municipal preservation ordinance."
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The Hartford Preservation Alliance (HPA) is a professionally-operated, volunteer-assisted 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of the unique architectural heritage and neighborhood character of Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Hartford Preservation Alliance (HPA) is Hartford's voice for the preservation of the city's unique turn-of-the-century architectural heritage. HPA can have a major impact in Hartford, however, only if it speaks for a large number of people who share its vision of the city. We very much hope that you will join us in supporting this important work by becoming a member of HPA.
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