OT: Yard Goats Proving Hartford Can Have Nice Things

[UCFBfan]

It's not really... it's closer to West Hartford/end of Capital Ave than the area being reference around the stadium.

If I recall correctly, the Parkville neighborhood is also going through a transformation. Isn't that the neighborhood where they opened the axe throwing place and a brewery, Hog River?, is there too? If it's the same section of Hartford, I find it ironic that the resident speaking out is from there. Parkville is going through what the area around the stadium will hopefully go through.

 

[huskymedic]

If I recall correctly, the Parkville neighborhood is also going through a transformation. Isn't that the neighborhood where they opened the axe throwing place and a brewery, Hog River?, is there too? If it's the same section of Hartford, I find it ironic that the resident speaking out is from there. Parkville is going through what the area around the stadium will hopefully go through.

This place sounds cool if they indeed pull it off. CT pumps $400K into Hartford's Parkville Market

 

[Danzz]

If I recall correctly, the Parkville neighborhood is also going through a transformation. Isn't that the neighborhood where they opened the axe throwing place and a brewery, Hog River?, is there too? If it's the same section of Hartford, I find it ironic that the resident speaking out is from there. Parkville is going through what the area around the stadium will hopefully go through.

During redevelopment in the 60's The Hog River was covered up in the Frog Hollow area from the Woodbine St area (old Underwood factory area) past Pope Park. The water rats in that area were gigantic.
As a kid in the North End I wasn't allowed to go near the Hog River behind Bowles Park Project but of course I did anyway. The real name is the Park River but picked up the name Hog because it ran through the Copaco slaughterhouse area in Bloomfield and rumor was the Bernstein brothers dumped their pig blood from the slaughterhouse in the river. Copaco was known to Northenders as Sloppy Charlies and nobody ever called the river Park. And nobody from Hartford ever called the Park St area Parkville either. It was always Frog Hollow.

 

[WhiteDressWes]

During redevelopment in the 60's The Hog River was covered up in the Frog Hollow area from the Woodbine St area (old Underwood factory area) past Pope Park. The water rats in that area were gigantic.
As a kid in the North End I wasn't allowed to go near the Hog River behind Bowles Park Project but of course I did anyway. The real name is the Park River but picked up the name Hog because it ran through the Copaco slaughterhouse area in Bloomfield and rumor was the Bernstein brothers dumped their pig blood from the slaughterhouse in the river. Copaco was known to Northenders as Sloppy Charlies and nobody ever called the river Park. And nobody from Hartford ever called the Park St area Parkville either. It was always Frog Hollow.

Parkville is west of Pope Park to the town line; Frog Hollow is East to Washington St.

Parkville has people from about 100 nations, including North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe. Frog Hollow has mostly Hispanic people, but there are some elderly folk left from when it contained the French section and some Bosnians.

 

[UCFBfan]

This was the article. Hope they can pull it off. There's a lot of positives going on in Hartford right now. Hopefully they ride that wave to success and break the cycle of failure.

Can Hartford's Parkville Neighborhood Be An Arts Destination? These Developers Think So.

 

[Waquoit]

Real Art Ways has been in Parkville for years. A great place and community treasure.