Downtown Hartford's 5 Worst Neighborhood Obliterations

Large sections of downtown Hartford, Connecticut were destroyed in the 1950s to 1980s to make way for large-scale building projects. We may debate the quality and benefits of what was built, but the lost neighborhoods can not be replaced. Let me know in the comments what you think of my list of obliterations.

00:00 Intro
01:35 CityPlace
03:14 XL Center
04:45 Downtown North
06:06 Bushnell Plaza
07:23 Old East Side

This video features images from: Library of Congress, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Hartford History Center (Hartford Public Library), Lawrence Plourde, Harry Wallengren, Newman Architects and Robert Benson Photography
CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) photos from: Wikipedia user: John Phelan, Wasted Time R
CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) photos from Wikipedia user: Philip Stanulis, Kenneth C. Zirkel
Assets from: Envato Elements, Google Earth Studio

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