With its low self-esteem and high urban blight, Hartford is the ultimate underdog city. Sad City Hartford documents the joys, sorrows and eccentricities of New England's Rising Star.
Showing posts with label city laws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city laws. Show all posts

Monday, April 16, 2012

Golden Slumbers?


If there is one thing all Hartford residents love as much as reading about pay phones it's reading about discarded mattresses! A curious problem that Sad City has been investigating for a long time, discarded mattresses continue to litter our streets at an alarming pace.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Hot Town, Garbage in the City

Nothing says "summer" quite like kids playing in a park sprinkler.

But is there anything that can be done about all of the trash? Today, we took a walk through our favorite patch of Asylum Hill greenery, Sigourney Square Park, and the place was covered in trash. We know that the city is faced with a slew of problems and greater priorities, but this starting to be a serious broken window.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Legalize Heaven

While we are very excited about the potential repeal of the skateboarding ban, our favorite part of this story is when Jordan Polon trots out the "get off our lawn" quote.

If they had only done this when we were a teen, we might not have spent so much time hanging out at parking lots in Manchester.