Grew up in Manchester for 14 years, this video took me back to riding the school bus down Main Street every morning as a middle schooler. Manchester hasn’t changed a bit!
Unfortunately Manchester, Connecticut, has changed a whole lot from the mid- 1940's thru the mid-1970's. The Northern end of Main St. where it meets North Main St., was cha ged forever when all of the business blocks on North Main St., the street (which I don't remember tbe name of) that if one was driving East on No. Main St., before you got to Main St., then took a right turn, took one to the Northend Railroad Station. This street was short because of the railroad tracks, but there a number of businesses on that street. In the mid-1960's, 1966, the Northend was changed dramatically where All the buildings, built from sandstone and possibly brownstone from the local area had to be dynamited in order to destroy them because they were so well built, and many of the stylish homes, some that had been built probably in the 1800's/early 1900's felt the rath of bulldozers, as well. Some of the original streets running north off of No. Main street were relocated a little eastward. In my opinion and others of my generation, the buildings Could & Should have been repurposed and the inside areas 15:21 15:21 to a The Whiton Memorial Library-YMCA (?) complex survived intact. The downtown area of Manchester in the early 1960's changed when an area West & North, put in a new large shopping parkade. Many of the stores which had been in the central & southern part of town moved to the Parkade. Gradually over the 2000' the central/southern parts have been and are getting new businesess, and more changes are on the way.
@@oneslow6.018 When I was in kindergarten and 1st grade at Hollister School (1945-1946), the school picked me up on the corner od Woodland & Broad St.'s along with other neighborhood kids
@@oneslow6.018When I went to kindergarten & first grade @ Hollister School (1945-1946), the school bus picked me and other neighborhood kids up at the corner of Broad & Woodland Streets. No school bus in the afternoon to take us back to the morning location, so we had to walk home. I walked down to the corner of Woodland & Main Streets, beginning the Long walk home to Broad St.,when I was 5 & 6. Sometimes I had a friend to walk with, most times not. My parents only owned one car and my father used it to drive to Avon, CT where he and other instructors at the Old Farms Convalesent Hospital were teaching returning WWII blind & legally blind soldiers, sailors & airmen new skills: agriculture/horticulture, band instruments & a multitude of other new things. This facility was in existance for 3 years, from July(?) 1944 to July 1947. Imagine being able to see when you entered the U. S. War Service in whatever branch of service you enlisted, and returning to US soil either unable to see at all or extremely poorly.
My sister in law fell in love with Manchester. She originally from Florida and lived in NC and she moving there to stay by with us since the passing of my mother in law. I know she going to love it there.
I was born and raised in Manchester until I moved to Maine back in 02. Some parts I remember, some not so much. Even seeing my old house brought back so many memories.
Thanks for the trip through the city a lot of my family used to live. Sure looks different than when I was there in 1978. Now it looks like most of suburbia in the western world.
I live in Manchester. Sadly no trains come through anymore. The line has been abandoned for two years, which was literally long enough for 10 foot grass to cover the tracks to the point you can barely see them.
@@colbylawson5331 I grew up in Manchester from age of five onward, went to Hollister School (kindergarten-1st grade; 7th & 8th grades), Robertson School (2nd-6th grade); old Manchester High School (southern end of Main St.: 3 buildings: Franklin [now Bennett Academy], Main diagonally across Main St., from Franklin; and the Gym [East Side Recreation] on School St.: 9th & 10th grade) and last two years, 1956-1958, of High School at the 'New Most Expensive High School in the United States at $5,000,000' according to the September (?), 1956 issue of the Manchester Evening Herald. Left Manchester in 1960 to take a job in Hartford, CT.
I grew up in Manchester. It was a leave it to Beaver town. Great place to be a kid and raise a family. Infortunately videos like this are useless unless your orientation is for Asphalt and shopping centers. EverGreen Walk was and still is a Suburban Gehtto, Buckland Hills Mall a perfect example of poor Suburban Planning is in decline and decay and should be returned to what it was years ago - open space, tabacco fields, dinosaur fossil site (that was buldozed for its construction) and a private/public golf course with unmatched views of Hartford on the skyline where you didn't need a Country Club membership to play. The commercial retail experiment was a failure in Central CT and all the towns that surround Hartford. The life got sucked out of Hartford, with the construction of I-91 which cut off Hartford from it's river waterfront and Market Street - which was the lifeblood of the region. I-84 later would bisect the city and create poverty and slums in the North End and cause a mass exodous of families to the suburbs - which gave way to commercial and capitalistic expansionism - which now will fall into decay. Buckland Hill's mall is surrounded by literally 10,000 apartments in dozens and dozens of complexes that are home to an ever increasing population of immigrants from India - who swarmed here as most IT jobs in the Insurance sector were outsourced to low paying jobs there. The influx created a foreign middle class of opportunity for those seeking the American dream and sucked the life out of the local workforce which created the wealth for the Insurance Companies (in the first place) - who got greedy and wanted more for their pockets. Let us all not forget John Reed and Sanford Weill and Citibank/Travelers - (Goggle it). The Tax Base for these apartments don't cover the local property taxes for education - in a town that was once the envy of any American Educator. The burden has shifted to middle class and aging homeowners. And these residents - will move on again - once their income allows them to futher into the Suburbs and buy tract homes in subdivisions in South Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Enfield and beyond. Whats missing from this video is the beauty and character of the "City of Village Charm". The neighborhoods which have not changed for generations, the Cheeny Mills that fueld the growth of the City, Shady Glen's - Manchesters Culinary Gem, the Pitkin Glass Works - remains of the Revolutionary War Bottle Mfg., who changed operations to produce gunpowder for the Colonists war against British Royals. Highland Park, , Mt. Zebo - leveled for I-384, Case Mountain and Wickham Park - a jewel on the Manchester/East Hartford town line. Main Street is a gem - unfortunately left in dust by the Mall Development. It has attempted to come back - but received the death knell, when the Savings Bank of Manchester - changed from a members based local bank to a Corporation that allowed hundreds of Executive to cash out and become millionaires. They have all left for their warmer climate and large homes - leaving another once vibrant town/city to fend for itself. Exhorbant tax rates and decaying infrastructure will ultimately take its toll. Google the missing pieces - The Goodfellows Building, Manchester Parkade - (a textbook example of 1960's retail experiment), the bowling lanes at Parkade, the old center at the North End, the Manchester Country Club, the Nike Site. Bennet and Illing High Schools, Waddel, Verplank, Highland Park Elementary Schools. The old Post office at Main and Center, CJ's, Willies and Cavey's downstairs - all long closed. This town is a microcosm of Americana - this video does not do it justice. My advice to the videographer is to do some research, on your subject matter - otherwise you become another hapless piece of digital imaging that floods the internet. Just because you can strap on a video camera to your rear view mirror and push the record button - doesn't mean you should. You owe the town much more - and those who come across this type of production and leave with the wrong impression. Sorry - you just didn't do my home town justice.
It’s really not. Manchester has some nice breweries and there has been quite a bit of revitalization. I think this might have been earlier in the day as downtown typically has more activity than this.
@@AnnoyingMoose Connecticut refit has traffic, the fact that it is some of the most densely populated state it definitely has traffic lol I really don’t don’t think you have spent much time in Hartford. Lol
Thank you for watch, hope you enjoyed the ride Have a great day
Grew up in Manchester for 14 years, this video took me back to riding the school bus down Main Street every morning as a middle schooler. Manchester hasn’t changed a bit!
Saint Bridget’s on the corner of Main and Woodland, you rolled right by! Oh, the nostalgia
Unfortunately Manchester, Connecticut, has changed a whole lot from the mid- 1940's thru the mid-1970's. The Northern end of Main St. where it meets North Main St., was cha ged forever when all of the business blocks on North Main St., the street (which I don't remember tbe name of) that if one was driving East on No. Main St., before you got to Main St., then took a right turn, took one to the Northend Railroad Station. This street was short because of the railroad tracks, but there a number of businesses on that street. In the mid-1960's, 1966, the Northend was changed dramatically where All the buildings, built from sandstone and possibly brownstone from the local area had to be dynamited in order to destroy them because they were so well built, and many of the stylish homes, some that had been built probably in the 1800's/early 1900's felt the rath of bulldozers, as well. Some of the original streets running north off of No. Main street were relocated a little eastward. In my opinion and others of my generation, the buildings Could & Should have been repurposed and the inside areas 15:21 15:21 to a The Whiton Memorial Library-YMCA (?) complex survived intact. The downtown area of Manchester in the early 1960's changed when an area West & North, put in a new large shopping parkade. Many of the stores which had been in the central & southern part of town moved to the Parkade. Gradually over the 2000' the central/southern parts have been and are getting new businesess, and more changes are on the way.
@@oneslow6.018 When I was in kindergarten and 1st grade at Hollister School (1945-1946), the school picked me up on the corner od Woodland & Broad St.'s along with other neighborhood kids
@@oneslow6.018When I went to kindergarten & first grade @ Hollister School (1945-1946), the school bus picked me and other neighborhood kids up at the corner of Broad & Woodland Streets. No school bus in the afternoon to take us back to the morning location, so we had to walk home. I walked down to the corner of Woodland & Main Streets, beginning the Long walk home to Broad St.,when I was 5 & 6. Sometimes I had a friend to walk with, most times not. My parents only owned one car and my father used it to drive to Avon, CT where he and other instructors at the Old Farms Convalesent Hospital were teaching returning WWII blind & legally blind soldiers, sailors & airmen new skills: agriculture/horticulture, band instruments & a multitude of other new things. This facility was in existance for 3 years, from July(?) 1944 to July 1947. Imagine being able to see when you entered the U. S. War Service in whatever branch of service you enlisted, and returning to US soil either unable to see at all or extremely poorly.
Is has, it’s crawling with sketchy ass people now.
My sister in law fell in love with Manchester. She originally from Florida and lived in NC and she moving there to stay by with us since the passing of my mother in law. I know she going to love it there.
you can't be referring to the Downtown part of Manchester, it's a ghetto and sketchy area with crime, it's a dump also
I was born and raised in Manchester until I moved to Maine back in 02. Some parts I remember, some not so much. Even seeing my old house brought back so many memories.
you're not missing anything, believe me
Thanks for the trip through the city a lot of my family used to live. Sure looks different than when I was there in 1978. Now it looks like most of suburbia in the western world.
As a Manchester CT native, you hit some of best spots. Including Main St Manchester and Evergreen Walk. Great video
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words
Beautiful this city, Brazilian Greetings
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This video is also great. ~~
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Thank you JC Your great, have a good day
Watching from Phillipines. Nice road trip my friend. Keep it up.
Thank you my friend
Thanks for coming
Awesome drive buddy!🙏
Thank you very much Jim. Have a great day
just moved to utah. lived in manchester my whole life. as you were driving i remembered the memories
Tazim, Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it. good luck in Utah
@@hitchinaride2215 Thank you sir. Coming back to this video pretty soon.
Exciting to drive on the wonderful road. Enjoyed speed!
Thank you very much have a great day
Great driving!!😊😊👏👏
Thank you very much
Great tour of Manchester CT Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
I live in Manchester. Sadly no trains come through anymore. The line has been abandoned for two years, which was literally long enough for 10 foot grass to cover the tracks to the point you can barely see them.
@@colbylawson5331 I love the sound of the train going bye. You don't realize it till its gone
@@hitchinaride2215 I know right
@@colbylawson5331 I grew up in Manchester from age of five onward, went to Hollister School (kindergarten-1st grade; 7th & 8th grades), Robertson School (2nd-6th grade); old Manchester High School (southern end of Main St.: 3 buildings: Franklin [now Bennett Academy], Main diagonally across Main St., from Franklin; and the Gym [East Side Recreation] on School St.: 9th & 10th grade) and last two years, 1956-1958, of High School at the 'New Most Expensive High School in the United States at $5,000,000' according to the September (?), 1956 issue of the Manchester Evening Herald.
Left Manchester in 1960 to take a job in Hartford, CT.
Manchester is a great town!
Thanks Donna
what a great driving view! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Glad you enjoyed it. Have a great day
amazing ride!! great to see this huge and beautiful highways! thanks for this tour my friend!!! :))
Your welcome
Looking at these videos I have. to remember that April back home isn't the same as April in Atlanta
Thanks Izzy When are we going to see some Cuisines? Thanks for subscribing very much appreciated
Oh my God
It's really amazing virtual trip
Thanks for sharing
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Greetings Max and Thank you for the kind and encouraging words
Thanks for sharing have a beautiful day 🌷👍
Your welcome Mom you as well
Great ride thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Seems like a nice town. Liked the shopping plaza. 👍
Thank you for your support, I really appreciate it
i live in manchester its honestly not that nice of a town, its better than a lot of towns and the shopping mall is basically dead now
@@orlandosanchez5295 Downtown Manchester is a dump and a sketchy place also
I live in Manchester Connecticut
Man I miss home lol MHS Class of 2002
Im in Vermont, and my daughter is in Manchester Ct. I want to go vist, but im so afraid to drive 4 Lane highways. I heard they drive fast.
I grew up in Manchester. It was a leave it to Beaver town. Great place to be a kid and raise a family. Infortunately videos like this are useless unless your orientation is for Asphalt and shopping centers. EverGreen Walk was and still is a Suburban Gehtto, Buckland Hills Mall a perfect example of poor Suburban Planning is in decline and decay and should be returned to what it was years ago - open space, tabacco fields, dinosaur fossil site (that was buldozed for its construction) and a private/public golf course with unmatched views of Hartford on the skyline where you didn't need a Country Club membership to play.
The commercial retail experiment was a failure in Central CT and all the towns that surround Hartford. The life got sucked out of Hartford, with the construction of I-91 which cut off Hartford from it's river waterfront and Market Street - which was the lifeblood of the region. I-84 later would bisect the city and create poverty and slums in the North End and cause a mass exodous of families to the suburbs - which gave way to commercial and capitalistic expansionism - which now will fall into decay.
Buckland Hill's mall is surrounded by literally 10,000 apartments in dozens and dozens of complexes that are home to an ever increasing population of immigrants from India - who swarmed here as most IT jobs in the Insurance sector were outsourced to low paying jobs there. The influx created a foreign middle class of opportunity for those seeking the American dream and sucked the life out of the local workforce which created the wealth for the Insurance Companies (in the first place) - who got greedy and wanted more for their pockets. Let us all not forget John Reed and Sanford Weill and Citibank/Travelers - (Goggle it). The Tax Base for these apartments don't cover the local property taxes for education - in a town that was once the envy of any American Educator. The burden has shifted to middle class and aging homeowners. And these residents - will move on again - once their income allows them to futher into the Suburbs and buy tract homes in subdivisions in South Windsor, Ellington, Vernon, Enfield and beyond.
Whats missing from this video is the beauty and character of the "City of Village Charm". The neighborhoods which have not changed for generations, the Cheeny Mills that fueld the growth of the City, Shady Glen's - Manchesters Culinary Gem, the Pitkin Glass Works - remains of the Revolutionary War Bottle Mfg., who changed operations to produce gunpowder for the Colonists war against British Royals. Highland Park, , Mt. Zebo - leveled for I-384, Case Mountain and Wickham Park - a jewel on the Manchester/East Hartford town line. Main Street is a gem - unfortunately left in dust by the Mall Development. It has attempted to come back - but received the death knell, when the Savings Bank of Manchester - changed from a members based local bank to a Corporation that allowed hundreds of Executive to cash out and become millionaires. They have all left for their warmer climate and large homes - leaving another once vibrant town/city to fend for itself. Exhorbant tax rates and decaying infrastructure will ultimately take its toll.
Google the missing pieces - The Goodfellows Building, Manchester Parkade - (a textbook example of 1960's retail experiment), the bowling lanes at Parkade, the old center at the North End, the Manchester Country Club, the Nike Site. Bennet and Illing High Schools, Waddel, Verplank, Highland Park Elementary Schools. The old Post office at Main and Center, CJ's, Willies and Cavey's downstairs - all long closed.
This town is a microcosm of Americana - this video does not do it justice. My advice to the videographer is to do some research, on your subject matter - otherwise you become another hapless piece of digital imaging that floods the internet. Just because you can strap on a video camera to your rear view mirror and push the record button - doesn't mean you should. You owe the town much more - and those who come across this type of production and leave with the wrong impression.
Sorry - you just didn't do my home town justice.
What is the best school in Manchester? I might move there
you're kidding right?
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Thank you
I saw my street
Very cool Thanks for watching
Dreary AF.......
It’s really not. Manchester has some nice breweries and there has been quite a bit of revitalization. I think this might have been earlier in the day as downtown typically has more activity than this.
Your right . I drove thru in the morning
Who wants to deal with too much ppl and traffic? 🙄
@@mryonan5865 No village anywhere in Connecticut has any traffic problems - not even the small town of Hartford.
@@AnnoyingMoose Connecticut refit has traffic, the fact that it is some of the most densely populated state it definitely has traffic lol I really don’t don’t think you have spent much time in Hartford. Lol