Dan. The water tower spoken of in the second fire is in Manchester on Pine Street. It has been fully restored. I’d greatly appreciate it if you showed more videos about Hartford fires. I’m truly a Hartford fire department historian and I passed this video along to other members of the department who love the Hartford fire department and its history.
Great video Dan. Do you know if that's the same F.D. water tower that now lives at the Ct. Firefighters Historical Society in Manchester? I'd love to see you do videos on some of Hartford's other famous fires, like the Circus Fire and the Hartford Hospital fire.
Hi Dan! I really enjoy your videos, especially since no one really talks about the history of Hartford. One question though, after researching all these great buildings now lost to history, is Hartford better off not or would Hartford be better off still having some of these great buildings still around? Also, what was at the site of the Hartford Hilton hotel before it was torn down for a World Trade Center that never materializedid and is now a parking lot?
I know that every building couldn't be saved, but there are certain landmarks, like the Y.M.C.A. Building, for instance, that complemented the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch and should have been preserved. This is especially true when the demolished structures were replaced by parking lots. The city would also have benefitted by having more surviving examples of its early architecture, like the lost Barnabas Deane House and many others, as well as Victorian era houses like the Goodwin Castle. If more unbroken stretches of 19th-century commercial buildings had survived they would give more of a sense of how much of downtown once appeared. I touch upon part of the area of the old Hilton Hotel at the end of this video: ua-cam.com/video/tSPe8cchW88/v-deo.htmlsi=UYs156_bae_4yLvY
@@historywithdansterner263it's all good, when you give directions and stuff I be trying to picture the location so I pay close attention to the street names and coordinates
Great video Dan!
Thanks!
Always look forward to your videos...thanks
Thank you!
Dan. The water tower spoken of in the second fire is in Manchester on Pine Street. It has been fully restored. I’d greatly appreciate it if you showed more videos about Hartford fires. I’m truly a Hartford fire department historian and I passed this video along to other members of the department who love the Hartford fire department and its history.
Thank you!
Great video Dan. Do you know if that's the same F.D. water tower that now lives at the Ct. Firefighters Historical Society in Manchester? I'd love to see you do videos on some of Hartford's other famous fires, like the Circus Fire and the Hartford Hospital fire.
26:50 Windsor Ave is now Main Street, Fire House is still there.
Hi Dan! I really enjoy your videos, especially since no one really talks about the history of Hartford. One question though, after researching all these great buildings now lost to history, is Hartford better off not or would Hartford be better off still having some of these great buildings still around? Also, what was at the site of the Hartford Hilton hotel before it was torn down for a World Trade Center that never materializedid and is now a parking lot?
I know that every building couldn't be saved, but there are certain landmarks, like the Y.M.C.A. Building, for instance, that complemented the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch and should have been preserved. This is especially true when the demolished structures were replaced by parking lots. The city would also have benefitted by having more surviving examples of its early architecture, like the lost Barnabas Deane House and many others, as well as Victorian era houses like the Goodwin Castle. If more unbroken stretches of 19th-century commercial buildings had survived they would give more of a sense of how much of downtown once appeared.
I touch upon part of the area of the old Hilton Hotel at the end of this video: ua-cam.com/video/tSPe8cchW88/v-deo.htmlsi=UYs156_bae_4yLvY
Is there a corner of Trumbull and Ann… 🤔
Actually no...
@@historywithdansterner263 I think that's what you said at the beginning of the video, I'll double check
Yes, that’s what you said… I just double checked, 30 seconds in
@@junkandthangs ooops. Too bad I can't just edit it like a blog post.
@@historywithdansterner263it's all good, when you give directions and stuff I be trying to picture the location so I pay close attention to the street names and coordinates