[City Profile: Hartford, CT]

how about a list of prominent businesses that are located/headquatered

in the area (like United Technologies)? Also,

you might like to add the Wadsworth, R.A.W. etc to the Arts list.

[The Hartford Club | Off-topic posting]

asylumhill, thanks for the info! Do you happen to know where the other garage with the

shuttle actually is? (I'll actually be trying to go into NYC two nights during each working

week - hence my very real concern about parking).

Oh, for everyone else... another thing I noticed about 55 on the park is that while

the two elevators are gleaming, they didn't seem to do anything at all to refurbish

the stairwells. They're really kinda grotty - it doesn't befit the place at all.

and yes, the ceilings in the apartments are rather high as MadVlad noted...

One other thing, the bloke from the courant who's always writing about Hartford

complained about the landfill up on I-91 a while ago... I have to admit, I never

really noticed it until I looked out for it especially when I was coming in on

I-91 S the other day... and I have to say it doesn't really look all that bad.

I think I probably just mistook it for a hill. The Truck Depot on the other

side of the freeway is more unsightly IMHO.

- mudcrab

[The Hartford Club | Off-topic posting]

okay, so 55 on the park... it's actually pretty good, really. I live in one of the

one-bedrooms (along the "long" northern side of the building) with a lovely

view of the SBC building Oh, well, I imagine it's much cheaper than the

park side ones and I can always see the park if I want to. I do rather like

the way my apartment is laid out; the kictchen and bathrooms are both

beautiful, I do appreciate having grey (rather then beige) carpet, and I

like the solid doors and wooden closets. The gym downstairs is adequate

and there's a nice room with a pool table down there too. And now for

some things that aren't quite so wonderful...

1. The parking situation in the lot next to the building is kinda awkward

at times (with two rows of cars on either side and the need to leave

the attendent your keys if you're blocking someone). I'm sure this

is nothing compared to parking in NYC, but it's a little different

to what I'm used to.

2. Various little things in my apartment give the impression that

the people who made it didn't care all that much. There are

various depressions and uneven parts on the walls that nobody

bothered to fill in, and rough parts in the paint job. The floor

over which the carpet runs is also a bit uneven in places (with

bumps and even a metal plate to be stepped on in the bedroom).

3. I always hear the sound of running water in the pipe-work;

I'm not sure if this is typical of mid-rise living but I'd kinda like

to get away from it sometimes...

Overall, it's pretty good, though and I'd recommend it. The

concierge and security guys downstairs are very nice (as

are most of the other dwellers, it seems, but I haven't gotten

too much of a chance to talk to them - but I'm on "nod-hello"

terms with quite a few ).

- mudcrab

[The Hartford Club | Off-topic posting]

Hi, I was just encouraged by JayHass's revival of the "moving to hartford

from Atlanta" thread to post something of my own. I just moved here

a week ago from California; I'm currently living in 55 on the park

(subleasing for 6 months with an option to stay longer) and working

in east hartford and, basically, I'm trying to make sense of the

Greater Hartford area. I've actually been lurking on this board

for a few months now, as well as regularly reading articles

in the Courant pertaining to downtown development, so I already

have some sense of what's going on and the big issues that

everyone is concerned about. In particular, I'm in agreement

with everyone else who is astonished and appalled at the

sea of surface parking in downtown and more than a little

frustrated with the glacial pace at which the

colt/sage allen/front street/springfield-hartford-new haven rail-line

projects are progressing. Overall, I guess I'm optimistic for

Hartford, though, and I hope to play some small part in reversing

its fortunes (hopefully something more than just being another downtown

resident).

I did want to ask a question of you all, though - one that

the residents of this area might have a good perspective on.

Basically, what are the options for getting to and from NYC

from here? It looks like I might actually try to go in for

grad school two weeknights per week starting in the fall

(granted, this might seem like a bit of a crazy proposition

but my company is willing to pay for all my tuition etc

so it makes sense to me). Of course, if we had a better

rail link with New Haven it'd be cake; since we don't,

however, I'm kinda pondering the option of

driving to New Haven to then catch metro north...

except, that there's a huge parking problem at the

station there (apparently) and it might still be full

when I arrive in the mid-late afternoon. I guess

I was just wondering what you all thought of the

issue of getting to NYC in general (and perhaps

my little problem in particular).

Oh, and does anyone have any good recommendations

for furniture stores (I went to Bob's, the Puritan Outlet

and Raymour and Flannigan today, but wasn't sure they

had precisely what I was looking for).

Thanks!

Mudcrab