"Shove Your Tariff(ville)" Bloomfield Spite Barn, Bloomfield I've got nothing here. Other than a love for spite houses. Connecticut has a couple and one is rather infamous. The spite barn in Bloomfield is long gone, but the tavern which is blocked is still there. So I took a picture of it. From the … [Read more...]
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The Wilde Building
That's Wilde, Man, Wilde The Wilde Building, Bloomfield Currently the Cigna headquarters, this place deserves more than a passing mention in a throwaway post... but then I'd have to seek out all the cool office buildings in the state and that ain't happening. I realize mid-century design isn’t for everyone, but I … [Read more...]
Chrissie D’Esopo’s Flower House
D'EsoPow! Chrissie D'Esopo's Flower House Avon I view this page two ways. One, it's ridiculous. I can't be driving around the state every June taking drive-by pictures of every house with nice landscaping. C'mon now. Or... it's awesome. Surely I'm highlighting the immense labor and cost put into this place on … [Read more...]
Balbrae
Balbraeker Balbrae, Bloomfield What is this place? Honestly, it's nothing more than a reason for me to link to the fascinating story of Amelia Earhart's secret Connecticut wedding. And some other stuff. And it happens to be located mere minutes from where I live. But I'll start with another nearby mansion on … [Read more...]
Pepperidge Farm Factory Outlet Store
Nothing Fishy Here Pepperidge Farm Outlet Store Bloomfield I'm writing a page dedicated to this place because it's kind of my honey hole. I love it. For those of us who live in the area and especially if we have kids, it's a wonderful secret spot. Frequent readers of CTMQ know that I don't mind exposing secret … [Read more...]
Hartford’s Flatiron Building
"I'm Still Standing..." Hartford's Flatiron Building 529-543 Ann Uccello Street There's really nothing very interesting about this building at all. Just being honest. But in my endless travels around Connecticut, I haven't seen too many true flatiron buildings. There are a bunch that wear the flatiron title, but … [Read more...]
Fake House of West Hartford
Trick or Treat! West Hartford Data Center 130 South Main Street See this picture of this house? It's just a house. Not a very attractive house, but a regular ol' West Hartford house. A house that any neighborhood kid would approach on Halloween for some candy, right? Wrong! I don't remember where I learned … [Read more...]
Saba Halal Live Poultry
Saba Daba Do Saba Halal Live Poultry Bloomfield I am not Muslim. In fact, I'm not anything religious. I'm also not much of a meat-eater. What I AM is fascinated with unique things around Connecticut. There is another Saba Halal Live Poultry place in Waterbury, but I can guarantee you its story isn't quite as … [Read more...]
The Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford
Impressive J-Date Oldest Orthodox Jewish Day School in the United States Bloomfield/West Hartford I was initially drawn to this school because of its fairly surprising architecture. Surprising because it’s in Bloomfield and also because it’s an orthodox Jewish school. I mean, look at this building: It’s … [Read more...]
Henry F. Miller House
Sexier Than a Henry Miller Book Henry F. Miller House 30 Derby Street, Orange CTMQ readers know that it is the very rare page on this site wherein I write about some place I didn’t actually visit. I can count on one hand (out of thousands of pages) how many times I’ve done this. Well, this is such a page. (A page … [Read more...]
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