Sample articles from past issues: FALL 2002 • A River Runs Under It: A Hog River History • Tobacco Valley: Puerto Rican Farm Workers in Connecticut • A "Tomitude"

IN THIS ISSUE:  BUILT IT / RAZED IT
  Front Street's Saloons
 Historic Modern Architecture?
 The Anatomy of a 221-Year-Old House
 Rise & Fall of Public Housing
 A Mantel with Mileage

Contents

On the cover:
Boys line up in the street, c. 1906. Hartford's East Side, a densely populated working-class immigrant neighborhood, housed nearly half of the city's saloons.

pg 7	Letter from the Publisher: Do we try hard to preserve the past?
pg 9	Letters
pg 12	A Tale of Two Cities: The Rise and Fall of Public Housing (Sample Article)
pg 18	The Last 18th-Century House on Main Street (Sample Article)
pg 24	1950s Office Building: Icon or White Elephant?   pg 27 The Award-Winning Wilde Building   pg 31 A Building for the Completely Insured Air Age
pg 34	The poor Man's Club
pg 40	re: collections: The Mark Twain House Mantel This well-traveled architecural element inspired more than a few yarns. By Patti Coogan
pg 42	Shoebox Archives: Francis Goodwin II's reflections on the wild and wooly three-day opening of the Bulkeley Bridge. (Sample Article)
pg 44	Destination: The Polish National Home This Art Deco gem has been the cultural home of Polish Americans for 70 years. By David Kamienski
pg 45	Soap Box: Tyler Smith has the last word as the Emhart Building, now known as CIGNA's North Building, is slated for demolition.
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