Hartford's Old East Side: Front Street (from State Street to Morgan Street)

[@josephdelorenzo6107]

I'm the grandson of Patrick J DePasquale and I want to thank you for preserving my families history

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you!

[@Hadd13]

great Video as usual Dan

[@pgadeb]

Every town's Planning & Zoning Commission and Land Use should have to watch this "progress" in pictures...sad losses for Hartford.

[@oliverlstewart2977]

Terrific presentation.

[@seanoxton5572]

My grandfather worked at Heimovitch bros before the war.

[@RileyAerialMedia]

My grandfather used to work for Fox Press, in the building on the northeast corner of front and state streets up until they moved to the North Meadows to make room for Constitution Plaza. I’ve never even been to the neighborhood, but thanks to your videos I can imagine all the sights and sounds he saw each day. Great work once again, wonderful videos!

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks!

[@bigdaddysantos]

WOWZA! This one was worth waiting for! Thank you. Stories from the Front Street? "Big Mike" Clapis was a street vendor in the 30s, and he eventually had a bicycle shop there. He had emigrated from Italy with his wife Frances - and they were a sight to see together: he over 6 feet tall, she less than 5. I've been perusing the photos to see if I can spot his shop (or even them!). They eventually moved to Franklin Avenue. Their son, Joe, went to HPHS and Trinity and rose to be Connecticut State Statistician. Frances would tell the story of the '36 flood, and how they were helped by the Fox Family (of G. Fox & Co. fame), particularly by Lewis Fox, who became a life long family friend and had a long tenure on the Hartford School Board.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks for sharing that!

[@andrejordan3775]

Dan the man great content 👌🤗

[@williamyelenak1388]

Great job, Dan, as usual. Great scholarship. Very sad to see all those lost buildings from the 18th and 19th Centuries. What a difference in preservation between Wethersfield and Hartford, the latter apparently becoming the major modern city “helped” by I-84 and I-91 cutting through the city. Sadder still, those old restaurants on Front Street could have spawned developed of Hartford’s own little Italy perhaps comparable Boston’s North End. Fortunately, we at least have Franklin Avenue where the Italian immigrants moved.

[@junkandthangs]

Good Stuff Dan… do you have anything on the train station area, Union Place?

[@historywithdansterner263]

There are some pictures. I haven't looked into that too much yet, except for the train station itself.

[@edwardj3988]

One quick comment. Regarding B. DePasquale & Sons restaurant, we always pronounced it as: D Pas Quels, now a part of Mozzicato's Bakery on Franklin Ave.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@davids7799]

Very well presented. Thank you.

[@lulumoonshine6703]

Incredible content Dan! Will you be producing anything on the south west neighborhood? I attended Kennelly School and lived in that neighborhood, I would love to see some old images of that area!

[@historywithdansterner263]

I don't have too much about that area. I'll have to look into it. Thanks for watching!

[@johnv3599]

Very well made and interesting !

[@michaelreilly9069]

It’s sickening to see what happens to this neighborhood, but at least you can sort of understand why the repeat floods made the neighborhood appear untenable to the planners at the time.

[@ghtbl]

Painful modern photos indeed

[@youtoldharpotobeatme5023]

What year was the Morgan Street jail built? Cause it didn't go from de'pasquales to a garage. There was a jail there for years. Thanks.

[@historywithdansterner263]

The Morgan Street Jail was on Market Street. It was built as an annex to the Brown School. I talk about it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haOlpqJ-jZp-adU