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

This video is about the now lost Front Street, that was the heart of the old East Side of Hartford, Connecticut, a neighborhood that was once home to generations of immigrants but was torn down to make way for redevelopment in the mid-twentieth century. In this video you can revisit the area that was home to Wachtel’s Department Store, Heimovitch Brothers Furniture, Barney’s Office Furniture, Pippie’s Pizza, Star Hardware & Plumbing Supply, B. DePasquale & Sons, and more! #hartford #hartfordct #downtownhartford #losthartford #italianamericans #jewishhistory **** You can learn more about the Italian-American History of Front Street at Casa Emigranti Italiani: http://casa-emigranti-italiani.org/ You can learn more about the Jewish history of Front Street at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford: https://jhsgh.org/ They have an oral history with Barney Wachtel: https://jhsgh.org/omeka-s/s/oral-hist... **** Many of the photographs used in this video are from the William H. Thompson Collection at the Connecticut State Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctarchi... The photograph of the 1936 flood by Oliver W. Means is from the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/... Many of the photographs used in this video are from the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library, including: Italian-American Grocery: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:967 Traffic on Front Street: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:7218 Pushcarts on Front Street: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:893 Laraia's Cafe and other businesses: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:666 Kilbourn Street: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:3310 Morgan Street in 1920 before widening: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:2364 Morgan Street in 1920 after widening: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/50002:2372 Many of the photographs used in this video are from the Connecticut Historical Society, including: A photo of the Flood of 1936: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19217 Charles Street Chicken Market: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18665 Rabbi at Charles Street Chicken Market: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18663 Clark and Company: http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object... L. L. Ensworth and Son flatbed truck: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:13770 Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Vice Campaign Photographs: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:222... **** Please visit my website: http://historicbuildingsct.com/ Follow me on Facebook:   / historic-buildings-of-connecticut-15821352...   Follow me on Instagram:   / ctbuildings   Follow me on Twitter:   / historicbldct   Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/danielsterner