Before City Place: Old Asylum Street in Hartford, Connecticut

This video is about what once existed on a block of Asylum Street in Hartford, CT where the City Place office towers were built in the 1980s. This included the house where J. P. Morgan was born, the sites of many historic Hartford businesses (including music stores, Turkish baths, bakeries and clothing stores), and a controversial mural that sparked public debate in the 1970s.
Check out my video about what once stood on the Pearl Street side of City Place: • The Hartford, Plimpton...
Also check out my video about the Allyn House Hotel, which stood across the street: • The Allyn House Hotel,...
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Some of the images used in this video are from the collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, including:
Intersection of Asylum and Trumbull Streets, Hartford: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
City Place Construction: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Hartford Fire Insurance Company building, 53 Trumbull Street, Hartford: hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:18746
Triangular Fabric Sculpture on Asylum Street at Haynes Street, Hartford: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
City Place, Hartford, Connecticut: emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
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[@dabodyroca5722]

Thank you Dan 😊 I hope all is well!

[@rebeccawest3050]

Love the history. Thank you 😊

[@thomassullivanjr4608]

I work in City Place, so this was very interesting to me.

[@kingphred]

amazing content..Thanks

[@ceel2448]

Dan, I discovered this really interesting video today. Thanks for producing such a clear and well illustrated history. I look forward to watching more of your work, and have already recommended it to a former Hartford resident.

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[@Hadd13]

great video Dan

[@elihyland4781]

this is really cool

[@junkandthangs]

This is going to be interesting… I’ll watch it tonight while at work 😂

[@jackd8602]

This is GREAT! Thanks Dan. Miss your "Live" presentations at West Htfd Community Center

[@historywithdansterner263]

I will be doing a live "virtual" talk for the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum next month!

[@philbruno1399]

Thanks!

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you very much.

[@peterosborne5879]

Dan, congrats on reaching the 50 video milestone. The research and detail behind your work is extraordinary and is creating a legacy that will persist,

[@historywithdansterner263]

Thank you!

[@junkandthangs]

So cool to see Radio Shack on a Asylum, I was a toddler/kid with that along with Isle of Safety at Trumbull and Asylum

[@Rebelution7]

I use to live at 289 Asylum I’m dying to get some history on that building it was my first place I lived fresh outta my mother’s house it only had one bathroom per floor and people rented the rooms for about 100 dollars a week I think it was called the Avon hotel years back

[@historywithdansterner263]

All I know is that it was built c. 1875 but I'd like to learn more.

[@junkandthangs]

What’s up Dan, hope all is well. Anything new?

[@historywithdansterner263]

I've been busy with some other stuff, but I do have some things that will be appearing here soon. Thanks for asking and stay Tuned!

[@ceel2448]

Thanks!

[@peterosborne5879]

Thanks!