My Grandfather was a civil engineer who helped construct the highway that split hartford.
One of the east-west components of the interstate highway legislation was I-84, roughly following the line of Route 6 across the state toward Providence, Rhode Island (though ultimately redirected northeast to join the Massachusetts Turnpike). Whereas I-91 skirted the eastern edge of Hartford, I-84 carved a swath out of the city’s downtown, creating a physical—as well as ethnic, racial, and economic—divide. The road bisected or eliminated entire neighborhoods. Photographers and artists, including Richard Welling, documented these new highways’ effects on the city.
https://connecticuthistory.org/the-interstate-highway-system-comes-to-hartford/
He was a terrible person in his private life, helped racially devide our capital city (and it still has not recovered) and I just want you to know, he died in agony of prostate cancer, with no one loving him. I take joy from this. Maybe you will too.
And for anyone reading this, If you dont know, the good ole “union” yankees of new england, has some of the worst segregation by zip code. I dont know what to compare it to, but its pretty bad here. “Connecticut is so Liberal”. No, it is just cloaked and regulated through zoning, income gaps, and highways. Systemic racism at its best.
My Grandfather was a civil engineer who helped construct the highway that split hartford.
He was a terrible person in his private life, helped racially devide our capital city (and it still has not recovered) and I just want you to know, he died in agony of prostate cancer, with no one loving him. I take joy from this. Maybe you will too.
And for anyone reading this, If you dont know, the good ole “union” yankees of new england, has some of the worst segregation by zip code. I dont know what to compare it to, but its pretty bad here. “Connecticut is so Liberal”. No, it is just cloaked and regulated through zoning, income gaps, and highways. Systemic racism at its best.