Remembering the old neighborhood
Subtitle: a compilation of memories by and about residents of Hartford, Connecticut's North End covering the early and middle decades of the 20th century
By: [edited by Joan Walden]
Contributors: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Publisher: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hartford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780615288093
Subjects: Anecdotes; Social life and customs; Biography; Jews; History; Manners and customs
Description: Between the early years of the 20th century and the 1960s, Hartford's North End underwent many changes. Yet the fundamentals remained untouched. Growing up in the neighborhood was a uniquely memorable experience as the many contributors to this book attest. Although most residents were poor, their lives were rich with friends, family, and community. Memories of synagogues and churches, kosher butchers and corner drugstores, Albany and Blue Hills Avenues, Keney Park, Weaver High School, and the Lenox Theater have been resurrected in this collection of tender stories and wonderful images of Hartford's North End.