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4 Historic CT Homes Moving To Make Way For Parking Garage 4 Historic CT Homes Moving To Make Way For Parking Garage
4 Historic CT Homes Moving To Make Way For Parking Garage If you think you are seeing things when four historic homes roll by you on a Connecticut roadway, don't worry. They are being moved to make room for a new 9-story parking garage. The move will occur in Hartford on Thursday, Aug. 29, causing traffic to be a mess in certain parts of town. Monica Buchanan of Connecticut Children's, one of the groups building the garage, said the four historic homes from Lincoln Street will be relocated to new locations within Hartford to make way for a new 9-story, $60M parking garage. The garage will serve Connecticut Children’s patient families, team m…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Community Rallies To Save Historic Building From Demolition In Stamford Community Rallies To Save Historic Building From Demolition In Stamford
Community Rallies To Save Historic Building From Demolition In Stamford Nearly 1,500 have signed a Change.org petition to save three buildings in Stamford's South End National Register Historic District that are slated for demolition in six months. Developer Building and Land Technology has filed applications to demolish the Schick Annex section of the 19th-century Blickensderfer Typewriter factory on 650 Atlantic St. and two wood frame multi-family houses on 79 Garden St. and 130 Henry St. They are both existing affordable housing buildings, according to petition writer Emily Derr of the Stamford Historic Neighborhood Preservation group, to widen Garden Stree…

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by Christina Coulter
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Longtime Resident Leaves $600K To Help Preserve Weston History Longtime Resident Leaves $600K To Help Preserve Weston History
Longtime Resident Leaves $600K To Help Preserve Weston History A 177-year-old Fairfield County farmhouse is getting a facelift courtesy of a longtime Weston resident’s charitable trust. The Weston Historical Society recently received a pair of grants from the Daniel E. Offutt Charitable Trust totaling $600,000. The grant money is earmarked to kickoff a restoration of the Coley Homestead farmhouse, carriage and barn at 104 Weston Road. According to the Historical Society, their “1841 farmhouse, the David Dimon Coley house, is an architecturally significant historic structure that holds an important role in Weston. A classical Greek-revival house, the C…

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by Zak Failla
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Sunrise Senior Living Saves Historic Wilton Barn Before Construction Starts Sunrise Senior Living Saves Historic Wilton Barn Before Construction Starts
Sunrise Senior Living Saves Historic Wilton Barn Before Construction Starts WILTON, Conn. — Young’s Nursery is gone, but a historic 19th-century barn on the Wilton property will be saved and donated to the Wilton Historical Society.  Sunrise Senior Living, which is about to begin construction on its new assisted living community on the property at 211 Danbury Road/Route 7, is preserving the historic barn.  “This was simply the right thing to do, and we are excited to help preserve such a special part of Wilton’s history,” said Philip Kroskin, senior vice president of real estate for Sunrise. “Sunrise is committed to thoughtful, sustainable design of our communities…

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by Daily Voice