First Prompt:Write me an essay on how the construction of highways through the city of Hartford, Connecticut (Interstate 84 and Interstate 91) have negatively impacted the city. The history of […]

If one were to ask residents of Connecticut for their opinion on Hartford, the state’s capitol city, their responses would generally be negative. In 2023, Hartford is seen by those […]

Avila, E. (2014). L. A. ’s invisible freeway revolt: The cultural politics of fighting freeways. Journal of Urban History, 40(5), 831–842. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144214536857 This paper argues that “Freeway Revolts”, or protests […]

I’ve often wondered why Hartford, Connecticut appears deteriorated, despite its history of being a wealthy and influential city. By looking at the history of the highways built through Hartford, public […]

This data visualization was created using chartr, with data pulled from the social media analytics website Social Blade. This chart is showing how the YouTube Channel MrBeast’s monthly views have […]

I created my OHMS index from the first episode of a 6 episode podcast about how Hartford, CT has become a shell of its former self following the construction of […]

My document was an article detailing an interview between the article’s author and the creator of a podcast about the decline of Hartford, Connecticut. The document is fairly simple, comprised […]

https://myccsu-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/bgriswold_my_ccsu_edu/EZeiNZGAGgBNsZcYyNFRqMoBQNzgV-MR0UEESDu5ILb8gw?e=dshmM4 A challenge for me when making this spreadsheet was choosing a subject, specifically for The Freeway Revolt. The event that was memorialized seems to be somewhat obscure, so there […]

Pelletier, L. (2018). From photoplays to movies: A distant reading of cinema’s eventual legitimation from below. Film History: An International Journal, 30(2), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.2979/filmhistory.30.2.01 This paper is responding to the […]

How has Interstate 84 impacted Hartford since it was opened? There’s been lots of discussion online recently about how highways and car-dependent infrastructure have change our cities, with some claiming […]