Talk:West Hartford, Connecticut

Jewish popluation

While West Hartford has a large Jewish popuation, it could not be considered the historical center of Jewish population in Greater Hartford. Jews settled in the City of Hartford proper, as early as the late 1600s. The first purpose-built temple in the State of Connecticut, the Charter Oak Temple (congregation Beth Israel, now located in West Hartford), now known as the Charter Oak Cultural Center, was built in Hartford in 1876.

The early Jewish community was primarily of German origin, with a significant influx of Russian Jews in the later 1800s. The Jewish community developed along Front Street on the City of Hartford's old East Side neighborhood, which was cleared in the mid 1950s to make way for the Constitution Plaza redevelopment. Front Street was also home to the City's Italian population. Beginning in the early 1900s, the Jews moved north and west into the City's North End and Blue Hills neighborhoods. With the move to suburbia, many of the City's Jewish community moved to West Hartford, beginning in the 1940s. —the preceding comment is by 68.166.140.44 - 20:35, 18 March 2005 (UTC): Please sign your posts!

Westfarms

Hi, are you sure Westfarms is both West Hartford, and Farmington? I thought it was just in Farmington. —the preceding comment is by Bobsmith319 - 18:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC): Please sign your posts!

Yes, it's in both towns, although I believe the majority of it is located in Farmington. Propound 23:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I have a brochure from the mall, which only mentions that the mall is in Farmington, with nothing mentioned about West Hartford. bobsmith319.

The mall is partly in both towns. West Hartford actually rejected plans to build the Macy's in its borders because -- get this -- it didn't want to increase the traffic in an already congested area. So Macy's got built in Farmington instead. And I'm sure it made a big difference in terms of traffic. Talk about stupid!

Ya, so which parts are in West Hartford? --bobsmith319 02:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The building structures are all in Farmington. The road entrances including parts of the parking lot are in West Hartford. --Polaron | Talk 03:28, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

The assessed value of Westfarms property in West Hartford is $35 million. It must be more than a bit of the parking lot.

I don't know how assessments work, but perhaps they took the total value of the parcel, and proportionally divide the value between the two towns. It's one big property straddling the border. Where the buildings sit may not matter. Most of the road connections and municipal services (Fire, Police) are provided by West Hartford. There is only one very small road, South Road, from the Mall into Farmington. If the place catches on fire, or more frequently, somebody needs urgent medical attention, the nearest fire station is in West Hartford. Jehochman ^Talk 14:10, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Suggest a Recreational Section

The WH site could really use a recreational section. I am willing to take a crack at writing it, but I could use more information about outlying sections of town that are not in the Park Road or Center area. I can think of two spots that I love off-hand... the reservoir and the trail along Trout Brook. What about the other hidden spots in Town? A panoramic photo of the valley taken from Balfour Drive perhaps, any other suggestions. JACKSONIAN3623 14:50, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good, although (as with many town articles, I would guess) we are skirting the edge of Wikipedia:No original research. The Res is definitely notable, as it has been mentioned in at least one NYT article. It's also described here in regards to biking.

In terms of other spots, Veteran's Memorial, Cornerstone, and Rockledge come to mind. Λυδαcιτγ 00:44, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

HISTORICAL POPULATION

IS WRONG. WH attained a population of 60K by 1960. Please link to accurate info —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.141.78 (talk) 17:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

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List of Utilities

I removed the list of external links [1] for several reasons:

1. I don't remember seeing such lists of external links on any high quality articles about cities. It's unencyclopedic. Wikipedia is not merely a collection of external links.
2. Per WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided: 13. Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject. 14. Lists of links to manufacturers, suppliers or customers. 15. Links to websites of organizations mentioned in an article.

Please discuss rather than edit warring. Thank you. Jehochman ^Talk 13:48, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

ten minutes from the center of town?

Under the "Train station" section: "approximately ten minutes from the center of town". AFAIK a minute is a unit of time, not of distance. Could somebody in the know please correct this to a suitable unit of distance, e.g. Metres, Kilometres, light minutes, .... I hope there is a Wikipedia standard to govern this. TiffaF (talk) 15:22, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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