Talk:West Hartford, Connecticut

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[edit] 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!

[edit] 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.