The Learning Corridor is a collection of four magnet schools located on one campus - The Montessori Magnet School, the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, the Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, and Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy. The corridor also includes a theater, family center, and the Hartford Boys and Girls Club.
This rather imposing looking iron fence separates Vernon Street from Broad Street. It stretches several blocks down Broad Street, only ending at the edge of campus. Although Trinity College's campus is technically open to the public, very few Hartford residents ever enter. The fence is a physical and symbolic gesture that creates a barrier between the surrounding community and the college.
Templo Fe is a church of the Pentecostal denomination founded by Pastor Julie Ramirez. Reverend Roberto Calcaño is the current pastor, who took over as Senior Pastor following Reverend Ramirez's death in 2016. He spent years learning under her guidance prior to this. The church offers services multiple days a week in Spanish. They also have their own radio program which broadcasts every Saturday morning at 9:00 at 100.1 FM.
The Park Street Library @ The Lyric is the largest of the seven Hartford Public Library branches. It provides all the services that a typical library would: internet access, printing, and of course, checking out books. Graciela Rivera is the current manager of the Park Street library branch, and she played a pivotal role in its opening.
The Park Street Festival was designed to celebrate Frog Hollow and its residents, but it attracted all sorts of people: it could be expected to draw in over 20,000 guests. The whole two miles of Park Street would be dedicated to vendors, performers, and more. For example, here, at the intersection of Lawrence and Park Street, stood one of the two stages on which bands entertained guests at the Park Street Festival of 1986. The festival ended by the 1990s.
El Mercado is a grocery store and marketplace selling produce, herbs, spices, and more. Many of these ingredients are foods that you won't find at the average Stop and Shop. In addition to being a supermarket, there is a food court with four different restaurants inside the building. These include El Tepeyac, a Mexican restaurant, Antojitos Colombianos, which serves Colombian food, El Gran Dominicano, both Dominican and Puerto Rican, and a Peruvian restaurant, Autentico Sabor Peruano.
The Art Box Lot occupies a formerly vacant lot on Park Street. The space features a community garden, a projector wall for film screenings, and most notably, several large murals. Each of the murals have been designed by local artists and they celebrate the history and diversity of Frog Hollow. The Art Box Lot also frequently collaborates with nonprofits and other organizations to hold events.
The Samuel V. Arroyo Recreational Center, also known as the Pope Park Recreational Center houses a gymnasium, weight lifting room, pool, game room, and kitchen. The center can be rented out and has been used as a venue for city-wide events in the past, but most of the time it serves as a space for the youth of Frog Hollow to hang out, exercise, and learn.
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The Frog Hollow Community Spaces Tour visits eight different locations notable for their impact on community members. These are places for creation, shopping, worship - anywhere that community building takes place. This tour has a particular focus on archival materials, but the choice of locations was highly influenced by Frog Hollow residents.
