I worked at Trinity College in the early ‘90s, when Tucker Carlson attended. Area was dicey even then. My father worked at Coleco in the early ‘80s. I contracted at Pratt and Whitney in the mid-90s, and I was sweet on a girl in East Hartford in the early 90s. I worked at West Hartford MicroAge/DeSai. in the mid-90s. I cannot imagine Avon being like the Berlin Turnpike. I had a pal there who lived near the cider mill and worked at the HiJo’s.
No point in going back. I miss the New Deal Steakhouse and Valle’s.
I lived behind the rocks on Zion and Harbison Ave right across from Trinity , My wife and I used to walk to the White Swan right down the road for music and drinks also the Irish pub was 3 blocks away, great fun and music. I worked at Whitney Chain right down the road so I could walk to work. After moving we went to Collinsville for a few years till we built a house up in Hartland. Spent many times at HoJo’s on 44 and the Pentangle pub up the road. Good times.