In 1990, downtown’s Parkview Hilton — so named for the park just across Ford Street — was demolished to make way for ill-fated redevelopment, leaving a vast parking lot as its legacy for more than three decades. Now, the owner — Chase Enterprises — is exploring the potential for housing to replace at least some of that Hartford surface lot. If a project emerges, it could join plans for .
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The arrival of the warm weather coincides with two family-friendly events taking place at Bushnell Park that will offer free carousel rides, a kids' movie, games and face painting.