Bushnell – Decaseconds

The Side of Bushnell Tower with Fewer Windows

2026-Jul-29 adohertyhLeave a comment

Bushnell Tower was originally intended to have a twin rising next to it. Though the cost of the first tower ultimately scuttled plants for the second, echoes of the goal remain in the design. It wouldn’t have done to have windows looking directly into one’s neighbors, so the side of the building originally designed to face its partner was constructed with very few windows. My personal stance is to enjoy the little bit of strangeness in a world that threatens to become a bit more smoothed-down and homogenous.

The Side of Bushnell Tower with Fewer Windows

Hartford Skyline After Rain

2026-Jun-242026-Jun-25 adohertyhLeave a comment

Rain at sunset leaves behind a Hartford looking exactly like I always hoped my city-home would. The smaller buildings in the foreground and the taller structures in the distance have a perfect coincidence to make layer after layer of space vanishing into the golden sky.

Town Hall and Hartford Beyond

2026-Jun-172026-Jun-20 adohertyhLeave a comment

Beyond Hartford’s Town Hall in the foreground are city landmarks like the State capitol, Bushnell Tower, and Travelers Tower. The sunset is not an official Hartford landmark but it should be a skymark.

Sunset Reflected in the Windows of Bushnell Tower

2026-May-292026-May-30 adohertyhLeave a comment

I.M. Pei’s Bushnell Tower is a palette for late-spring sunsets and clear skies in downtown Hartford.

Sunset Reflected in the Windows of Bushnell Tower

Hartford Skyline in Spring

2026-May-06 adohertyhLeave a comment

After a 2025 spent with construction fencing and destroyed surfaces, Bushnell Park in downtown Hartford is back and better than ever.

Pink Sky at Bushnell Tower

2026-May-012026-May-02 adohertyhLeave a comment

A huge facade of reflective glass is just the thing to amplify the pink clouds of a perfect evening in Hartford, Connecticut.

Towers’ Spring Reflections

2026-Apr-292026-Apr-30 adohertyhLeave a comment

Bushnell Park in Hartford plays host to spectacular spring sights that juxtapose nature and life with the stark linear forms of skyline towers. I love the effect—but then, cities are my favorite places.

Spring Near Downtown

2026-Apr-27 adohertyhLeave a comment

We returned to Connecticut just in time for a display of peak Southern-New-England springtime perfection; though the photographs from our trip through the Mediterranean will return soon, I couldn’t help but share our charming local neighborhood.

Bushnell Tower in a Blizzard

2026-Mar-30 adohertyhLeave a comment

Though even April doesn’t guarantee and escape from blizzards in New England, I’m nonetheless cathartically purging myself of wintery aesthetics, like I.M. Pei’s Bushnell Tower standing proud at the edge of Hartford’s downtown.

Wadsworth and Travelers

2026-Mar-17 adohertyhLeave a comment

The Wadsworth and Travelers Tower frame Bushnell Tower, the State Capitol, and Bushnell Park, for a lovely postcard image of Hartford, Connecticut.

Golden Dome, Green Park

2026-Mar-112026-Mar-18 adohertyhLeave a comment

The elegant State Capitol of Connecticut is on a hill above downtown Hartford—the same hill once occupied by the school that would become Trinity College.

Skating in the Park

2025-Dec-102025-Dec-12 adohertyhLeave a comment

Despite years of living across the street from this charming skating rink in Bushnell Park, I’ve somehow never managed to capture good images of the action before this year. With the light of the full moon in the background, Hartford residents queued up for a chance on the ice.

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