A recent visit to City Hall ended with me relaxing in Burr Mall. I’ve lingered here before, but this is the first time since the Wadsworth Atheneum’s recent construction that I have been in the area, which means it is the first that I noticed the fencing banner facing the small park. It shows a black and white timeline of Burr Mall, including photos of when it appeared considerably different than it does today.
Burr Mall, actually the Alfred E. Burr Memorial, was named after who the New York Times referred to in 1894 as the “oldest newspaper man, by actual years of service, in New-England.” Burr worked for the Hartford Times, located across from one end of the mall.
Did you know that Burr Mall has its own website? There’s not much there, but it exists, which is something. If you take a look at this photo, you can see a fake owl on top of the Stegosaurus. My guess is that it is there to keep pigeons away.