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Picture Connecticut: The Main Drag In The Middle Of The Map
The latest stop on the Picture Connecticut tour lands us downtown in the middle of the state.
![Main Street in Middletown is the latest Picture Connecticut stop.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103600/20240126/085313/styles/patch_image/public/middletown-main-st-2___26203027214.jpg)
MIDDLETOWN, CT — The latest Picture Connecticut tour stop lands us right smack in the center of the state.
Main Street in Middletown was bustling Wednesday evening, despite a nasty drizzle.
It's been called one of the widest in the nation, along with busy, historic, picturesque and even romantic.
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However classified, the seven walkable blocks of Main Street in Middletown host nearly 200 independent businesses and a plethora of restaurants representing a wide array of cuisines.
Some of the businesses have bee family run for generations and some just opened this weekend
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Several festivals and parades take place each year.
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Picture Connecticut is a weekly series that features images of the state, past and present.
Here are past images:
2024
- The Hide-and-Seek Bear, Tolland
- The MLK Mural, Manchester
- The Mount Southington Summit, Southington
2023
- All Faiths Gather At Town Park, Vernon
- Riverside Igloos, Milford
- The TPC Pro Shop, Cromwell
- The Santa House, North Pole, er, Northern Connecticut
- Mile 4 Funnel, Manchester Road Race, Manchester
- UConn Lacrosse Giving Back, Connecticut River Valley
- The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 3, Hartford
- The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 2, Hartford
- The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 1, Hartford
- The Doughboy, East Hartford
- The Walt Whitman Stone, West Hartford
- The indoor bush plane, Hartford County
- The Big Pink Chair, Ellington
- The Notch, Granby
- The CT 9/11 Monument, Westport
- Vintage Gas Pump, Somers
- Tobacco Harvest, East Windsor
- Late Afternoon, Lakeside, Coventry
- Fogarea, New Haven County
- Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot
- Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill
- The first dentist, Windsor
- The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
- The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
- The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
- The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
- The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
- The Underground Railroad, Unionville
- The cow carousel, Ellington
- Charles Island, Milford
- State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
- Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
- The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
- Agent Orange Monument, Andover
- The Sunken Garden, Farmington
- Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
- The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
- Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester
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