There's no shotgun in sight, but the most headlong marriage between business and the arts in these parts in some time is the new gallery venture by the Hartford Building. So far the passion is more naive than calculated, which might just lead to a more lasting union than otherwise

The idea is simply this: the Hartford Building lobby, which has one of the busiest captive walk-through patronages downtown, has been converted into a 1,000 square-foot gallery with the addition of benches and large planters (live flowers, at that) and almost literally opening the door to any artist whose offerings

There's no shotgun in sight, but the most headlong marriage between business and the arts in these parts in some time is the new gallery venture by the Hartford Building. So far the passion is more naive than calculated, which might just lead to a more lasting union than otherwise

The idea is simply this: the Hartford Building lobby, which has one of the busiest captive walk-through patronages downtown, has been converted into a 1,000 square-foot gallery with the addition of benches and large planters (live flowers, at that) and almost literally opening the door to any artist whose offerings