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The Historic City of Stamford,CT

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Post #1: Terry Connor Ice Rink [Terry Connors Ice Rink]http://www.tcrink.com/, located in the Cove section of Stamford, serves as the only municipal ice rink in the city. While Twin Rinks, located in the Springdale Neighborhood, is a more expensive and utilized facility, mostly all youth hockey games are played at Terry Connors due to the inexpensiveness of ice time. The rink was built in 1972 and has had a long standing success with the community, as mostly anyone who learns how to skate in Stamford undoubtedly starts here. The Rink hosts “public skating hours” everyday for only about 4$ a person, which gives the inexperienced skates a chance to roam free on the ice without fear of getting in anyone else’s way. In addition, the rinks main function is tailoring to and serving as a home to the many youth hockey leagues throughout the city. Kids from the ages of five (Mite Hockey) all the way up to 18 (High School) play all of their home games and practices here. There are also many individually-run hockey and figure skating camps that are run out of TCR that usually run adjacent to the winter hockey season. The rink is routinely shut down for maintenance every summer, as the ice has to go through a series of tests/rebuilding every year to maintain the highest quality for all.

Post #2: Colony Grill Pizza

It would be hard-pressed to find any pizza place with a bigger/more loyal following than Colony Pizza, located on the East-Side of Stamford. Colony’s unique Irish bar-style pizza is what separates it from any other local chain, and it would be hard to find any other establishment that operates daily without a menu. Not only does Colony not have a menu, they ONLY serve one size of pizza. You can switch the toppings from normal cheese to local favorites like hot oil, sausage and onions or pepperoni. Colony does not offer delivery services, and takes cash only. Despite all these obvious customer service flaws, the Grill still flourishes as one of the largest food establishments in the city. The recipe for the famous pizza is top secret, as the owners fear other establishments would copy it and use it for themselves. Colony’s success sparked the interest of former NHL star Chris Drury, who bought the rights to open up his own Colony Grill in Fairfield, CT (about 20 minutes away from Stamford). The Grill could have easily expanded years and years ago, but the owners want to keep the over 50-year-old tradition of having only one of them in the city.

Post #3: WWE Headquarters

Formally the “WWF”, now the “WWE” or World Wrestling Entertainment, has it’s headquarters located on the East Side of Stamford. This is where all of the main offices for the company are, and where many of the wrestlers gather for weekly meetings and walk troughs. The company’s leadership maintains that even with the ever-growing popularity and revenue it has seen, that Stamford is the ideal place for their headquarters due to the inexpensiveness/proximity to New York City. While evaluating the company in 2004, management discovered that it would be more than twice as expensive to have the same facilities in New York City. The company has proved to be a solid financial asset for the City, and one of it’s few remaining national headquarters. Despite many rumors of moving, it appears as though the WWE headquarters will continue to be in Stamford for as long as the company is in existence.

Post #4: Scofield Magnet Middle School

Contrary to mostly all of the other public schools in Stamford, Scofield is a magnet middle school. This means that a child’s residence has nothing to do with the school, as potential students enter a lottery in hopes of being able to attend. This feeds into the school’s mission statement which encourages diversity and difference. The school does not follow normal educational protocol in terms of city educational tests and reports, but has still flourished as one of the top educational facilities in the City. Newly built in 2002, the school is by far the newest building that any school operates in. This adds to the allure of going here, as the fields and facilities are unmatched by any other school. It is the only school in town that does not group kids based on their intelligence, and that has proved to be a very successful policy. This makes students feel more equal and promotes more sharing of ideas and expressionism that the school aims to get out of it’s students. It’s interesting to note that it is also the only school in town where the teachers have great freedom in creating their curriculums.

Post #5: Stamford Town Center

Located in the heart of Downtown Stamford, the Stamford Town Center serves as the city’s only mall. Built in the early 1980’s, the Town Center has grown rapidly with the population of the city. Initially aimed to be just a high class shopping facilitiy, the town center has turned into much more of a standard type “mall”. Now home to over 130 different stores with everything from EB Games to Saks 5th Avenue, the mall acts as one of the leading employers for city residents. The mall holds seven flours and operates using escalators. The town center was most recently renovated in late 2008, when multiple high end food establishments were constructed. These include Capitale Grille, Kona Grill, Mitchell’s Fish Market and PF Changs just to name a few. The multi-million dollar construction was done in part to the amount of complaints the city got for the food not being up to standards with the rest of the mall.

Post #6: Garden Catering

Another unique and grossly popular food establishment in the City, Garden Catering has three locations (one in North Stamford, one Downtown, and one on the East Side). Garden’s popularity originally stems from taking aims at middle and high school student’s by creating their famous “High School Special”. The special consists of a half pound of chicken nuggets and a load of French Fries that can be substituted in with the popular ‘potatoe cones’ they offer. The High School was so popular because of its price, only five dollars, that made it a perfect after school lunch for most students. It’s original location was on the same street as a middle school and a high school, so it’s easy to see what they had in mind and why. The menu has expanded greatly over the years, turning from your everyday greasy lunch place to much more. They now offer a variety of healthy alternatives to go around with their classic specials and other grilled chicken variations. The original store’s success has lead to two more being built in town, and three more in bordering towns.

Post #7: Cove Island Park

With the expansion of Stamford into more of a modern day, highly populated city, its important to remember one of the oldest, nicest parts of the town; Cove Island Park. The Park is open to anyone, you just have to have a special yearly beach pass to park there. The Park holds numerous beaches that run on the Long Island Sound, an ice rink, and many running and bicycle routes that have proved to be very popular. The Park unfortunately is only open until 9 PM in the summer, and 8 PM in the winter to try and protect it from any vandalism/nepharious activity. Any money generated by the park goes directly to the city, and it is one of the most popular parks in the State of Connecticut. It has been around for over 100 years, and the history gleams right thorough it, as one would be able to notice it in just their first visit.

Post #8: NBC Studios

The newest headquarters in Stamford is that of Channel 7 NBC. The popular television channel moved to Stamford back in 2008. The company is located right downtown near the Stamford Town Center, and is the home of popular American TV talk shows like Jerry Springer, Montell Williams and Maury. The studios are known for giving out free tickets to see any of these shows, all you have to do is visit their website to let them know you want to come and they will send you tickets. On top of the studios already located downtown, NBC has chosen Stamford as the place to be the home of their new sports headquarters as well.

Edit #1:

I chose to add to the Stamford section of Wiki-Travel, and it was pretty difficult because the author(s) did a great job of capturing just about everything in this large city. However, I did see that the “stay” section was missing some hotels, so I added one that I recently stayed at. I added contact/pricing info to my new Super 8 listing, and gave a brief description of it. It fits right in with the other hotel entries on the page, and although this wiki page covers all of the “nice” hotels in town, they failed to include a lot of the more affordable ones. ADDED: •	Super 8 Motel, 32 Grenhart Road Stamford, CT 06092 (l I-95, Exit 6 ), ☎ (203) 324- 8887, [new]. checkin: 2:00PM; checkout: 11:00 AM. Conveniently located right off I-95 Exit 6 on the City's West Side, the Super 8 Motel serves as one of the more affordable hotel options in town. Very few hotels fall under the 100$ range as the Super 8 does, and you absolutely get a lot of bang for your buck. Under 100$. edit [edit] Learn

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Edit #2: Again, I chose to add on to the Stamford, CT Wiki-Travel page. This time I chose to add one of my favorite pizza places, Cove Pizza, to the long list of eatery’s they already had up there. I was surprised that Cove Pizza wasn’t listed as it is one of the more popular pizza places in town, so I had to add it. The site did a solid job of recognizing what the most ‘important’ restaurants in Stamford are, and only chose to include one pizza place, Colony Grill, that everyone considers to be the best. With that, I don’t find it too unusual or much of a problem at all that Cove Pizza was not already included, and would not be surprised if the webmaster eventually deletes the entry due to the fact that it appears they are aiming to limit how much content they have on the page. Added: • Cove Pizza & Restaurant, 864 Cove Rd (Located right on Cove Rd, walking distance from Cove Island Park), ☎ 203-329-1059. Cove Pizza & Restaurant has seen multiple different owners in it's time, but has never compromised it's quality. Right in the heart of the Cove, and walking distance from the park, sits this focal point of the neighborhood. It is an Italian Restaurant that serves pizza (now slices), salads, and all kinds of Italian dinners. Very affordable, one person should not need more than 10-15$ to be satisfied. Affordable. edit