CONCLUSIONS

So Middletown has reached the twenty-first century without its natural, if antiquated, counterpart in tow.  The Connecticut River is no more a central part of the city’s identity.  Efforts are however being made to develop parts of the waterfront on the east side of Route 9, a little south of downtown, in hopes that a new cultural landmark will evolve and the region will once again associate itself with the river.  Perhaps society’s priorities have shifted once again, and Middletown will reap the rewards as it supposedly did sixty years ago, when Route 9 (re-) connected it to the world.

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