Blue Back Square is a shopping, living, dining, and entertainment destination and is home to 120 residences, 250,000 SF of commercial and office space and merchants including Crate & Barrel, West Elm, Barnes & Noble and The Cheesecake Factory.

Blue Back Square was named after the "Blue-backed Speller," an educational book by Noah Webster, who was once a West Hartford resident.

[1] On June 19, 2021 - Juneteenth - West Hartford dedicated a new mural devoted to African-American history and life, both locally and nationally.

One panel of the mural includes Ella Baker, Martin Luther King Jr., and Bernard Lafayette over a quotation from Amanda Gorman.

Facing Main Street, another panel includes Gertrude Blanks, Judy Casperson, and State Rep. Tammy Exum over a quotation from US Vice-President Kamala Harris.