Bridgeport, Connecticut Hotels

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Bridgeport, nicknamed The Park City, is a city located in southeastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States and is the largest city by population in Connecticut. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 139,008. The city is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area, which is considered part of the labor market area for New York City.

Bridgeport is home to the University of Bridgeport and Housatonic Community College.

Bridgeport is quite marked by its attachment to famed resident, circus-promoter and once-mayor P.T. Barnum. Barnum built three houses in the city, and housed his circus in-town during winters.

As befits his in-town legend, the Barnum Museum is headquartered in Bridgeport. The city is also home to the Discovery Museum and Planetarium, which emphasizes exhibits on science, as well as the Housatonic Museum of Art, located at Housatonic Community College, which has the largest collection of art of any two-year college in the country, thanks to a sizable grant from Burt Chernow.

The Beardsley Zoo is also located in Bridgeport, and is the only zoological center in the entire state of Connecticut.

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