A series of entries designed to capture the ongoing adventures of NINA! See how we came to be where we are today, and follow along as we enter the new century of social media!
Today, NINA was featured on the MetroHartford Alliance's Pulse of the Region podcast. Our executive director, Ken Johnson, appeared on the program along with board chair Lynda Godkin and board president Andrew Daly. Ken, Lynda, and Andrew discussed NINA's past, present, and future in a wide ranging conversation with Kate Ballman, the host of the program. The program remains available to listen to online, and I also tried adding the "iframe path" to this entry. We'll see if that works!
Many thanks to board member Susan Winkler for making this connection for NINA and for all of her efforts to make it happen.
Ductwork for the HVAC system, second floor, future primary bedroom, owner’s unit; framing in east side parlor, first floor; new configuration, hallway, second floor, owner’s unit; framing and ductwork, second floor bedroom, owner’s unit; shower, bathroom in primary bedroom, second floor, owner’s unit; electrician’s ladder, billiard room, third floor, owner’s unit; primary bedroom, second floor apartment; kitchen and dining area, second floor apartment; west bedroom, second floor apartment; third floor apartment looking into kitchen and dining area
Down at Fresh Start, the new pediments are painted and ready for installation. The original will take its place in the NINA Museum of Historic Asylum Hill Artifacts, which is to say, NINA’s office at Veeder Place.
While David MacDonald and I were there, we noticed this circle of candles on the four-square court along the May Street side of the park. According to a neighbor, these candles were left over after a religious service in the park this past Sunday.
David Macdonald and I went around Sigourney Square Park today and had a look at the banners there. David, who is executive director of the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association, helped to secure funding from the City’s “Love Your Block” program, which will allow us to replace the banners. They are really quite faded, but of greater interest is how the trees now obscure some of them!
I didn’t know this until I looked it up, but the banners were installed almost 10 years ago to the day.
The plaza is finished. Looks good in the afternoon sun, with the fall foliage in good color.
Frontier appeared to be doing some work at 207 Garden Street today. Don’t know what. It started to rain, and they brought out a canopy.
Fresh Start finished a pediment – and it turned out really well! I’ve included a couple of shots of the new one next to the original.
Totally geeking out over this machine!
This video was shot after some progress was made on the pediment. It shows the machine finishing the more intricate parts of the pediment.
