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!

NINA featured on the Pulse of the Region

David
News
9/26/2024

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.



Progress at 847 Asylum Avenue

David
847 Asylum Avenue
10/30/2023

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



Two new pediments, painted and ready to go

David
287-289 Sargeant Street
10/24/2023

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.



Also observed at Sigourney Square Park

David
Friends of Sigourney Square Park
10/24/2023

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.



Inspecting the banners at Sigourney Square Park

David
Friends of Sigourney Square Park
10/24/2023

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 at 207 Garden Street

David
207-213 Garden Street
10/23/2023

The plaza is finished.  Looks good in the afternoon sun, with the fall foliage in good color.



Another strange site in the neighborhood

David
News
10/16/2023

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.



The finished product

David
287-289 Sargeant Street
10/12/2023

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.



And a few stills for good measure

David
287-289 Sargeant Street
10/10/2023

Totally geeking out over this machine!



More video of the CNC machine in operation

David
287-289 Sargeant Street
10/10/2023

This video was shot after some progress was made on the pediment.  It shows the machine finishing the more intricate parts of the pediment.



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