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!

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CT Insider published an article on 847 Asylum Avenue

David
847 Asylum Avenue
1/10/2025

CT Insider ran an article online about the Plimpton House today.  It covers a lot of information that we have, but it also included some references that we hadn’t previously found – which is to say, the article is an excellent overview of the history of the Plimpton House, up to and including NINA’s renovation.  And spoiler alert:  the article does report that the house is now under contract!

FYI:  CT Insider is a subscription-based publication, but you should be able to access this article freely.



Breakfast Bash with Friends

David
Friends of Sigourney Square Park
12/21/2024

Believe it or not, this is – or was – Caroling in the Park!  The Friends of Sigourney Square Park decided this year to move the event indoors and to focus on community and “toys for tots.”  The event took place at 224 the EcoSpace, and it was an amazing success.  About 200 people attended.  Members of the Asylum Hill Neighborhood Association served breakfast to everyone.  The Hartford Police Department, including Asylum Hill’s Community Service Office Cesidio “Sid” Palmieri, were on hand to deliver toys to children.  And of course Santa was there!

Plans are already underway to hold this event again next year.



Evening at the Plimpton House

David
847 Asylum Avenue
12/18/2024

Shots are of the front of the house, the steeple at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, and Asylum Hill Congregational Church with The Hartford in the background.



847 Asylum Avenue is on the market!

David
847 Asylum Avenue
12/18/2024

The house is ready!  And if you’re interested, the real estate agent has put together a very nice video tour of the house.



Fast approaching the finish line at 847 Asylum

David
847 Asylum Avenue
12/5/2024

So close!  Some shots of what’s done and some shots of what isn’t, including the walk-in closet in the primary bedroom in the owner’s unit.  The house will go on the market this month!



The box at the Trident, again

David
News
11/26/2024

These photos highlight why the two traffic lights get out of sync – it’s the pedestrian crossing signals.  The light at Farmington is green, while the light at Asylum is red – and over on the right side of the intersection, the pedestrian crossing has seven seconds to go.

The solution, it seems to me, is to make the pedestrian crossing longer so that a pedestrian can get through the entire Trident in one cycle.  When a pedestrian requests a crossing, they do so only for one street, be it Farmington or Asylum.  They then have to request a crossing again at the next street.  This throws the traffic lights out of sync, and it takes several cycles with no pedestrians for the traffic lights to come back into sync.

A simple solution, right?  But it seems that our city would rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on consultants to come up with a much more complicated and convoluted traffic pattern ….



Blocking the box again

David
News
11/19/2024

I’m not really sure if this counts, but it is a regular occurrence, as trucks come down through the Trident en route to Interstate 84.



JELLO volunteers at 102 Huntington Street

David
102 Huntington Street
11/16/2024

Volunteers from Trinity College’s JELLO program volunteered at 102 Huntington Street, and they did some fairly substantial lawn care for us.



Even ambulances block the box

David
News
11/13/2024

The problem, of course, is that the lights on both sides of the Trident are out of sync, but it should also be noted that, despite the signs, the prohibition against blocking the box is never enforced.



The finished mural at 207 Garden

David
207-213 Garden Street
11/12/2024

I don’t think I ever posted a photo of the finished mural!  Here it is, parked car notwithstanding.  It’s signed VIZIE, who started out as a graffiti artist in Houston, TX.  It looks like the project was funded by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, but that’s based on VIZIE’s website, not any direct information that I have.



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