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Page: 12Some finishing touches on the houses. They’re about to be on the market. Also, some shots of the primary bedroom in 82. Apparently, I have a thing for certain angles in this room, especially on a sunny day, and I was challenged to take a different shot of the room. I think I pulled it off!
The carpet crew was here on a Saturday, and we may go to market as early as next week.
Stained glass + sunshine = happiness.
It’s really coming together! I’m starting to think we might have it on the market soon.
There are a few good shots to be had, and they show the potential this house retains. Also, I’ve included probably my best shots of the stained-glass window.
I began our inspection of street signs today – this is an outgrowth of our Safe Growth program, which began as an analysis of crime statistics that included Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) techniques and then turned toward an examination of the environment in the neighborhood. I began with streetlights, and in the last couple of years those were almost entirely replaced by LED lights, but along the way I started to notice that some street signs, which are often attached to streetlight poles, were looking pretty shabby. What I didn’t expect was what I found today: almost every street sign needs to be replaced!
These photos are some of the worst I spotted today, in a walk along Sargeant Street between Garden and Sigourney. Basically, two blocks. I’m not sure which counts as my favorite: the warning sign about construction ahead (there’s no construction, and there hasn’t been for years), or the three street signs on Huntington obscured from view by the new streetlight pole.
I’m finally making some progress on our neighborhood history website, which is where the walking tours will go to live when I’ve made even more progress, so I thought today of all days would be a good day to head up to Spring Grove Cemetery to identify the graves of some Asylum Hill luminaries. The trip also proved educational:
Henry Green – three of his children and one daughter-in-law are buried with him and his wife Annie. His children all lived into their 70s, and his daughter-in-law, Grayce Morgan, lived into her 100th year, dying in 1998.
Lydia Sigourney – she of the square park, and she was not Charles Sigourney’s first wife. That would have been Jane, who died in 1818. I’m sure this is well-known, but it was news to me.
William H. Imlay – I’m pretty sure this is William of the Imlay Farm, more commonly known as Nook Farm. Once the wealthiest man in Hartford, he’s buried by himself.
Frederick Mahl – he who built numerous houses on Ashley Street, and his wife Marion died in 1886. That’s really, really interesting to me, because I have an article from the Courant that reported that his wife spoke to Frederick at a séance, which means that wasn’t Marion – and I have no idea where his second wife is buried!
I’m putting together a map of the cemetery to aid in locating these Asylum Hill luminaries, and that will be posted on the new history website. You know, when I finish it. One hundred years from now.
Inside, there are stairs, newly painted walls, preparations for bathroom tiling, and kitchen cabinets.
