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!
Page: 17I am not sure how many times this makes – plus we took that year or two off for the pandemic – but we were back at it again tonight, our annual Caroling in Sigourney Square Park!
It was kind of cold. Really kind of cold. We were all happy to move to Glory Chapel for hot chocolate afterwards.
Photos include one of what has become an annual tradition, the photo of Santa Claus, Flake (his number one elf), and me.
Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve shown any photos of the kitchen in awhile, either. It is definitely starting to take shape, now that we’ve settled on moving the kitchen around to where it would have been originally in the house.
Shots include the kitchen as well as the former kitchen, where the institutional kitchen had been and where we thought the kitchen would go again.
A quick walk around the basement. I hardly ever show photos of basements. Most of them aren’t as interesting as the one here at 847.
It’s hard to see at first, but once I zoomed in, there it was.
1st floor dining room and current office (I have to say, I love taking pictures with the propane heaters pointed at me!); 1st floor front bedroom; 1st floor living room; 1st floor foyer; 1st floor parlor; detail, 1st floor fireplace; 2nd floor kitchen; 2nd floor front parlor; and 3rd floor bedroom.
The pediments have been framed, and they fill the space much better now.
This is the Phoenix Insurance Company building – built in the 1950s, it was most recently the Capital Community College. It’s owned by the State of Connecticut now (which, of course, means no property taxes), and the State has allowed it to sit idle and vacant for how long now? Years.
Recently, this site has been suggested as a new location for the federal courthouse that is currently downtown on Main Street, in the Abraham Ribicoff building. It’s too small for their needs, apparently, so the feds want to spend gobs of money to build a new, snazzy courthouse for the judges. The Phoenix Insurance Company building, which is located at 61 Woodland Street, is selected, the feds will demolish this building and construct a new building according to current federal design standards.
Spotted this through the window – Doug Suisman being interviewed by Hartford Courant reporter Ken Gosselin about the Hartline. Amir Johnson, who works at iQuilt is there as well. The Courant photographer is Aaron Flaum.
iQuilt hosted an informational presentation on the HartLine trail today at the Artists’ Collective at Albany and Woodland. The HartLine will follow the now defunct Griffin Line from downtown Hartford all the way into Bloomfield, and it has the potential to become a major bike and pedestrian path. Doug Suisman, who has been working with iQuilt on a variety of different projects, led the discussion today.
If it happens, the trail would go right below our windows at Veeder Place. Have to admit, it would be a great way to take a quick break after a couple of hours sitting at my desk!
Our friends at the Connecticut State Building Trades Training Institute across the hall from us decided that we needed to show some holiday cheer this year, so they decorated our door – thanks to them for sharing their Christmas spirit with us!
