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Page: 26Work on the interior – and front doors! The space created in the brick above the front doors is for stained glass inserts.
The carpenters made fairly quick work of it!
Today, carpenters arrived from NYC in order to install the fancy woodwork in the gables at 86 & 88 Hawthorn Street. This woodwork will draw the connection between our houses and the big house at 140 Hawthorn Street more closely, and it will add a very nice finishing touch to the houses.
The woodwork was prepared by Fresh Start Pallet Products. Fresh Start is a workforce development program for individuals with substance abuse issues, and Fresh Start provides training and assistance finding jobs. Fresh Start is based in Asylum Hill, and very conveniently for us they operate out of the same building, Veeder Place.
Work is underway on the interior.
Viewed from the 88 side, for a change.
The gable over the front porch seemed to be lacking something, so we started experimenting with the idea of adding a design to it that would reflect the design in the main gable.
This is a paper insert. The blank was created by our architect, Crosskey, and the paint was added by our intrepid high school volunteer.
Something about the green hue of the leaves set against the backdrop of the bricks was appealing.
Tree in bloom on Forest Street, directly across the street from Hartford Public High School.
Our volunteer photographer Stan Guzek dropped by today to take some exteriors at 115 and 117 Sigourney Street.
