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: 3As part of our effort to sort through the stuff we rescued from our storage space downstairs, we’ve started going through some old banners. We don’t plan to save them intact: we plan to convert them into bags, NINA swag, as it were. If they turn out swell, then maybe we’ll use them for a fundraiser!
Banners and signs include: the 2017 Hartford Blooms banner; our sign for projects funded by the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (we used this at several houses); the Hartford version of the NSP sign; and our banner proclaiming our partnership with Aetna on 1 Imlay Street.
A shot of one path to a fire exit in Veeder Place. More than likely this will be cleared out shorty, but still.
Work in the front and side gables, with the oriel window in the front gable really taking shape.
So, we have this lift, it’s been at 29 Ashley Street, and now we need it elsewhere, so what better way to do that than to just drive it there?
We spent the day today cleaning out the storage unit we’ve had down on the first floor for the last 13 years, maybe even longer (I can only vouch for 13). The landlords, who recently posted a “now leasing” banner on the building, informed us that a new tenant would be taking the space as of the first of the next month, i.e., tomorrow! It was grim, grimy work, but we pulled it off, in large measure thanks to my daughter, who I recruited to put in some “volunteer time.”
In many ways, this was a good thing: we’d been holding on to a lot of stuff in there that we should have disposed of a long time ago, and this clean-out gave us the opportunity to get the stuff we should have kept much better organized.
And now, we look forward to welcoming the new tenants to Veeder Place! This is very good news for the building, all the way around.
The landlord took out two trees that had been dead or dying on the way into the garage at Veeder Place. You can see the new stump just to the left of the parking light along the back drive. Sad to see them go, but it was a good call.
The demolition of the old parking garage has opened up view of the back of 1000 Asylum Avenue, a view that hasn’t been available for many years.
The front area has now been cleared.
I mentioned the other day that the COVID warning signs were still up in the western elevator at Veeder Place.
Interior demolition and duct work for the new HVAC. Also, the garage. Out front, the remaining decorative woodwork from the porch gable has been removed – it’s being prepped for replication.
