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: 33We had a group in from The Hartford today, and they did some particularly dirty work! Inside they pulled nails, part of the interior demolition process, and outside they hauled stuff from the basement to the dumpster. It isn't always glamorous, but every volunteer contributes directly to the future affordability of our homes!
A group from Aetna came in today to pull nails. This still counts as interior demolition, and it allows us to hang new walls and ceilings cleanly.
We bid a sad (not really!) farewell today to the parking lot at 80 Hawthorn Street, as MC Paving removed the asphalt from the site as a next step toward breaking ground on the new homes here.
And not just any volunteers: these were our good friends from The Hartford's Office of Corporate Social Responsibility! We work with this team throughout the year to revitalize Asylum Hill on projects that range from our homeownership development to our annual summer walking tours (a Hartford Happening) to helping to organize other groups of volunteers from The Hartford to come out and work on our sites. We really appreciate them coming out today to volunteer with us!
We had a very large grouip of volunteers from The Hartford come out today for their annual Day of Caring. We expected most of the group, but we also picked up a couple of people from a nearby volunteer site after they finished their project earlier than anticipated. This was a great turnout, and we got a ton of stuff done today!
The defense from Trinity College's men's hockey team came out today as part of Trinity's annual Do It Day. It was all demolition, and all of it was stuff thrown out windows (into a waiting dumpster, of course!). How much fun was that?
Interior demolition continues apace.
We're moving along steadily at 115 Sigourney -- the new floor plan is beginning to emerge, especially on the second floor. Shots here include a look at the future kitchen, future dining room, future north and south parlors, and a last look (probably) at the past staircase to the second floor. Some fun items to note, both in the north parlor, include the pockets we uncovered where there were once French doors and the brick interior wall, which once upon a time would have been the front exterior wall of the house. The doorway there could well have been the location of the original front door of the house!
Upstairs, we've done a lot of framing.
Okay, so not exactly. "Closed" or "Transferred Title" would be more accurate, but neither has the dramatic impact of ... "Sold!" Today, we happily saw 52 Huntington Street off to Asylum Hill's newest homeowners, and we wish them well in their new abode!
These plants just sprang up. We liked them, plus there’s an old 4-H ethos that you never, ever kill a plant, so we’ll leave its fate up to the new homeowners. However, when we took a look at the seed pods, we sort of kind of wondered if that was the best idea …
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, the better movie reference is probably The Thing from Another World with James Arness. The alien in that one was clearly a plant. I've never been so certain about what the "pod people" were in Body Snatchers, although Wikipedia assures my memory is good, they were alien plant spores.
