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!
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An updated look at 52 Huntington, 52 Huntington, and 181 Collins Street.
With the west gable installed, 52 Huntington Street looks more and more like its next door neighbor, 54 Huntington Street.
Our new homeowner has made her first selections on interior paint colors, and we started applying paint at the very top of the house, in the stairwell up on the third floor.
The woodwork has been installed in the south gable. Next up is the west gable. And sure, I'll admit it, there's actually two gables to go, but the one on the north side is impossible to photograph!
We took the sign down from in front of 115 Sigourney Street, and we gave it a new home outside our office in Veeder Place.
It’s the last thing we needed to address: the multiple file cabinets full of files on clients of the non-profit entity that occupied 115 Sigourney Street last. We still haven’t quite figured out the circumstances of their departure from 115 Sigourney Street except to conclude it was abrupt, because they left a lot of stuff behind. Most of it we could give to our non-profit and community-based partners in the neighborhood, but these files? They were health files, full of personally identifiable information and fully subject to HIPAA.
Naturally, the files needed to be shredded. Even more literally naturally, the files had spent a lot of time in the basement, where they’d become moldy. So what were we to do? This is where one of our friends stepped in to help – Aetna, well-versed in the ins and outs of HIPAA, said that they had a very large shredder, and they’d be more than happy to take care of these files for us.
We loaded up the files into the back of our car today – they were many and numerous! – and I reckoned that some group of volunteers would then sit at this very large shredder and feed the files, one by one, into it. We were thrilled to have the files dealt with, but wow this was going to be the most suckiest volunteer gig ever!
A very large shredder at Aetna, however, is really quite large: as big as a room! The files went into it – boxes and all!
Thanks Aetna!
It's on the market! It's a bit brazen to put it on the market so early, but we've already been getting lots of inquiries about it, we thought we'd try it out early to see how it performs. The MLS listing went live yesterday, and here's the official description we put out on the listing:
New single-family home marries Victorian charm and modern comforts. Designed to match the architectural and historic character of Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood, this home is energy- efficient with green features, off-street parking, and bay windows with a southern exposure. Close to downtown, walking distance to the major institutions of the neighborhood, and conveniently located near major transportation routes. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, master bedroom suite with walk-in closet, spacious kitchen with granite counters, first floor study/family room that could be used as bedroom, and unfinished bonus space on the third floor. Owner-occupancy restrictions apply - please contact for more information. Please note: house currently under construction. Opportunity to get in now on Asylum Hill's next modern Victorian!
By the way, the picture here is our "artist's rendering" of the final house, but we didn't put it out on MLS. There, we included photos of where the house actually is as well as the floor plans for the first and second floors. We just thought it would be fun to put the artist's rendering here!
It's a nice sunny day, and it seemed a good day to show off how 52 Huntington Street fits with its neighbors. The gable matches what we did at 52 Huntington Street, and both match the gable at the rear of 181 Collins Street, which is at the corner of Huntington and Collins Streets. The house at 181 Collins Street has been there since the 19th century (supposedly designed by George Keller -- we're working on figuring that out for sure!), and we think the effect of the gables implies that both 54 and 52 Huntington Street have been there at least as long as 181 Collins. You be the judge, though: what do you think?
It's definitely a house now! The roof is on, complete with copper flashing, the windows are in, and the siding is being applied.
A nice shot of the award, taken in NINA's conference room.
