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!
Category: News
As part of working with the banner guy today, I had to go into the office to grab one or two of the old banners, in order that we could evaluate whether they could be re-installed. While at Veeder Place, I noticed a large group of people who had parked in the parking lot and then queued up to get on a tour bus. There really is always something happening in Asylum Hill!
A pick-up truck. A dumpster. Clearly in the interior is being demolished ….
The alarm is still connected, and it’s sending out a low battery alert – or maybe it’s caught on that the emergency door to the former studios and offices of Hartford Public Access Television, which is off the main stairwell, is not only unlocked but also ajar. Naturally, I had to go in!
Their painting tent and spray painter. Fresh Start has grown remarkably since it first began, and their website is worth a look if you’re in the market for wood products.
Someone shot up the back windows of Veeder Place, probably over the weekend but maybe yesterday? I heard this through the grapevine in the building, and it wasn’t entirely clear to me when it happened. The police were called, and they came out to investigate. I’ll post updates as I hear them.
The bullets struck the windows on the second floor, where Our Piece of the Pie has its offices and classrooms, as well as on the first floor, where Fresh Start Worx has its offices.
The photos alternate between perspective photos, to show where the bullets struck, and close up photos, to show the damage done by the bullets. They work their way down from east (closest to Garden Street) to west.
One of the two elevators – three, if you count the cargo elevator, which I don’t – at Veeder Place was out today. Tenants get used to things going wrong here, whether it’s the elevator (neither have apparently been inspected in years), various leaks around the building, or the bathrooms (don’t get me started). Still, inured or numb as we may be to all of it, it still counts as a bad day as Veeder Place.
Of course, that was before I heard about the terrifying thing that happened at Veeder Place yesterday or maybe over the weekend ….
