And a couple of other photos, too.  I’d say the shadow of the fire escape is haunting, but really, it isn’t.

The concrete pad represents the footprint of the addition, which had no basement.  The remaining trench for the old basement stairs provided access through the back of the addition into the basement of the original house.

And our neighbors across the hall have decorated for Christmas.  Happy Holidays!

Looking southbound on Sigourney – they even have signs requiring drivers to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalks!  Once people get used to the left turn lanes, i.e. don’t “forget” to use them as through lanes, ha ha – traffic should flow much better through this intersection.

MDC is hard at work – again – on the Farmington Avenue.  I’m not sure anyone knows why, although at this point it seems like MDC just shows up in order to block traffic.  Aren’t they supposed to announce this, so people can make arrangements to get around it?  Probably they do, buried somewhere deep on their website.

Work at the former Aetna or Comet Diner proceeds at a brisk pace.  I’m looking forward to this getting back online!  When I first arrived in Hartford, it was a burger joint called Oasis, and it was a great place to get a burger and a milkshake.  The current owner has done tremendous work on the site, remediating several environmental hazards, and his crew is now working on the structure itself.  The return of this diner, and NINA’s two homes, marks a real upswing in investment and revitalization on this stretch of Farmington Avenue.

Back in the afternoon, and most of the debris has been trucked away.  The historic east side of the building is now fully in view, and the original footprint of the house has been restored.

Work underway today on re-striping lanes at the intersection of Sigourney Street and Asylum Avenue.