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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The roses are in bloom in front of Veeder Place: lovely. The ledge around the bed is cracked and dislocated. And there's a cup.
Some artifacts of the past house, plus the boards are now down from the bay window on the first floor.
Some plants along the driveway have suffered - it's a fairly narrow driveway, and we’ve had some problems with the dumpster. Otherwise, framing proceeds apace.
And Karen Pannone's first day! The workstation and its installation were generously donated to NINA by the Hartford Insurance Group.
We moved furniture and filing cabinets around today as we prepared for the arrival of the newest member of NINA's staff, Karen Pannone. Karen is an architect who, while at CHK Architects, worked with NINA on our projects at 1 Imlay Street and 80-88 Hawthorn Street. She joins NINA as our construction design specialist.
Shots here include my office, which is also the storeroom since the landlord made us vacate the storeroom we had down on the first floor (they had a tenant for it! it still isn’t rented ….); the copy room; and the conference room, which will be where Karen will have her workspace.
We attended the 2025 Preservation Connecticut Awards ceremony this evening at the New Haven Country Club. The award cited "NINA’s commitment to creating or renovating housing in the Asylum Hill neighborhood." The award recognized the project team, which was NINA Properties, Crosskey Architects, James K. Grant Associates, John Canning & Company, Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office, the City of Hartford Department of Development Services, the Capital Region Development Authority, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the Hartford Insurance Group.
This photo was taken by Ian Christmann, working for Preservation Connecticut. Pictured are, from left to right: Celina Caez, Hartford Department of Development Services, Housing Division; David Corrigan, NINA; Laura Crosskey, Crosskey Architects; Michael Weissbrod, Crosskey Architects; Ken Johnson, NINA; Janet Montanaro, Preservation Connecticut; Garrett Coady, Crosskey Architects; David Goslin, Crosskey Architects; and John Canning, John Canning & Associates.
Not for nothing, 847 Asylum Avenue was on the cover of the ceremony program! And the most interesting note of all: David Goslin worked on the 1991-1994 renovation of the Plimpton House.
