Has anyone found a framed picture either in the lobby or by the elevator on the second floor? It’s about 18″x18″ with a gold frame and large, black Chinese characters on it. Please let me know if you have it (admin@canalplaceone.com) and I’ll connect you with the owner. Thanks!
Lost iPad
A resident accidentally left their iPad in the lobby last Saturday and it was picked up by these gentlemen right around 5pm. Does anyone recognize them? If you do, please let Cathy (royal.cathy@comcast.net) or Georgi know. Thanks!
Office Help Wanted
Lobby Office Help Wanted
Do you enjoy meeting other residents of Canal Place?
Want to earn a little extra monthly pin money?
I am looking for someone who might like to cover a few shifts a month and to help man the office while I am traveling
This would not be a major commitment – only a fill in position
Interested??
Call Chris at 508.662.7078
or stop by the Lobby Office and see me for more info.
Water Main Break
Canal Place has no water because of a water main break at Market Street and Dutton Street. Please contact the water department for repair updates and timeframes.
Office Hours for Holiday Weekend
The lobby office will be closed Saturday, the 1st and Tuesday, the 4th. It will be open Thursday, the 29th from 6–8pm and on Sunday, the 2nd from 9–11am.
CP1 Original Plans
A resident is interested in finding detailed, structural plans regarding framing, materials, etc. used in converting our turn-of-the-century mill building into the current condo units. She’s found the architectural drawings from 1988 at the Registry of Deeds but they’re a fairly broad outline. We’ve sent an e-mail to Cathy asking if she has info about in-depth plans and I expect we’ll hear back come Monday. In the meantime, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to see if any other residents had ever tracked down construction details or had first-hand knowledge about what went into making our units a reality. Please feel free to share anything you know in the comments.
I neglected to ask said resident if she was requesting info for practical reasons or simply out of historical curiosity. If anyone’s interested in a broad history of this complex, there’s one here. I also know a fair bit about the Ingram and Axminster weave mill that used to be where the garage is now that I learned while researching my dance history book; I can post that info at some point if anyone would like.
As for construction history stories, for my own part, I can say that when we opened up our upstairs hallway to expose the wooden support post by the bathroom, it had some interesting graffiti. And my old hairdresser from Billerica once told me that her uncle and his son were on the construction crew that did the conversion and talked about walking those beams high above the atrium.
Getting Rid of Old Mattresses Link
I’m having trouble with the UTEC link I just posted even though it works fine when I tie it to the word “here.” So here it is again.
Getting Rid of Old Mattresses
This subject came up at the annual meeting on Wednesday. I’d never heard of this UTEC program before and am pleased to be able to spread the word: https://utec-mattress.org.
Annual Meeting Tomorrow
Just a reminder, the annual meeting is tomorrow at 7:00PM at the NPS Visitors Center next door. If you won’t be able to attend and haven’t yet turned in your proxy form, please try to drop it at the office ASAP or send it to the meeting with a neighbor tomorrow.
Hope to see you all there!
A Word About Second Generation AC/Heat Pumps
Now that the air conditioning has been turned on for the summer, people might be interested in this info from a fellow resident (Thanks Craig!):
My downstairs heat pump wasn’t cooling very well this week, so I had A1 Maintenance Master come out and have a look. (978-937-5526). Turns out, historically, when old heat pump units have to be replaced with newer ones, as was done years ago in my unit before I bought it, it’s common that the new hardware’s radiator doesn’t align with the old vents in the bottom of the exterior panel that covers things. This often isn’t a problem, but, apparently, when the building system is finally working at 100% with maximum cooling in the system, this can cause frost to build up over the radiator fins in some units, and keep the “cool” inside the building system from reaching the air in the apartment. You can check this yourself by removing your exterior panel (by turning the screws at the top corners a quarter turn to release the catches) and having a look at where your radiator might be relative to the vents.
The immediate work-around is to remove the exterior panel and turn things off and wait for the fins to defrost. (You can speed this up with a hair dryer or just using the heat pump fan). Then, just turn things back on with open air flow and things will be nice and cool right away. The long-term fix is to fabricate new vent openings that better align with the radiator. A1 is doing that for me, but any metal shop might do the same. (I recommend A1 for all of this, of course, but others may have additional good recommendations).
Keep cool!
Best,
Craig.