East Boston project (Part 4 of 18)

Landscape architect Stephanie Hubbard shares her strategies for creating a "bold and simple" urban landscape in East Boston. Abatement contractor Brian Fitzsimons and crew remove the asbestos-laden flooring and mastic from the first floor kitchen. On the second floor, general contractor Tom Silva and master carpenter Norm Abram carefully remove the original moldings that will be saved and, hopefully, reused. Then, host Kevin O'Connor lends a hand knocking down the partition wall that currently separates two bedrooms in order to make space for the new kitchen. City contractors arrive outside to excavate the sewer main and lateral to the house: both are chronically choked by tree roots and in dire need of repair. (Part 4 of 18)