Neighborhoods

May Day feeds our souls

By Mindy Rhiger, Proper Noun Blog

As we walked to our car after spending our Sunday at the May Day Festival, a fellow pedestrian wished us a happy May Day. He added, “It’s Minnesota Christmas!” We laughed, but it wasn’t far off.

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Placemaking: loving where you live and why it matters

By Bruce Johansen, TC Daily Planet

Frogtown artist-resident, Seitu Jones (l), Va-Megn Thoj, Asian Economic Development Association (r) 

Photos by Bruce Johansen

“What makes people love where they live, and why does it matter?” “What bonds residents to a city and how can a community foster those emotional ties to drive economic success?” Those are ques

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East Phillips Improvement Coalition annual meeting recap

By Carol Pass, The Alley

Over 100 people attended the EPIC ANNUAL MTG, April 27th in the rotunda and gym of the East Phillips Park Cultural & Community Center. It was a huge success with election of 6 new Board members. EPICs commitment of representing the wonderful diversity of East Phillips was continued with the newly elected Board members: Mary Gonsior, Linda Leonard, Earl Simms, Sherdl Kordian, Ali Macali and Aisha Gomez; joining returning Board members, Carol Pass, Rosie Cruz and Jenny Bjorgo.

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2320 Colfax declared historic resource by Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission

By Trilby Busch, Wedge Neighborhood News

Alexander Hamilton’s “Country House,” built 1802, is lifted to be moved around a church in New York City (2008). (Photo courtesy of http://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com)

At the April 16 meeting of the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC), Anders Christensen and other members of the Healy Project presented evidence supporting their appeal to stop the demolition of the Edward Orth House at 2320 Colfax Avenue, designed and built by master builder Theron Potter Healy in 1893. The HPC received over 200 e-mails regarding the appeal, urging the HPC to declare the house an historic resource; all but one, the owner’s, supported the appeal. The HPC voted 8-2 to grant the appeal. Members of the Healy Project used their Facebook page, “T.P. Healy: King of the Queen Anne,” to muster support. In addition, the campaign to save the house garnered national attention when Nicole Curtis of the cable TV show, “The Rehab Addict” requested that her followers write the HPC in support of the appeal.

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42nd Avenue - History Still Happening

By Phil Anderson, Back Then But Now

“Dynamic” can describe even the calmest-looking streets. As an almost arbitrary example, take 42nd Avenue in Minneapolis, south from Lake to 42nd Street. It’s loaded with past, present and future food-shopping spots, which in 1930 alone (again, arbitrary) numbered twenty: bakeries, meat markets, grocers, dry goods.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | West End May 2013 calendar of events

By Joe Landsberger, Neighborhood Notes

A little late but so is spring! ;-{)

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Soul of University: Walkability workshop focuses on St. Paul's Frogtown, Summit-University neighborhoods

By John Akre, TC Daily Planet

Placemaking Expert Dr. Katherine Loflin led a Walkability Workshop in St. Paul's Little Mekong neighborhood through a light drizzle on May 8.

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Longtime Dinkytown shop, the Book House, finds new home in Prospect Park

By Marion Renault, The Minnesota Daily

Continuing education student Stefan Gherghelegiu browses through books Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the Book House in Dinkytown. (Photo by Ichigo Takikawa)

Entering Dinkytown’s the Book House is like entering a maze.

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E-DEMOCRACY | Lowertown development and the Saint Paul Farmer's Market

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: Mary C. Zanmiller Date: Apr 21 23:59

So is the public discussion about the Farmer's Market leaving it's current site in Lowertown going to happen after everything is a done deal? Does the public have a voice in this? Will anyone listen? Is there accountability for this decision?

From: Jim Buscher Date: Apr 22 01:06

When has City Hall ever said recently they want the Farmer's Market to leave Lowertown?? I recall about ten years ago a proposal existed briefly to move it across the river to the West Side Flats area but that was shot down by the community.

I think someone is just starting false rumors.

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R.E.M.O.V.ing graffiti in Longfellow

By Rebekah Peterson, My Broadsheet

Erik Espeland

The year after Erik Espeland moved into Longfellow with his wife, construction started on East Lake Street, and with it came graffiti. Espeland said, “The graffiti blew up, and then it just sat there, and sat there, and sat there and nothing happened. So that’s when I got a bee in my bonnet to do something.”

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