Well, Harrison is certainly celebrating, since Prince's childhood home still exists in our neighborhood! The neighborhood association even has a board member whose children used to play with Prince as a child. Some history still exists!
Alison McIntosh Staff, Harrison Neighborhood Association (Paid to brag about Prince's childhood home, amongst other things....) > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:26:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: Dave Piehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Street names; is that all that remains? > > > In a recent post about potential street names, Pam > Taylor noted several folks, including Jimmy Jam and > Terry Lewis (Flyte Time), along with Prince, "who are > from Minneapolis, and have put us on > the map with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, etc. > > It occurred to me, with all these indisputably famous > folks from Minneapolis, why stop at just street names? > Seriously! Why aren't the places where they lived > recognized and marked as such? I've heard that MCDA > or Inspections demolished Prince's childhood home in > Central neighborhood, but what about the rest - is > there anything left of that history? We need to save > it and celebrate it while we still can!! Does anyone > on the list have info about some of these places? > > David Piehl > Central > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
