I rented at 2449 Pillsbury from September, 1987 to June, 2000. I understand things were dicey in the earlier years that you mentioned and I read about some of this when I lived at two of NuWay's houses in the 2500 block of 1st Ave. S. from September, 1984 to May, 1986 and read about bad things in the Whittier Globe but these reports were mainly about prostitution on Nicollet.
Things lightened up in the '90s and I for sure never heard ill of Helen Deputat's operations further north on Pillsbury or the big facility right across from me at 2450 Pillsbury or another specialized facility across the intersection at 2500 Pillsbury. Nor have there ever been any ripples from the home for retarded folks a bit to the north of the intersection of 24th and Pillsbury. There was still plenty of rough stuff further south - gangs and drugs - but a lot of people worked very hard and with considerable success to bring stability back to the neighborhood and our particular area was pretty quiet. Fred Markus, Horn Terrace, Ward Ten _______________________________________ 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
