Could the others be the project Susan Weir and a group of dedicated volunteers have worked so hard on...the Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery on Cedar http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/
AND The one, the only, enchanted pink heartbreaker.... Bardwell-Ferrant house at 2500 Portland....? Built by Charles Bardwell of the Bardwell-Robinson Millwork company in the 1880s, it was moved from Park to Portland and Emil Ferrant commissioned Carl Struck (best known for Dania Hall) to add moorish towers and elaborate woodwork to it.. By the 1980s, the house had fallen into total disrepair when Mary Lou Maxwell and Jean Stewart rescued and restored it with funding from Honeywell... design by architect Rolf Lokensgard who revealed all it's interior beauty and magnificient woodwork by Peter Holly (who still lives in one of the Healy houses on 31st and 2nd Ave) Last spring I noticed that the house needed paint and after many months on inaction by the Minneapolis Historic Preservation Commission and indifference by an absentee landlord (who only cares about cramming more apartments into it)...on the advice of preservation architect Robert Roscoe, I contacted Tiffany Green (Robert Lilligren's assistant). Tiffany got the Phillips West Neighborhood Association to apply for paint from the Valspar Foundation. Meanwhile the landlord, has repaired the cast iron fence in the front yard which a truck had crashed through, removed an ancient charcoal barbecue from the roof, which somehow keeps climbing back up there, and painted some of the rotting woodwork with white paint. I only hope that he does not paint the rest of the house white, its a gem in the wrong setting. Madeline Douglass Kingfield ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: [Mpls] Aldi's etc. > Barb, in your effusions about Aldi's and other shopping venues along > Franklin, you and the Whiz forgot one very important amenity: the > Franklin Avenue Library. You also forgot to mention the Wolves' Den > coffee shop. The library, one of three buildings in Phillips on the > national historical register (anyone know the other two?), will be > renovated and open for business by next summer. Meanwhile, it's > possible to check out books from the temporary library quarters in the > old Catholic Charities building next door (but you have to go round to > the back to get in.) From there, books in hand, you can cross the > street to the Woves' Den for a cup of joe or soup and a sandwich. (BTW, > does anyone know if there's a coffee shop in town named called Mojo? > Seems like a natural to me.) > > Paul Weir > Phillips > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
