The recently unearthed Central Avenue pavers belong/belonged to the road contractor, not the city, according to the city's Public Works and/or engineering folks. This apparently was in the contract the city wrote with the contractor. Unfortunately, this was done despite years of pleas from neighborhood people to city contacts to save the pavers for re-use in Central Avenue public projects and/or in the "functional art" that will be added next spring, so that everyone could enjoy a piece of rapidly disappearing Northeast history. Many were carted off by anyone able bodied enough to haul them away -- even in broad daylight. We initially were told the pavers were gone, but the artist working on the "functional art" project may be able to scrounge something up despite the limited budget for the project. I guess this city isn't known for its great foresight.
People also "lobbied" to save the bricks from all the historic Shoreham Yards buildings that have been demolished, but this didn't happen either in any real manner. The railroad instead said it ground up the bricks to make a dirt road or roadbed. More history gone, but in that case, it was the railroad's own bricks, not taxpayers' bricks. G Bonneville Northeast Minneapolis > From: "Sean Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:24:59 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Mpls] granite paving stones > > When Central Avenue NE was torn up last summer, all the stone was carted off > by Historic Stone of Stillwater. It was my understanding that the city paid > them to remove it. The few stones left were taken for some beautiful gardens > in the neighbrohood, only bt the cover of night though. > > Sean Ryan > Logan Park > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If > you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
