> I made a joke about "the curse of Walker Library" referring to the fact that > every business that has gone into the old Walker Library building has failed. Why? > > Does the Met Council still own the building? Now that it will be vacant > again, what do they plan to do with it? To quote Councilman Niziolek's email: > > "My conversations with the Met Council indicated that they were > willing to be a partner in moving the library back into the old Walker > Library building. The building sold for $800,000. That was truly an opportunity lost. " > > Is this opportunity permanently lost? Couldn't a new partner be found or a > new owner that would return the old Walker library back to it's original use? > > The old building is on the National Historic Register which limits any > improvements or changes to the exterior. The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation > Commission accepts requests for "historic variances" for properties they have > designated. Perhaps the NHR has a similar process. > > Jeff Scherer of Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle has designed many award > winning libraries. He could probably come up with an innovative re-design for the old Walker. > The proceeds from the sale of the new Walker could partially finance the > project. > > I believe the NHR designation was one reason that MPL decided to build a new > building, because there was no cost effective way to make the old library ADA > compliant. I know there were other reasons, which perhaps someone on this list knows. > > Madeline Douglass > Kingfield > > >
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