Danke, danke, Frau Gerth. This is a great day for zymurgy and industrial
archeology.
Since I also got my profit-sharing check today, I will be at Moe's
Downtowner tomorrow night (Sat 5 Feb 05) buying beers for anyone who wants
one. (Live jazz by GST starts at 8.) Just tell the bartender "Schmidt
Happens."
This was definitely NOT a one-ring circus, I would like to express my
utmost gratitude to the following very special people. Sorry if I've
forgotten anyone, but I am super thirsty right now and can't concentrate
properly:
My wife, my mentor, and my best (human) friend in the whole, wide world,
Rebecca Lynne
The Fort Road Federation, including the Board, and especially Ed, Betty,
Diane, and the late Patrick O, the memory of whom helps drive me to
community service
Dave T, always there, and always wanting to do the right thing for the Ward
Jimmy G, as approachable an architect as there is, and a special asset to
the neighborhood
Susan A of Illinois State, whose encouragement was invaluable
Bob F, who so kindly advised this newbie in many of the workings of the
History community
Gary B, whose intimate knowledge of the area's history put everything into
context
Carol C, a refreshing and selfless individual who inspires me more and more
each day
Craig D, David R, and Paulette M-R, fabulous artists who withstand this
nerdy scientist better than any other artist can
Joe L, who has shown me what it takes to "just do it"
Dan K, whose passion for the place led me on more than one adventure
Dave B, homegrown boy with plenty of insight
Leonard S, a kind and brave expert in realty and reality
Patrick D, for knowing a special building when he sees one, and for taking
care of his
Dwight L, scholar of history and sharer
Dave L, urban scholar, who taught me more in 80 minutes than I learned my
entire sophomore year at... wherever that place was...
Rachel & Jason G, for moving here and caring
Al M, for being a super neighbor and expressing himself
Karin D, Kathryn P, and other East-Siders and Hamm's folks, for advice and
trailblazing
Jane Mc, Don B, Jerry F, Michael M, and Laura Y, encouraging journalists
who didn't make me look as silly as I actually am
Adam S and Bill S, original brewer offspring, whose lineage and interest in
the brewery is enviable
Susan R, who accepted the "amateurish" DOE application with pleasure and
grace
Tom S, who gave me comfort knowing he was just around the corner...
John M, who took precious time out of his busy day to give me insight into
the "real world" of commercial development
Michael M, photographer extraordinaire, who so elegantly captured Schmidt's
"industrial beauty"
David K and employees, who opened their doors and their minds to our
neighborhood leadership
Tod F, for keeping the West End brewing tradition alive
Dave W, for the fine photos
Larry H and Rich W, out east, who seem to know American breweries better
than anyone
Robert F, Michael B, Tyson Mc, and others at UM-CALA, for sharing their
vast knowledge and extreme wit over the years
Summit, the Downtowner, and the Glockenspiel, for providing the Food for
Thought so instrumental in these types of things
John Y & family, for providing the neighborhood with such character and
talent
My Irvine Park friends, who always buoy my spirits, and pour me some to
boot
Naomi L, for the wonderful linoleum cut of Barthel's original brewery plan
John B, for his tireless efforts to get rid of the old and bring in the new
All the CASE plaintiffs and Mike U, who spoke a foreign language that
SOMEbody understood
Mary H & Gerry W, for just being there
Linda D, Richard M, Royce, Nina A, Christina M and others who got me hooked
Mom, for keeping my fetal alcohol syndrome to a minimum
Dad, for keeping beer in the house when I needed it most
Grandad and Uncle Leonard, who knew how to appreciate a fine ale as well as
anyone
England, for teaching me about Old Peculier, flying buttresses, and other
wonders of the ancient and modern worlds
3M, for not firing my ass
Peace and Love,
AMH
PS If I knew all the lyrics to "So this is Saint Paul!" by Millard
Fillmore, I'd be singing it! But I don't, so please sing this one with me:
SALT OF THE EARTH
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the lowly of birth
Raise your glass to the good and the evil
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
Say a prayer for the common foot soldier
Spare a thought for his back breaking work
Say a prayer for his wife and his children
Who burn the fires and who still till the earth
And when I search a faceless crowd
A swirling mass of gray and black and white
They don't look real to me
In fact, they look so strange
Raise your glass to the hard working people
Let's drink to the uncounted heads
Let's think of the wavering millions
Who need leaders but get gamblers instead
Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter
His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows
And a parade of the gray suited grafters
A choice of cancer or polio
And when I look in the faceless crowd
A swirling mass of grays and black and white
They don't look real to me
Or don't they look so strange
Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's think of the lowly of birth
Spare a thought for the rag taggy people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
Let's drink to the hard working people
Let's drink to the salt of the earth
Let's drink to the two thousand million
Let's think of the humble of birth
Lets raise our drink
To the salt of the earth
Lets raise our drink
To the salt of the earth.......
Andrew M. Hine
Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
3M Center 201-1W-28
St. Paul MN
55144-1000
USA
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Congratulations are in order for our own wild pun-man, Andrew Hine, who did
the bulk
of the work that has allowed the Minnesota State Historic Preservation
Office issue a
letter that determines that the Jacob Schmidt Brewery at 882 West 7th
Street is eligible
for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
While it does seem kind of a no-brainer that such an important and
beautiful building is
eligible, the determination (which is not the same as listing, mind you)
required that a
history of the brewery, descriptions of the buildings, and even an
inventory of brewery-
associated buildings in the nearby neighborhood be prepared. Andrewâs
recent loopiness
is directly attributable to his hard work on gathering this documentation.
The protections provided for the property with this determination arenât
great, and in no
way prohibits redevelopment in either a sensitive or insensitive manner.
What the
determination of eligibility does is set the stage for a possible listing
(which will bring tax
credits to any developer) and if a âfederal undertakingâ is proposed by a
developer, a
review of the property under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act
would be required. This is kind of like an Environmental Impact Statement
from the
historic preservation angle: doesnât prevent you from doing anything, but
does require a
âhard lookâ at what the proposal would do to the historic property.
Congratulations again, Andrew!
Diane Gerth
I really live in the West End
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