‘Alley Gallery of Loss’ Archives
Feature alley Articles: Then and Now
Block 5 Needs of news guides what will appear in each alley newspaper. That news takes different forms. One form is Feature articles that are more in depth than a brief news story. Features may be written by people that are part of the story or more objective, but never totally unbiased... Featured articles during 50 years of alley issues have been about the American Indian Movement, Arsenic Pollution, Child Abuse, Brutality by Police, Crime, the Garbage Transfer Station Campaign, Little Earth of United Tribes Housing, Phillips Jr. HS, Phillips Works, Phillips Pool and Gym, Redlining, the Rise & Fall of PNIA, POP, PCDC, PNHT, and SMC, other organizations, and more. The Loss and Light essay on page 12 is a Feature story by a writer who is part of the story.Within that story, Block 5 is mentioned. Block 5 has been a Feature story in several issues. What is Block 5? An agreement was made by two hospitals and Phillips neighbors to define and limit what healthcare expansion [...]
Gallery of Light and Loss
Part 7 By HARVEY WINJE Positive-SumPost-TenionThis 7 chapter essay on connections and loss of connections between people, places, and events also explains times of loss of trust. Those losses have occasionally led to enlightenment and inspiration moving forward. It has been a welcome experience even to have that transformation happen even as I have written this.I am a novice to loss having lived for only eighty-five and one half years on this land stolen centuries ago.Indigenous people lost land and trust, but their connection to ancestors, soul of culture, language, and the essence of the tangible world survived.I have rich memories. I struggle to learn from them and bring light into my life from the crystalized gems that can outshine the darkness of losses. “The whole was greater than the sum of the parts.” It wasn’t called Block 5 when my family moved there in 1941. It was an unusual block including several duplex houses, four single family houses, five [...]
Gallery of Loss & Light
Part IV By HARVEY WINJE PreludeI wrote my first Gallery of Loss article in 2010 which was printed in two parts.In November 2025 it was decided to reprint the 2010 Gallery of Loss articles to display some of what the alley has published over its 50 years. I used that opportunity to add more anecdotes and history to enrich the story, encourage readers to tell their stories, and increase neighborhood story narratives.The length increased into more Parts. This issue has Part IV.Parts I, II, and III were published in 2025. Part IV was ready last year when the federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployment started in Minnesota. Now in January 2026, I read it one more time before the February due date to make final edits. Context of the times mattersJanuary 2026, the number of ICE troops increased to over 2,000, announced ahead of arrival to instill fear and attract responses. If enforcement of immigration and customs were the only goal, the element of [...]
