‘Miscellany’ Archives
A Jones Sanctuary Masterpiece ”“ Messiah”'s Church ”“ Boarded and Unheated?
Drawing done by Harry Wild Jones nationally famous, church Architect BY HARVEY WINJE On October 10, Minneapolis”' Heritage Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate Messiah Lutheran Church. Their findings indicate that the church met at least three of the six criteria designated for landmark status. Those criteria are: 1). its association with distinctive elements of the city and neighborhood”'s identity (i.e., immigration), 2). its distinctive architecture and 3). its association with Harry Wild Jones, a master architect. During the hearing Pastor Louise Britts announced that the congregation has served notice to their two, current congregational tenants that they will have to vacate by the beginning of November, that the church will be deconsecrated, and boarded on November 5th, and that the church will not maintain the property going forward. The designation study for the church is online at: [...]
AWE OF LONGEVITY
Oppressive Rent Increase = 25 Year Old Business CLOSED! A Farewell to Sophal and Tevy Nhep Sophal and Nevy Nhep greeted scores of past customers and served “one last meal” to long time customers like these two women in front of their new Food Service truck replacing their Best Steaks and Gyros business at Chicago Crossings (Franklin Avenue/Chicago Avenue Intersection). BY PETER MOLENAAR Best Steaks and Gyros, an original tenant at the Chicago Crossings mall, due to an oppressive rent increase, is now CLOSED after 25 years. That the proprietor had achieved iconic status in the neighborhood, as was evidence by the gathered farewell throng on Friday September 15th. One wonders how Sophal and Tevy met, given the exodus from war torn Cambodia in 1975. Phal would do a stint as an engineering student at the University of Minnesota before the couple reared their three children in Burnsville, MN while Phal was working as a production manager at the Bremer [...]
