‘Miscellany’ Archives
THE HOTEL ST. PAUL”'S
BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL It”'s not hard to find a spot to build your nest on the old church roof. After all, the psalm says “even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts”. The problem is finding a spot where the red-tailed hawk, who claims heaven and earth as his supermarket, cannot ravage with his fearsome talons. Perhaps this is why, a century ago, the Swedes decided to add these parapets, niches, cornices and mini-gables high above the rose window: not to make it impossible to paint without a helicopter and a Tom Cruise stuntman hanging from a cable, but to build a haven as close to heaven as wooden ladders and scaffolds allow; for they knew””for winged as well as biped beasts””that blessings are passed from generation to generation and that a good home to raise your little ones is a legacy that will not be forgotten, a kindness that will spread [...]
Franklin Av”'s Open Street 2017
Courtesy of Residents, Businesses, Institutions, Franklin Avenue Business Association, & OpenStreetsMpls. Franklin Av & 14th, looking east, Av near Pow-Wow Grounds Coffee Shop, All My Relations Gallery, Many Rivers Apts. East, and Ancient Trader”'s Market, et al; portion of Native American Cultural Corridor during Open Streets Mpls 2017. Erik Renk-Grant
What”'s going on in there? Phillips Aquatic Center Update
A new south addition to the original 1972 Phillips Pool and Gym building has taken shape and construction is over the halfway point. Throughout the building, the mechanicals, electric and plumbing have all been roughed in so that the walls, floors and ceiling can progress. The new structure will house the new zero-entry, 25-yard, shallow, warm-water teaching pool. The new pool concrete is being poured into the forms in this photo. BY DENNY BENNETT You know something is happening, you see the mounds of dirt, the heavy equipment, and the hard hats, but how is it coming along? Is it really going to be a new Aquatics Center? I”'m happy to report, that not only is construction progressing, but it is right on schedule! You can count on being in the water with your Valentine this next winter. If you drive by the site, you can see that the structure holding the new teaching pool is up and work has begun on the parking lot. What you can”'t see is the exciting progress [...]
