‘Miscellany’ Archives
Midtown Phillips Changes on 13th Ave., 14th Ave. and Lake Street
Changes 13th and 14th Avenues, 28th Street to the Greenway BY HARVEY WINJE The Greenway Market, 2825 13th Ave So. in the building recently occupied by Wentworth Aircraft for many years after it was Sears & Roebucks Service Center for decades, is proposing to keep current uses the same while adding more retail shops. A new proposal is for five Townhomes with Granny units above the garage and some green space for children to play east of the Market and fronting, level with the Midtown Greenway. There is an opportunity to Tour the Greenway Market Tuesday March 28, 6:30-8pm before the Midtown Community Meeting at Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, 2824 13th at 7:15pm, previously Dayton-Rogers, metals Mfg. company for decades. See Midtown Phillips NEWS on page 4 for more details.Â
Persistence by Phillips Community: 3rd Opening in 2018!
BY HARVEY WINJE Persistence often prevails when the community is “between a rock and a hard place.”  Here is one of those times and places. Five other Junior High Schools had been built in Minneapolis between 1917 and 1926 when Phillips Jr. High School and Sanford Junior High School were built four years before the Great Depression.  The same blueprint was used for Phillips and Sanford except Sanford originally had less classrooms.  Sanford Junior High is still used today complete with a very large addition providing more space at 36th Street and 42nd Avenue. Phillips Junior High School had a pool and gym added in 1972.  However, Phillips Jr. High was closed in 1982 due to demographic shifts caused by highways and other societal factors. It was demolished in 1987 despite vehement neighborhood objections to not reusing it for housing, community space, offices, factory, school and/or combined multiple use.  In a contradictory decision, [...]
Emerald Ash Borer Fact and Fiction
BY SCOTT VREELAND, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Commissioner District # 3 I am concerned about the spreading of some misinformation about Emerald Ash Borer. I see the results of that misinformation in a recent post from the Powderhorn Issues list: “Every ash tree in Powderhorn Park is scheduled to be cut down as a “preventative” measure, 15 percent per year, whether they are sick or not. Why not improve the health of the soil around the ash trees, making them more resilient in fending off the ash borers? You could do that for a lot less money then hiring cruise to cut the trees down! Is it too late to influence these decisions??” The idea that there is some- healthy soil- “miracle cure” for EAB using compost tea or extract is a false and misleading claim that is a great example of bad science. Unfortunately there has been an infusion of bad science in some recent tree discussions. Bad science is an attempt to apply a conclusion, that [...]
