‘Miscellany’ Archives
Green Tomato Cook-Off Results:
Exquisite cranberry GT relish, delicious GT Love cake, savory puff pastry GT Gruyere and Mushroom appetizer, smooth & creamy dill, potato GT soup, healthy & colorful GT Southwestern salad, Best of Show raspberry GT cobbler BY CLAUDIA SLOVACEK Every year the cooks, gardeners and neighborhood residents gather at the end of the growing season to celebrate our fall harvest and to squeeze every last ounce out of our gardens. Since the first killing frost of the season has not yet occurred the cooks had an abundance of green tomatoes to experiment with. On Thursday, October 20th, the 12th and 13th Avenue Community Garden sponsored the 16th annual Green Tomato Cook-off at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Midtown Phillips. We had seven entries this year and as the judges weighed in, they said it was one of the hardest years to decide who made the best sauce, sweet and savory entries. The judges this year included our long time guest, Ruth Holmquist, who has judged the contest for many [...]
SAVE THE SHAVE IS (SO) APPEALING!
BY STEVE SANDBERG Thanks everyone! The recognition by the City on October 25th that the Burma Save building DOES meet the City”'s criteria for historic designation has put wind in our sails as we appeal to the City Zoning and Planning on Dec. 1st. Thanks for all the great suggestions for ways to incorporate this building into the educational regimen of Adult Education and the South High School campus: ”¢ a student run museum of immigration, ”¢ a student run coffee shop, ”¢ an all nations themed gathering place in a new building, ”¢ a post and beam supported super structure for an outdoor plaza. The trend in preservation of historical sites is to focus on the value of the stories they have to tell and the ways in which they involve the community. This is a fantastic opportunity for just that! Remember to vote “Save the Shave!” at City Zoning and Planning Committee at 9:30am on Thursday December 1st, City Hall!
2019 East Lake Street – Post and Beam Increases Repurposing
BY HARVEY WINJE It may be that the Burma-Shave building is built with posts and beam construction, a type of construction that is now very unusual in this day and age. Indications of this type of construction has not been verified because access to the building has been prevented by its current owner, Mpls. School District #1. If it is post and beam, also called timber frame construction; it has these advantages: Post and beam construction utilizes large, vertical, wood columns placed about 8 feet apart with a series of large horizontal wood beams placed across them to support either a second floor or a roof. In contrast with lighter wood framing which became popular in the mid-19th century in the United States, post and beam buildings feature a relatively small number of larger, heavier structural components that form the infrastructural support. The exterior surfaces that can seem so lack-luster from the street view are attached, yet dispensable to support the [...]
