‘Miscellany’ Archives
Groundswell of outrage repeated!
Breaking Ground on East Franklin east of the Mpls. American Indian Center and south of Anishinabe Wakiagun to build Anishinabe Bii Gii Wii a 32 unit,3-story, multifamily affordable housing facility. Breaking Ground has people dancing on East Lake St. & Hiawatha for Hennepin Cty Service Center/Office 5 stories along Lake S. + retail spaces and Midtown Farmer”'s Market east of here along the Light Rail. BY HARVEY WINJE A Groundswell of disappointment, anger and resentment toward City of Mpls. politicians and bureaucrats by East Phillips residents that opposed the City”'s purchasing the Roof Depot site to use as the Water Dept. Yard has happened. The City buys Roof Depot site! An honest, straightforward process could have been respected but the lack of transparency and excess of surreptitious manuvering by the City threatens future relationships. The oldest residents of South Minneapolis can recall similar opposition by thousands of people to the building of an [...]
Indestructible Sarah Silver
BY KNOWLES DOUGHERTY I try to catch each issue of The Alley Newspaper but I”'m not always successful. However, I did obtain a copy of the recent December issue with the story about the scheduled razing of the building on East Lake Street which was home to the Burma Shave Company some time ago. During WWII, my parents saved their gas coupons all year so that they, my two sisters and I could make the trip Up North each August for a delightful vacation. My dad loved word play and made sure we took in the Burma Shave signs along the way. One of our favorites was: The mister, the miss The kiss, the curve He kissed the miss And missed the curve. Naturally, I read that Alley article with great interest. Not long thereafter, I happened to meet Harvey Winje, The Alley”'s Senior Editor. I told him that, seven or eight years ago, I enrolled in an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) course on memoir writing. I attended the first of the weekly meetings along with six or [...]
Obituary: Silver, Sarah F.
Sarah F. Silver, age 86, dear and indestructible mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, died peacefully in her sleep on January 29, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gerald Silver (Gerry), and numerous extended family members. Sarah is survived by her children, Melinda Silver (Melvin Buchwald), Cory Silver (Beth Grace Silver), and Payton Silver (Wayne Kastning), and her grandchildren, Shane Buchwald, Andrea Buchwald and Marcy Silver. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, their children, and sister-in-law, Marilyn Silver. She is also survived by a bevy of good and loyal friends, some who have known her a lifetime and some who met her just this past year. Sarah was an independent woman, who acted on her convictions. Born in Chicago, she grew up in Eveleth, Minnesota, the only child of Isadore and Celia Sternberg. Sarah majored in journalism at the University of Minnesota, and left in her senior year to marry Gerry. Sarah was no ordinary mother [...]
