‘Miscellany’ Archives
Still Empty, After All These Years!
Olympic size pool built with Model City money in 1974 that”'s future is in the throes of budgetary/politico squalor. The question remains; “Will it all be money down the drain?”. by Robert Albee City Pages published an Erin Carlyle piece on September 9th in 2009 featuring me standing in an empty pool complaining about the Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board allowing the Phillips Community Center (PCC) building to close and residents also losing access to the only indoor swimming pool in the community. Although the story was about “redlining” and inequities in Park Board spending allocations, the PCC pool itself still stands empty. This despite the fact that the building itself reopened three years ago. A non-profit, Minneapolis Swims took the initiative and agreed with the Park Board, that it would raise the necessary capital to rebuild the pool and oversee its operations in service to the community. During the next few years, various proposals [...]
“We are Midtown Phillips” hits the streets
By Patrick Cabello Hansel St. Paul”'s Lutheran Church and In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater (HOTB) are hitting Midtown Phillips streets in a big way, reaching out to neighbors to engage them in action for their community. With funding support from Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Inc. (MPNAI) and others, artists and youth leaders are energizing residents and business people to transform the visual impact of the community. Focus is creating two Arts Avenues: Bloomington Parade Route and the Green Arts Pathway on 15th Avenue. Thru summer and fall you will see new art popping up in various places, new boulevard gardens and plenty of celebrations. Projects: Art Cart: The HOBT Art Cart will be touring Phillips on Thursday afternoons, 12-3pm distributing free art materials and arts activities to youth. Look for HOBT artists and youth apprentices towing the yellow and orange burley on the Avenues of the Arts- Bloomington Ave. and 15th Ave. and possible [...]
