‘Miscellany’ Archives
40 Years of Water Ebbing and Flowing
By Harvey Winje 40 years ago a building was added to the Wendell Phillips Junior High School with a pool and a gym. The school itself was demolished 12 years later. The pool and gym building was kept, restored with its own furnace and remained used until 2008 when renovations were necessary. Desires to abandon the pool were thwarted and from that challenge grew a unique partnership between individuals, organizations, and the owner of the facility, the Mpls. Park Board. Today the entire building is remodeled except the pool. Enough money has been raised to restore the pool to new requirements and normal maintenance. There are hopes to expand the size and number of pools to enable more use and supportive income. There are many facets to consider with reopening the pool at any size. The more all of the information can be shown “the light of day” the better because then each facet may be scrutinized and receive the benefit of wider spread thinking and resources. [...]
Fire completely destroyed the interior of the Chicago Deli Building at 2500 Chicago Avenue
Fire completely destroyed the interior of the Chicago Deli Building at 2500 Chicago Avenue April 25th leaving only damaged exterior walls including this north wall mural on the 90 foot long building. In the mid 1900”'s it housed Speed”'s Deli, Ben”'s Barber Shop, Supplee”'s Pharmacy (later Chicago Ave. Eat Shop & later yet Rollie”'s Café) and National Tea grocery during which time it was owned by Dr. Olaf A. Olson who lived in the house on a double lot three doors south later purchased by PPL for their main office until sold to a “middleman” readying it for sale to Children”'s MN Hospital for a 700 car parking ramp after moving two houses and demolishing 26 homes including Dr. Olson”'s. Photos by Harvey Winje
Tostadas, Sambusas, and French Silk Pie Blend Cultures within English Learning Celebration
From left to right the students with earned English Learning Certificates are Abdi Barre, Issak Hassan, Hussein Malin, Ronald Solis, Fadumo Nur, Zem Zem Yusuf, Rukhia Yusuf, Habibo Mohamed, Kimiya Iman, and Maryama Gele.Photos by Jenne Nelson By Jenne Nelson The English Learning Center celebrated the end of its spring term on April 25th with a party honoring the hard work of its students and volunteer teachers. Students brought a wide variety of food, from tostadas to sambusas to French silk pie, and they entertained the crowd with their singing, dancing, and yo-yoing talents. Teachers spoke about how much they have learned from their students, and the ELC staff recognized the students for their hours of attendance over the last year. When the party was over, in a true demonstration of the dedicated nature of the ELC students, one woman asked for homework to study over the short break between terms.
