‘Miscellany’ Archives
Phillips Community Center Pool: Sometimes miracles do happen
One of the neat things about following the same story over a matter of years is that you get to find out what happens. I”'ve been writing for the Daily Planet since 2008, and over that time, I”'ve covered all sorts of different topics. Sometimes there will be an issue that I write a number of articles about, and then it will pop back up again a year or two later. This can be depressing, as I watch neighbors fighting over and over again about the same thing, for example. But it can also be satisfying, as it was a week ago when I wrote about the Phillips Community Center Pool. Read the rest of the story on TC Daily Planet
Waite House moves to new location in South Minneapolis, offers new services and expanded facilities through community partnerships
BY KRISTOFFER TIGUE, TC DAILY PLANET May 04, 2012 On April 30, Waite House Neighborhood Center, part of Pillsbury United Communities, opened the doors to their new home inside the Phillips Community Center (2323 11th Avenue South), just two blocks from their old location. The nonprofit organization, which has been providing the Phillips neighborhood with human services and community building activities since 1969 is expanding outreach by joining a co-op of new partners, including Minneapolis Parks & Recreation, A Partnership of Diabetics (A-POD), Running Wolf Fitness Center, Somali American Community and Ventura Village Neighborhood Association. Read the rest of the story on TC Daily Planet
Photos by Aria Dominguez and Powderhorn 365 of the Walker Church fire
Walker Church Burning By Aria Dominguez Flames roar toward the night sky, burning a hole in the heart of a neighborhood. People gather in the street, spellbound. The police push them back, but more stream from every direction. An old man recollects his daughter performing on the blazing stage, flickering lights reflected on the two wet tracks marking his cheeks. A woman mourns the loss of her plot in the community garden, the vegetables that lie under a rain of sparks and bricks. As the carved balcony falls and stained glass windows shatter, the people remember. They remember of course a house of worship, but also a meeting place, a rummage sale, community meals. They reminisce over funerals and fundraisers and concerts of every kind. They claim their small part in over 100 years of history. The walls come thundering down as if Joshua had blown that horn”” the onlookers huddled in the rain cannot stop them any more than the firefighters battling just to keep [...]
