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Friday, November 19, 2010
Say Goodbye to 1600 22nd Avenue North
6:39 PM | 
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The I.I. |
This blog thread posted by the Irving Inquisition uses some explicit language, as well as depicting some aspects of life in North Minneapolis that some readers may find objectionable. Reader discretion is advised.
Say Goodbye to 1600 22nd Avenue North
Look at this rather unassuming NoMi house. Do you see anything special about it? If your answer is no, well you’re right because neither do I. No broken windows, no boarded windows, and no obvious signs of dilapidation.
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| 1600 22nd Avenue North, Minneapolis MN 55411 |
Now you see it, and now you don’t! That’s right, as of today 1600 22nd Avenue North is history. They tore it down with lightning speed. I just went down the street yesterday, and it was there. No papers taped to the door, nothing stating that the house failed to meet some standard.
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| Shazam! Gone just like that! |
As a matter of fact, I was inside this house four years ago when I was considering buying it. I was surprised by how good a condition it was in. It needed some major aesthetical updates, but that’s typical after somebody who’s spent their entire life in a house leaves.
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| Watch out to the house in the background, you may be next! |
I really wish the wrecking crews were directed to focus on tearing down piece of shit slumlord houses that haven’t seen a minute’s worth of maintenance in the last twenty years.
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| One of the guys doing his thing... |
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| With great power comes great responsibility. |
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| They've got demolitions down to a science thanks to much practice. |
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| The hay truck carrying the residential tombstone, the thatch mat. |
Oh well, I’m really sorry to see this one go…
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12 comments:
Maybe the new property owners are going to build new next spring? Maybe they didn't want to be overtaxed on an old shit box, when they can be overtaxed by Minneapolis on new construction?
This property is owned by CPED. The property behind it, between the now-demolished house and the green space, is Hennepin Forfeited Land, but the taxes are being paid by one David Iselewa. Is CPED trying to widen the road access to the green space?
If the property was in good shape, it does seem odd that CPED would demolish it unless there was some planning/development reason.
The working of CPED are odd indeed. They seem much more interested in feeding their blotted bureaucracy with Federal Economic Recovery Funds than following a rational plan to better local communities.
What is the end goal of so many demolitions? Is there a plan? Who makes the distinctions between nuisance properties and building blocks in the community? Certainly nobody from the community has been asked.
Anonymous people...isn't it obvious???
1. It's pro-city vs. pro-community...
2. It's was non-democratic decision-making to ear mark federal dollars for demolitions...
and ...
3. It's an overall government conspiracy to run you out of your homes in North Minneapolis...
Boy, if don't say "sarcasm font," someone might actually believe that crap ...
It does seem strange that this one would get torn down while an absolute piece of crap house like the one at the Northwest corner of Penn and 26th still stands. The amount of loitering that goes on outside that place, the number of people pretending to be waiting for the bus while they make drug deals, and whatever happens inside that house (it may be boarded, but that doesn't stop people from gaining access) should be reason enough to have the place plowed down even without taking into consideration the extreme dilapidation, lack of even one fully intact window, disintegrating roof, and god-only-knows-what-the-inside-looks-like condition of the structure. Meanwhile, a perfectly good house like 1600 22nd is demolished without anybody really knowing why -so wrong.
The one at 26th and Penn isn't owned by CPED, it's owned by Greater Minnesota (Minneapolis?) Housing Corporation, which I think has more of a rehab focus than CPED does. Even if that's the case, though, I imagine that GMHC is waiting to see what happens with Light Rail on Penn Av. before committing their funds to a rehab. Bummer for the neighbors, though....
Anon 12:29: LRT has no direct bearing on 26th & Penn, since no proposal brings the Bottineau line any closer than Broadway & Penn.
GMHC = Greater *Metropolitan* Housing Corp.
Regardless of what happens with the LRT line, the corners of Penn and 26th should be commercial, not residential. I say get rid of all the houses at that intersection and let's get some commerical businesses to prop up our neighborhood. Residential just doesn't work well there for the reasons mentioned by the anon above.
Whoops, sorry for the goofs on GMHC and the LRT route! I hate spreading misinformation on the innertubes.
Moderator, if it's possible, could you remove my post from 12:29 AM?
On a side issue - Planners had better start thinking about traffic congestion at 26th and Broadway. 26th is a main arterial route for many in NoMi as most other through streets have been rerouted for crime prevention.
If the LRT near Hiawatha is any indication, it will create a huge bottleneck.
Good morning.I will start by saying that i miss the good old days when the City of Minneapolis would utilize front-end loaders to tear down drug houses while people were still in them.No shitThe News channels would film it and show it on their respective channels.Golden Valley Road was always a good target and the practice was common place in the early 1990s' until they deemed it a little excessive.Misty memories of the way we were....now they just tear down houses because urban renewal isn't in fashion at the moment.I question who is making the decision to obliterate these seemingly decent homes and if the practice continues you have no choice but to also go back to the cherished and much maligned front-end loader.A referendum is long overdue and i also own Allis -Chalmers if you need to buy one at fire sale prices.The last line is telling me i've went too far again.Good Day. P.S.- An especially Good Day to NoMi Passenger.
I was so shocked to see it go down. It was in good shape and there are so many other houses, like the mansion on Hillside, that need to go down.
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