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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
2210 Irving Avenue North Vanishes
12:38 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.
2210 Irving Avenue North Vanishes
I looked out the window this morning as I opened the blinds. The sun was coming up over the horizon in the east like it always does. Wait a minute… I’ve got a really nice view to the east. What is that? The empty field… It got bigger! It would appear that 2210 Irving is gone.
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| Facing west from the demolition site; my house in the background. |
In the dead middle of winter, a demo crew came in and demolished that house. I didn’t even know they were there. The Ninjas of Domestic Demolition snuck in and POW! It’s almost as if they were never even there. I wish I could have seen it happen.
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| Facing north from the demolition site; 2200 Irving standing, but for how much longer? |
I just wanted to make sure my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me. I trekked over to the property. Boarded up 2200 Irving to the south of me, boarded up 2212 Irving to the north of me. Great! Just three more demos to go and we’ll be just like the Eco Village here at the Irving Triangle.
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| Facing northwest from the demolition site; 2212 Irving sits empty. |
Since there are two back-to-back vacant lots in a row now, maybe we can do something nice with them? How about urban gardens or a tree nursery? It would be something nice to look for a change.
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If you did a tree nursery, I'd recommend a different model for trees than what we've got in the EcoVillage. We get leftover trees from the city's program. We're not able to find homes for all of them in time, and every year we lose a few. We're still getting plenty of trees distributed in NoMi, but our success rate isn't where we want it. Duplicating our model would, unfortunately, lead to more trees left languishing. I would recommend looking into ways to get trees that are in higher demand.
And in terms of a community garden, I think that lot is a buildable lot. If so, there's not much chance of a permanent garden at the site. (The city wants all buildable lots to have houses on them.) And they can be finicky about approving temporary gardens because neighborhoods get attached to them and don't want them taken down after a while.
Still, I agree that I'd like to see the land put to positive use until a new house is ready to be built.
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