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Vol. 42, No. 4 FREE May 2011<br />
In this issue:<br />
LHENA Calendar...................................................2<br />
The Wedge Annual Meeting ....................... 3 & 12<br />
LHENA Legacy Awards..........................................5<br />
Who’s That Dog?...................................................6<br />
Lyn Lake Street Festival........................................7<br />
Wedge History.............................................. 8 & 9<br />
Jefferson Community School 8th Graders ............9<br />
Wedge Secondhand Fashion..............................10<br />
LOWRY HILL EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEWSPAPER<br />
Activists Seek Commemoration of<br />
State Senator, Longtime Wedge Neighbor<br />
thewedge.org<br />
Mustaches for LHENA Raises<br />
$250 for the Neighborhood!<br />
Excellent ’staches on display<br />
Photo by Quincy Stroeing<br />
Mustaches for LHENA – winners announced! From left to right:<br />
Dan Haley, Gabe Skinner and Matt Krupp.<br />
Mueller Park Colonnade<br />
By Kent Searl<br />
A group of local LGBT activists<br />
have launched a campaign<br />
to dedicate the colonnade<br />
in Mueller Park as the<br />
“Allan Spear-LGBT Equality<br />
Colonnade.”<br />
The late Minnesota state<br />
senator was a longtime<br />
resident of the Lowry Hill<br />
East Neighborhood. He<br />
was named in 2008 by the<br />
Minnesota Historical Society—as<br />
part of Minnesota’s<br />
Sesquicentennial celebration—one<br />
of most influential<br />
150 people in the state.<br />
Senator Spear was one of<br />
the first elected openly<br />
gay politicians in the early<br />
1970’s—in the entire nation.<br />
His election even drew<br />
the attention of the New<br />
York Times. Allan Spear<br />
served 28 years in the Minnesota<br />
Senate, and served<br />
as President of the Senate<br />
from 1992-2000. He was<br />
instrumental in the passage<br />
of the 1993 Human Rights<br />
Act, which protects LGBT<br />
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or<br />
Transgendered) Minnesotans<br />
from discrimination,<br />
and Minnesota became the<br />
first state in the nation to<br />
extend legal protection to<br />
transgendered persons. His<br />
genuineness as an out gay<br />
man, and his respected role<br />
in the Minnesota Senate,<br />
played a vital role in persuading<br />
bipartisan support<br />
for LGBT inclusion in the<br />
state Human Rights Act.<br />
The act was signed into law<br />
by Governor Arne Carlson.<br />
These actions, and his courage<br />
to live life openly,and<br />
with authenticity speak to<br />
his credibility as a role model<br />
to LGBT Minnesotans.<br />
Senator Spear lived with his<br />
partner just north of Mueller<br />
Park from 1972 until his<br />
death. After earning a PhD<br />
from Yale, he became a professor<br />
of African American<br />
History at the University<br />
of Minnesota. Spear’s autobiography<br />
“Crossing the<br />
Barriers” was published last<br />
year. It was posthumously<br />
finished by colleagues, with<br />
contributions by US Representative<br />
Barney Frank,<br />
among others.<br />
“Join the Impact-Twin Cities”<br />
(JTI) is a local LGBT<br />
activist group formed in<br />
2008 after the passage of<br />
California Proposition 8,<br />
and re-energized last summer<br />
by news of Target’s political<br />
contributions. JTI is<br />
a loose group of advocates<br />
who come together to <strong>coordinate</strong><br />
events of significance<br />
to the LGBT community in<br />
the Twin Cities. Most notably,<br />
last October after several<br />
notable gay and lesbian<br />
youth suicides were linked<br />
to school bullying, JTI <strong>coordinate</strong>d<br />
a candlelight<br />
vigil in Loring Park—giving<br />
the community a time to<br />
come together, mourn, and<br />
transform our energies to<br />
work for safe and inclusive<br />
schools.<br />
The LGBT advocates are<br />
also currently planning a<br />
celebration of Harvey Milk<br />
Day on May 22 this year,<br />
with a march and rally in<br />
Loring Park. Milk’s birthday<br />
is now a state holiday in<br />
California. Locally, JTI is an<br />
entirely volunteer led group<br />
meeting weekly in a local<br />
church. Neighborhood resident<br />
Kent Searl has spearheaded<br />
this endeavor with<br />
Join the Impact-Twin Cities.<br />
The group has been in contact<br />
with Spear’s surviving<br />
partner, Junjiro, as well<br />
as Councilmember Meg<br />
Tuthill, and is working with<br />
the LHENA board and the<br />
park board. Final decision<br />
on a dedication will rest<br />
with the park board and the<br />
neighborhood.<br />
By Katherine Himes<br />
The first-ever Mustaches for<br />
LHENA contest concluded<br />
at the Annual Meeting on<br />
Wednesday, April 20. $250<br />
was raised as part of LHE-<br />
NA’s new fundraising effort.<br />
Esteemed judges Dick<br />
McChesney and Steven<br />
Heim scrutinized the thick<br />
’staches of contest entrants,<br />
and requested audience participation<br />
in the judging. After<br />
serious deliberation, three<br />
entrants emerged victorious:<br />
Best New ‘Stache: Matt<br />
Krupp, who demonstrated<br />
strong facial hair growth in<br />
five weeks’ time.<br />
Best in Show: Dan Haley,<br />
who narrowly beat out the<br />
competition.<br />
Best Faux ‘Stache: Gabe<br />
Skinner, who gave Dennis<br />
Tuthill a run for his faux<br />
growth!<br />
Top mustaches received<br />
prizes from local businesses:<br />
The Herkimer Pub and<br />
Brewery, The Corner Store,<br />
and Flanders Bros Cycle.<br />
Additional prizes were donated<br />
from Peace Coffee.<br />
Thank you to our ’stache-<br />
‘growers’: Thatcher Imboden,<br />
Dennis Tuthill, Lewis<br />
Kuhlman, Twyla Dixon,<br />
Gabe Skinner, Dan Haley,<br />
Matt Krupp, Lauren Gagner,<br />
and Mark Lescher.<br />
Thank you to the Mustache<br />
Committee: Lewis Kuhlman,<br />
Ryan Bender, and<br />
Mark Lescher.<br />
Spring Ephemeral Flowers<br />
Photos by Quincy Stroeing<br />
Tiny flowers that have been trying to sprout to life in the<br />
Midtown Greenway. Crocus on left, Siberian Scylla on right.<br />
These flowers bloom as soon as the snow has left and can be<br />
planted in the fall from bulbs. Photos taken April 15, 2011.
Page 2 The Wedge May 2011<br />
Wed., May 4 th , 7 p.m.<br />
LHENA Neighborhood<br />
Revitalization Program<br />
(NRP) Steering Committee<br />
The LHENA-NRP Steering<br />
Committee meets the first<br />
Wednesday of every month at<br />
7 p.m. This committee focuses<br />
on implementing the LHENA<br />
Neighborhood Revitalization<br />
Program Phase II Action Plan.<br />
The plan is divided into sections:<br />
housing; infrastructure;<br />
crime & safety; and youth, arts<br />
& commerce. Members serve<br />
on a volunteer basis and are<br />
elected to one-year terms at<br />
the annual meeting in April.<br />
Mon., May 8 th , 7:00 p.m.<br />
Wedge Newspaper<br />
Committee<br />
At Jackson’s Coffee and Gelato,<br />
NE corner of Lake St. and Bryant<br />
Ave. The Wedge Newspaper<br />
Committee oversees<br />
content and production of the<br />
Wedge newspaper.<br />
Wed., May 11 th , 6:30 p.m.<br />
LHENA Zoning and<br />
Planning (Z&P) Committee<br />
The Z&P Committee meets the<br />
LHENA Calendar<br />
Meetings are held at the LHENA office, Room 107, Jefferson<br />
School, 1200 West 26th Street (unless otherwise indicated).<br />
second Wednesday of every<br />
month at 6:30 p.m. This committee<br />
reviews any project, development,<br />
or zoning request<br />
in the neighborhood. A good<br />
fit for anyone interested in city<br />
planning, architecture, and<br />
transportation.<br />
Wed., May 18 th , 6:30-8:30pm<br />
LHENA Board of Directors<br />
The LHENA Board of Directors<br />
regularly meets the third<br />
Wednesday of every month at<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
LHENA’s mission is to represent<br />
the interests and values<br />
of Lowry Hill East residents,<br />
property and business owners<br />
to the larger community<br />
and government. The LHENA<br />
Board makes neighborhood<br />
building and land use recommendations<br />
to the City,<br />
maintains financial oversight<br />
of the organization, publishes<br />
the Wedge newspaper, organizes<br />
neighborhood social<br />
events, and serves as a forum<br />
for neighborhood concerns.<br />
Members serve on a volunteer<br />
basis and are elected to twoyear<br />
terms at the annual meeting<br />
in April.<br />
Community Voices<br />
By Ryan Tuenge<br />
Very few people know that<br />
there is a law that prohibits<br />
a packaging brewery from<br />
selling a pint of beer on site<br />
in Minnesota (brew pubs<br />
can only sell their beer on<br />
site and are not considered<br />
packaging breweries). Local<br />
brewers and beer lovers<br />
have united in support<br />
of bills HF 703 and SF 416<br />
which will allow packaging<br />
breweries to apply for<br />
a license to sell pints of<br />
beer on site, creating jobs<br />
and generating tax revenue<br />
(millions of dollars) in this<br />
meager economy. It is important<br />
though that we realize<br />
that packaging breweries<br />
will not be able to sell<br />
packaged beer on site, thus<br />
assuring liquor stores and<br />
distributors business. The<br />
intent is not to take away<br />
from the three-tier system,<br />
but to allow small breweries<br />
to grow and prosper.<br />
This method has proven<br />
successful all over the west<br />
coast and in Colorado,<br />
boosting economies and<br />
fostering beer communities.<br />
These markets are<br />
chock full of destination<br />
breweries where beer lovers<br />
travel to spend their<br />
hard earned money on a<br />
pint or five of beer. Surly<br />
Brewing Company has pioneered<br />
these bills in Minnesota<br />
with plans to build<br />
a 20 million dollar destination<br />
brewery that will<br />
seat 250 people in 60,000<br />
square feet of space. They<br />
estimate that 150 permanent<br />
jobs will be created<br />
along with 85 construction<br />
jobs. This will also help out<br />
the distributors because<br />
Surly will be able to produce<br />
more beer satisfying<br />
the demand that they<br />
struggle to keep up with<br />
right now.<br />
Another local packaging<br />
brewery likely to benefit<br />
from HF 703 and SF 416<br />
is Fulton Brewing Company.<br />
They are located in<br />
the warehouse district in<br />
downtown Minneapolis<br />
in a prime location close<br />
Coming in June<br />
LHENA Green Seminar<br />
Series : Urban Chicken<br />
Workshop<br />
Date TBD<br />
Learn how to care for chickens<br />
in your own backyard! Contact<br />
LHENA Coordinator Caroline<br />
Griepentrog at 612-377-5023<br />
or Lhena@thewedge.org for<br />
more information.<br />
Mon., June 6th<br />
Dine Out for LHENA at<br />
moto-i<br />
2940 Lyndale Ave. S.<br />
www.moto-i.com<br />
Lunch and dinner<br />
Dine Out for LHENA is a<br />
quarterly dining experience<br />
that brings neighborhood restaurants<br />
and community advocates<br />
together in support of<br />
people who live and work in<br />
the Wedge. A portion of your<br />
bill will help support Lowry<br />
Hill East Neighborhood Association<br />
(LHENA) programs<br />
and services. For more information<br />
about LHENA, visit<br />
www.thewedge.org<br />
Minnesotans are getting surly about beer laws<br />
to Target Field. Could you<br />
imagine being able to stop<br />
in before a Twins game and<br />
enjoy a pint of Sweet Child<br />
of Vine? It would sure taste<br />
better than that $8 beer at<br />
the game.<br />
SF 416 and HF 703 are<br />
scheduled to be approved<br />
on April 26 th and 27 th by the<br />
Senate and House Committees<br />
and will be voted<br />
on afterward. They will be<br />
combined into one document,<br />
which will then go<br />
to Gov. Mark Dayton in<br />
hopes that he will sign this<br />
into law.<br />
This bill is the product of<br />
a grassroots movement<br />
and it shows what can happen<br />
when ordinary people<br />
speak up and support<br />
what they believe in. If you<br />
would like to get involved<br />
please contact your Senators<br />
and Representatives<br />
and let them know that<br />
you support HF 703 and<br />
SF 416.<br />
Community Voices<br />
Pedestrian Heaven<br />
By Peter Kim<br />
When my partner and I decide<br />
to buy a house in the<br />
Wedge, we loved the fact<br />
that we don’t need to drive<br />
for ordinary errands and we<br />
can walk and go out at the<br />
same time. Recently, we can<br />
bike and go out, thanks to<br />
Nice Ride Minnesota.<br />
The diversity in the neighborhood<br />
was a plus since I<br />
am a first-generation immigrant<br />
and we love ethnic<br />
food as much as we love fine<br />
American cuisine. Also, I<br />
learned through historic<br />
research that the Wedge<br />
always has been a very energetic<br />
place to live with a<br />
mixture of generations, culture,<br />
race and religion.<br />
Despite the positive impacts<br />
of diversity and density, I<br />
have observed that conflicts<br />
between motorists and pedestrians<br />
have become significant<br />
recently.<br />
After my partner and I had<br />
a wonderful time shopping<br />
at the Wedge Community<br />
Co-op, we were crossing a<br />
crosswalk at 22nd and Bryant.<br />
We encountered a fierce<br />
SUV disrupting our peaceful<br />
walk. There was no stop<br />
sign on Bryant, and the SUV<br />
driver firmly believed that<br />
he had a right of way. We<br />
felt unsafe, since the driver<br />
has a superiority in safety—<br />
this was not a fair game. We<br />
claimed that the motorist<br />
should stop for pedestrians<br />
in a crosswalk.<br />
He stopped in the middle<br />
of 22nd street and yelled at<br />
us that he lives here and he<br />
knows the rules.<br />
Here is a rule that is published<br />
on the City of Minneapolis<br />
Web Site:<br />
Stop for a pedestrian in<br />
a crosswalk, whether<br />
marked or unmarked.<br />
Marked crosswalks have<br />
pavement markings, pedestrian<br />
warning signs,<br />
and/or flashing lights.<br />
Unmarked crosswalks occur<br />
at all other locations<br />
where two streets intersect.<br />
While Minnesota<br />
Pedestrian law says that<br />
a motorist must only stop<br />
for a pedestrian who has<br />
entered a crosswalk, you<br />
should also stop for a pedestrian<br />
who is clearly<br />
waiting to enter a crosswalk,<br />
on the curb. After<br />
you have stopped for a pedestrian<br />
in a crosswalk, it<br />
is legal to proceed after all<br />
pedestrians have passed<br />
your lane.<br />
http://www.ci.minneapolis.<br />
mn.us/pedestrian/motoristtips.asp<br />
I understand that not many<br />
people have time to look<br />
into, or are interested in, the<br />
city ordinance or State law—<br />
yet these are basic foundations<br />
for public safety and<br />
integrity. It is a necessity to<br />
be a social animal. If you<br />
don’t practice self-reflection<br />
and carry on with wrong<br />
facts, you are damaging the<br />
integrity of the neighborhood.<br />
So, the SUV driver got the<br />
facts wrong and still believes<br />
that he has a right of way in<br />
a crosswalk over pedestrians.<br />
How many others out<br />
there who don’t know what<br />
the bottom line is?<br />
I may not know all laws and<br />
ordinances myself, so how<br />
can we learn from this?<br />
I hope that we all take tiny<br />
steps of self-reflection and<br />
checking with facts before<br />
we act or speak. Step by<br />
Step. This is a way of living<br />
we need to get used to<br />
since we have to interact on<br />
the streets or public places<br />
whether we like it or not.<br />
“Two things are infinite: the<br />
universe and human stupidity;<br />
and I’m not sure about<br />
the universe.”<br />
–Albert Einstein<br />
Letters to the Editor and<br />
Community Voices and Opinions<br />
We value your insights and points of view.<br />
Please send letters to the editor or longer opinion<br />
pieces to Wedge.Editor@yahoo.com
May 2011 The Wedge Page 3<br />
THE WEDGE<br />
LOWRY HILL EAST<br />
Neighborhood<br />
Association<br />
Newspaper<br />
The Wedge is a monthly publication<br />
of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood<br />
Association (LHENA). Distribution<br />
is free to residents and businesses of<br />
the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood.<br />
Mailed subscriptions are $20 per year.<br />
The Wedge newspaper exists to<br />
address neighborhood events,<br />
issues, and causes, while providing<br />
a public forum for the community<br />
to share information and ideas and<br />
to voice individual opinions and<br />
concerns within the Lowry Hill East<br />
neighborhood.<br />
Stories, ideas, opinions, letters,<br />
photographs, drawings, and<br />
drawings are always welcome. Call<br />
612.377.5023 for assignments or to<br />
share your ideas. The deadline for<br />
submitting items is the 17th of the<br />
month prior to publication. The<br />
display ad deadline is the 15th of the<br />
month prior to publication.<br />
Editor: Quinton Skinner<br />
Email: Wedge.Editor@yahoo.com<br />
Office Administrator:<br />
Caroline Griepentrog<br />
Advertising Representative:<br />
Susan Hagler — 612.825.7780<br />
Advertising Rep Intern:<br />
Jade Bové – 612.810.9641<br />
Layout: Kelly Newcomer<br />
Nameplate Colorist: Natasha Walter<br />
Contributing Writers: Vanessa<br />
Moore Ardolino, Trilby Busch,<br />
Caroline Griepentrog, Katherine<br />
Himes, Kathy Kullberg, Valerie<br />
Powers, Kris Prince, Carina<br />
Ruhlandt, Gary Thaden<br />
The contents of this publication do not<br />
necessarily reflect the views of LHENA<br />
or its board members. The Wedge<br />
reserves the right to exercise discretion<br />
in publishing any material submitted<br />
and further reserves the right to refuse<br />
any advertisement. Questions about<br />
The Wedge may be directed to the<br />
editor of to The Wedge committee chair.<br />
@2010 LHENA, all rights reserved.<br />
LHENA<br />
1200 West 26th Street<br />
Minneapolis, MN 55405<br />
612.377.5023<br />
Email: lhena@thewedge.org<br />
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood<br />
Association Board of Directors<br />
Ryan Bender....................612.669.3042<br />
Susan Bode......................612.872.4077<br />
Bill Casey.........................612.803.9246<br />
Burt Coffin.......................612.310.7707<br />
Bryan Friess.....................612.886.2545<br />
Daniel Haley....................612.871.7339<br />
Katherine Himes.............612.870.3991<br />
Lewis Kuhlman...............507.381.7749<br />
Elise Maxwell..................612.668.3953<br />
Linda McHale.................612.823.1270<br />
Shae Walker.....................612.730.7013<br />
Neighborhood Revitalization<br />
Program Steering Committee<br />
Jen Beckham .........................................<br />
John Bode........................612.872.4077<br />
Mark Greenwald.............612.381.1460<br />
Daniel Haley....................612.871.7339<br />
Mark Lescher..................612.600.9347<br />
Fiona Pradhan.................612.926.4356<br />
Georgia Rubenstein...............................<br />
Dennis Tuthill.................612.377.3123<br />
Ami Wazlawik................651-270-7986<br />
LHENA Annual Meeting April 20th<br />
By Caroline Griepentrog<br />
Upwards of 70 neighborhood<br />
residents and stakeholders<br />
gathered for the<br />
LHENA Annual Meeting,<br />
held on April 20 in the Jefferson<br />
Community School<br />
cafeteria. LHENA Board<br />
members led table discussions<br />
to brainstorm ideas<br />
on how to improve the<br />
neighborhood and find<br />
out how LHENA can better<br />
engage the community.<br />
These suggestions will be<br />
reviewed by the incoming<br />
LHENA Board as they assess<br />
the direction of the organization.<br />
Neighborhood history was<br />
again highlighted at the<br />
meeting with distribution<br />
for the third consecutive<br />
year of LHENA Landmark<br />
Preservation Certificates,<br />
which honor homes and<br />
structures aged 100 years<br />
or older. Some certificates<br />
went unclaimed; be sure<br />
to check out page 5 to see<br />
if your home was selected<br />
this year.<br />
Local history detective<br />
Kathy Kullberg presented<br />
the story of Minneapolis’<br />
third and fourth oldest<br />
structures which happen<br />
to be located in Lowry<br />
Hill East at 819 West 26 th<br />
Street. An application is<br />
currently under consideration<br />
by the City of Minneapolis<br />
to designate these<br />
Wedge Neighborhood Garage Sale: June 18<br />
Start cleaning out your<br />
closets, attics, and garages!<br />
The 8 th Annual Wedge<br />
Neighborhood Garage<br />
Sale is coming up on Saturday,<br />
June 18 th , from 9:00<br />
a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Previous<br />
years’ sales have had<br />
more than 50 homes participating!<br />
For a registration fee of<br />
$10, participating sales<br />
will be listed on the official<br />
Wedge Neighborhood<br />
Garage Sale map, which we<br />
will distribute to each sale<br />
structures as local historic<br />
landmarks. The house<br />
and garage were originally<br />
built and owned in the<br />
mid-1800s by prominent<br />
pioneer, land developer,<br />
and entrepreneur Roswell<br />
P. Russell, who constructed<br />
the first house in what<br />
is now Minneapolis, was<br />
one of the first supervisors<br />
elected to the township of<br />
Minneapolis, and served as<br />
receiver of the land office.<br />
Many thanks to Kathy for<br />
sharing a piece of neighborhood<br />
history.<br />
New members were elected<br />
to the LHENA Board of<br />
Directors and the LHENA<br />
Neighborhood Revitalization<br />
Program (NRP) Steering<br />
Committee. We look<br />
forward to getting to know<br />
them and working together<br />
to make the neighborhood<br />
a better place!<br />
2011-2012 LHENA Board:<br />
Ryan Bender<br />
Sue Bode<br />
Bill Casey<br />
Burt Coffin<br />
Bryan Friess<br />
Daniel Haley<br />
Katherine Himes<br />
Lewis Kuhlman<br />
Elise Maxwell<br />
Linda McHale<br />
Shae Walker<br />
2011-2012 NRP Steering<br />
Committee:<br />
Jen Beckham<br />
and at businesses throughout<br />
the neighborhood. We<br />
will advertise the sale in<br />
Photo by Quincy Stroeing<br />
LHENA Annual Meeting complimentary dinner.<br />
See more photos from the Annual Meeting on page 12.<br />
John Bode<br />
Mark Greenwald<br />
Daniel Haley<br />
Blake Hanson<br />
Mark Lescher<br />
Fiona Pradhan<br />
Georgia Rubenstein<br />
Judy Schwartau<br />
Dennis Tuthill<br />
Ami Wazlawik<br />
The new NRP Committee<br />
will officially take effect at<br />
their May 4 th meeting; the<br />
new Board at their May<br />
18 th meeting. Many thanks<br />
to outgoing Board and<br />
NRP members for their<br />
service and dedication to<br />
the neighborhood:<br />
LHENA Board:<br />
Lisa Bender<br />
Karina Burston<br />
Peter Dahlberg<br />
the Wedge, the Star Tribune<br />
newspaper and website,<br />
and on Craigslist and<br />
Mark Greenwald<br />
Carina Ruhlandt<br />
NRP Committee:<br />
Karina Burston<br />
Kathy Kullberg<br />
Mary Ann Snedic-Wunderlin<br />
Last, but certainly not<br />
least, LHENA would like<br />
to thank our fantastic<br />
neighborhood business<br />
sponsors for donating to<br />
the event:<br />
Corner Balloon Shoppe<br />
Cowboy Slims<br />
Kowalski’s Market<br />
Rainbow Foods<br />
Toppers Pizza<br />
Wedge Co-op<br />
Thanks to all for a great<br />
evening!<br />
Facebook! Signs will also<br />
be posted along Hennepin<br />
and Lyndale Avenues.<br />
To register, call<br />
612-377-5023 or email<br />
lhena@thewedge.org<br />
$10 registration fee<br />
should be submitted to<br />
the LHENA office, Room<br />
107, Jefferson School,<br />
1200 W. 26 th Street,<br />
Minneapolis, MN, 55409.<br />
Cash and checks payable<br />
to “LHENA” accepted.<br />
The Wedge Neighborhood Garage Sale is sponsored by the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association.<br />
For details, visit www.thewedge.org<br />
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWedgeNeighborhood
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Emerald Ash Borer Update and Survey<br />
Coming in June<br />
Raising Urban<br />
Chickens!<br />
Are you interested in the freshest eggs possible? Ever<br />
thought about having your very own chicken? The<br />
LHENA Green Seminar Series continues this June with<br />
a presentation on how to care for chickens in your own<br />
backyard! Learn about space requirements, feeding<br />
suggestions, and more.<br />
LHENA Green Seminar Series<br />
Urban Chicken Workshop – Date TBD<br />
Contact LHENA Coordinator Caroline Griepentrog<br />
at 612-377-5023 or Lhena@thewedge.org for more<br />
information.<br />
Or visit www.thewedge.org or<br />
www.facebook.com/TheWedgeNeighborhood<br />
for details!<br />
Illustration by Bryn Mawr Bugle<br />
Decision-making Matrix from Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Ash Borer Committee<br />
Prix Fixe Mondays<br />
4-5 course dinner for $32<br />
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Happy Hours Mon-Fri 3-6pm & Sun-Thu 10pm-close<br />
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Last summer, the LHENA<br />
Board created a special<br />
neighborhood volunteer<br />
committee to conduct a<br />
comprehensive ash tree survey<br />
of the entire neighborhood.<br />
The committee was<br />
trained by experts from the<br />
University of Minnesota<br />
and the Minneapolis Park<br />
Board. This survey (nearly<br />
complete) will show the location<br />
of all ash trees on private<br />
and public property.<br />
The committee created a<br />
“decision matrix” for residents<br />
about their ash trees,<br />
modeled on the Bryn Mawr<br />
Neighborhood Association’s<br />
template. Two companies<br />
are in the process of offering<br />
special neighborhood<br />
prices to property owners<br />
who would like to chemically<br />
treat their large ash trees<br />
not on the boulevard, with<br />
the goal of protecting those<br />
trees. Special neighborhood<br />
pricing also will be available<br />
from two companies for ash<br />
tree removal for ash trees<br />
not on the boulevard. For<br />
ash trees on the boulevard,<br />
property owners can call the<br />
City of Minneapolis to have<br />
the ash tree removed, and<br />
can request a replacement<br />
tree (several variety choices<br />
are available). Removal and<br />
chemical protection are the<br />
only two options available<br />
for battling the Emerald<br />
Ash Borer.<br />
Property owners with ash<br />
trees will receive letters in<br />
the next month from the<br />
LHENA Board, outlining<br />
removal, replacement, and<br />
protection options. Note<br />
that tree removal cannot<br />
take place between May<br />
1 and Labor Day, because<br />
the adult beetle becomes<br />
inactive at that time. Tree<br />
protection begins in early<br />
spring.<br />
21% of the City’s tree cover<br />
is ash.<br />
So far the Emerald Ash<br />
Borer is present in Prospect<br />
Park only (within the city).<br />
Prospect Park has lost 40<br />
trees as of summer 2010.<br />
Signs of infection: D-shaped<br />
exit hole at the top of the<br />
tree, woodpeckers eating<br />
larvae.<br />
Call 651-201-6684 “Arrest<br />
the Pest” if you see signs of<br />
infection.<br />
Ash cannot be “worked on”<br />
from May 1 through Labor<br />
Day.<br />
Do not transport firewood.<br />
For more information on Emerald Ash Borer, see the June 2009 edition of The<br />
Wedge, or the Park Board’s excellent Web site:<br />
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=1059
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May 2011 The Wedge Page 5<br />
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Legacy Awards for 2011<br />
Calhoun-Isles area, 2500-2514 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis.<br />
Photo credit: Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune<br />
The following homes have<br />
been recognized in 2011<br />
for their contribution to<br />
the historic fabric of the<br />
Lowry Hill East neighborhood.<br />
Each home was built<br />
at least 100 years ago and<br />
adds to the beauty of our<br />
historic past. Thank you to<br />
the current home owners<br />
who work tirelessly to maintain<br />
the structures and share<br />
the benefits of living in the<br />
heart of Minneapolis.<br />
The certificates indicate the<br />
year, original owner and<br />
architect, if known, as well<br />
as the present owner. As of<br />
2011, over 200 homes have<br />
been researched to date, but<br />
there are yet many more to<br />
go. Thank you for your understanding<br />
if your building<br />
has passed the 100 year<br />
milestone but you have not<br />
heard from us - Lowry Hill<br />
East has over 3000 structures!<br />
Please call the LHENA office<br />
at 612-377-5023 to obtain<br />
your certificate.<br />
Year Built Bldg address<br />
1897 2115 Aldrich<br />
1909 2437 Aldrich<br />
1905 2533 Bryant<br />
1897 2311 Bryant<br />
1898 2621 Bryant<br />
1905 2645 Bryant<br />
1895 2432 Colfax<br />
1906 2428 Colfax<br />
1893 2210 Colfax<br />
1892 2121 Colfax<br />
1892 2111 Colfax<br />
1902 2311-2313 Colfax<br />
1909 2628-30 Colfax<br />
1892 2433 Colfax<br />
1892 2440 Colfax<br />
1890 2445-47 Colfax<br />
1893 2508 Colfax<br />
1907 2512 Colfax<br />
1904 2437 Dupont<br />
1884 2726 Dupont<br />
1889 2725 Dupont<br />
1889 2727 Dupont<br />
1890 2434 Dupont<br />
1887 2716 Girard<br />
1888 2500A Lyndale<br />
1888 2500B Lyndale<br />
1888 2502A Lyndale<br />
1888 2502B Lyndale<br />
1888 2504A Lyndale<br />
1888 2504B Lyndale<br />
1888 2506A Lyndale<br />
1888 2506B Lyndale<br />
1888 2508A Lyndale<br />
1888 2508B Lyndale<br />
1888 2510A Lyndale<br />
1888 2510B Lyndale<br />
1888 2512A Lyndale<br />
1888 2512B Lyndale<br />
1888 2514A Lyndale<br />
1888 2514B Lyndale<br />
188X 2600 Lyndale<br />
1894 2424 Lyndale<br />
1905 2601 Hennepin<br />
1892 2201 Hennepin<br />
1888 709A W. 25th Street<br />
1888 709B W. 25th Street<br />
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Who’s that dog?<br />
What are your names?<br />
Olive: Me, I’m the shorter<br />
gold one. And the tall<br />
black and white one, she’s<br />
Bella. She is quite a looker,<br />
huh?<br />
What kind of a dog are<br />
you?<br />
Olive: I’m an English<br />
Bulldog and Old English<br />
Bulldog mix.<br />
Bella: I’m a rescue dog, so<br />
we’re not really sure what<br />
I am. We think bull terrier<br />
and bulldog, maybe some<br />
boxer.<br />
How old are you?<br />
Olive and Bella: We’re 2<br />
years old.<br />
Who are your humans?<br />
Olive: Caleb Melton and<br />
Samantha Beck. They got<br />
me when I was just a baby,<br />
seven weeks old.<br />
Bella: They got me eight<br />
months ago… I was fullgrown.<br />
What is your favorite<br />
place in the Wedge?<br />
Olive<br />
Olive and Bella: We both<br />
like Mueller Park.<br />
What’s your best trick?<br />
Olive: Well, I can sit,<br />
shake, and give a high five.<br />
Bella: I gotta say, I’m still<br />
learning good manners, so<br />
tricks are still in my future.<br />
I’ve got to catch up with<br />
Olive.<br />
Bella<br />
What makes your human<br />
angry with you?<br />
Olive and Bella: We both<br />
really like attention from<br />
Caleb and Samantha.<br />
When they’re gone too<br />
long, we try to let them<br />
know that we don’t like it!<br />
So we’ve been known to eat<br />
a book or two. That sends a<br />
message!<br />
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Man vs. beast at SooVAC<br />
A pair of exhibits provoke, elicit extreme reactions<br />
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Robert McCann’s The Nature Goers<br />
By Vanessa Moore Ardolino<br />
Stepping into the Soo Visual<br />
Arts Center to view its current<br />
shows can amply activate<br />
the lizard part of your<br />
brain. “Fight or flight?” it<br />
hisses.<br />
Visitors first confront depictions<br />
of dangerous animals<br />
in “We Are Animal: New<br />
Work by Jessica Teckemeyer.”<br />
If unnaturally smooth<br />
skin and bared teeth cause<br />
viewers to scurry into the<br />
back room seeking refuge,<br />
there is none. Chaos and<br />
strange human behavior<br />
reigns there in “You Had Me<br />
at Goodbye: Paintings by<br />
Robert McCann.”<br />
I am not exaggerating one’s<br />
reaction to the artwork.<br />
At its best, art is supposed<br />
Photo provided by SooVAC<br />
to incite an emotional response.<br />
Imagine using lifesize<br />
mountain lion sculptures<br />
and depictions of<br />
school busses exploding to<br />
garner that reaction.<br />
Teckemeyer’s exhibit is disconcerting.<br />
Apparently, she<br />
uses taxidermy forms to<br />
construct her pieces. The<br />
See SooVAC page 11
May 2011 The Wedge Page 7<br />
Bigger and Better<br />
Lyn Lake Street Festival is back at its original site<br />
coming back with the support<br />
of the neighborhoods<br />
around us and exciting new<br />
businesses are establishing<br />
themselves on the corner.”<br />
The “Rides of Spring” Bike Rally 2010<br />
Photos from Blaisdell YMCA<br />
The Rides of Spring runs<br />
8:30 am to noon. The street<br />
fest is noon to 7:30 pm. For<br />
more information, visit<br />
www.lynlakestreetfestival.<br />
com.<br />
By Vanessa Moore Ardolino<br />
Let’s celebrate the triumph<br />
of spring over winter. So oil<br />
up that bike chain and put<br />
on your dancing shoes for<br />
the Lyn Lake Street Festival<br />
and Rides of Spring on Sunday,<br />
May 15.<br />
Back in its old location, the<br />
festival will occupy Lyndale<br />
Avenue from 28th to Lake<br />
Street, and is filled with<br />
entertainment for all ages,<br />
starting with the third annual<br />
Rides of Spring.<br />
“This year’s bike ride is<br />
looking like more fun than<br />
last year’s,” says Event Chair<br />
John Meegan, owner of Top<br />
Shelf.<br />
Riders will go on a self-directed<br />
urban goose chase<br />
that will, according to the<br />
website, “test the bikes,<br />
brains and brawn” of participants.<br />
The riders will bike<br />
to secret locations where<br />
they will complete tasks that<br />
will qualify them for a drawing<br />
for a YMCA membership<br />
and other prizes.<br />
At noon, the street fest begins.<br />
Local restaurants will<br />
have booths set up, and<br />
nine bands will perform<br />
throughout the day on two<br />
stages.<br />
the Midtown Greenway. A<br />
final special performer will<br />
be announced after the publication<br />
of this paper.<br />
“Music and biking are the<br />
backbone of the event,” says<br />
Meegan. “But this year I’m<br />
excited about the opportunity<br />
to add 20-25 booths<br />
for local craft[ers] and artisans….<br />
In the old location<br />
[by Pizza Lucé], there was<br />
simply no room. We need<br />
space and activities to make<br />
it enjoyable—to bring entire<br />
families to the event. The<br />
Trustone parking lot, designated<br />
for children’s activities,<br />
promises to be a lot of<br />
fun with Leonardo’s Workshop<br />
planning to dazzle<br />
young fair-goers.”<br />
The festival is bigger this<br />
year not only in size, but in<br />
support. Over the past two<br />
years, Meegan says businesses<br />
have seen positive<br />
influences on the neighborhood<br />
due to its existence.<br />
“Over 30 businesses now<br />
contribute financially to the<br />
festival, which says they see<br />
the benefit,” Meegan says.<br />
“This year, most of the businesses<br />
on the corner are really<br />
feeling much better and<br />
the perception seems [to<br />
be] that Lyn Lake is back on<br />
its feet. Having all the trees<br />
lit in the district, and all<br />
the sidewalks kept clear of<br />
snow on every block made a<br />
very bad winter a lot more<br />
bearable. It’s still a tough<br />
economy, but businesses are<br />
If you would like to volunteer for the “Rides of<br />
Spring” Bike Rally, or have questions about that<br />
please contact Andrea Lewis at<br />
andrea.lewis@ymcampls.org or 612-821-2950.<br />
Noon to 7 Lyn Lake Street Fest<br />
Sunday May 15th The Rides Of Spring<br />
Scion Main Stage<br />
Trustone - Koo Koo Kangaroo 12:00<br />
Hair Police - Black Blondie 1:30<br />
Fuji Ya - Peter Wolf Crier 3:00<br />
Ducati Minneapolis - Haley Bonar 4:30<br />
Moto-i / Herkiner - Heiruspecs 6:00<br />
Uptown VFW Stage<br />
1:00 Honeystick<br />
2:30 Chelsea Boys<br />
4:00 Hastings 300o<br />
5:30 Phantom Tails<br />
LynLakeStreetfest.com<br />
Honeystick, Chelsea Boys,<br />
Hastings 3000, and Phantom<br />
Tails, will play on the<br />
Ducati Stage located at 28th<br />
Street. Koo Koo Kangaroo,<br />
Black Blondie, Peter Wolf<br />
Crier and Heiruspecs will<br />
perform on the main stage<br />
located on the bridge over
Page 8 The Wedge May 2011<br />
Henry Ingham, Master Builder<br />
A lesser-known, but important Wedge builder.<br />
By Trilby Busch<br />
Last year I did a series of articles<br />
on the Wedge houses<br />
of Minneapolis’s most prolific<br />
master builder, Theron<br />
Potter Healy. While Healy is<br />
the most celebrated builder/<br />
designer of the turn of the<br />
last century, other builders<br />
produced impressive legacies<br />
as well, notably Henry<br />
Parsons, C.C. Johnson, and<br />
Henry Ingham. Researcher<br />
Anders Christensen has<br />
found more than 110 Minneapolis<br />
building permits<br />
taken out by Ingham (compared<br />
to 130+ by Healy).<br />
Like Healy, Ingham lived<br />
south of Lake Street in what<br />
is now the Central neighborhood.<br />
But unlike Healy,<br />
Ingham will never have a<br />
block of his houses listed in<br />
the National Register of Historical<br />
Places. Ingham lived<br />
on and built eight houses<br />
in the 3000-3200 blocks<br />
of Fifth Avenue South, but<br />
only one of the six remaining—3144<br />
Fifth—retains its<br />
original exterior. However,<br />
Ingham’s ten existing Wedge<br />
houses have fared much<br />
better.<br />
The son and grandson of<br />
joiners (carpenters), Henry<br />
Ingham, the second of<br />
seven children, was born<br />
in Knaresborough, Yorkshire,<br />
in 1853. He worked<br />
as a carpenter before emigrating<br />
to Minneapolis in<br />
1883. The next year, he took<br />
out his first building permit<br />
for a house at 2810 Stevens<br />
Avenue South. For the next<br />
decade, he built exclusively<br />
in what are today the Central<br />
and Whittier neighborhoods.<br />
Two of Henry’s six siblings<br />
joined him in Minnesota.<br />
His younger brother Alfred’s<br />
name appears on some of<br />
the early building permits,<br />
1884-1890. His youngest<br />
brother, Arthur, also a carpenter,<br />
moved to Minneapolis<br />
in 1904, but there is no<br />
evidence of collaboration<br />
between the two.<br />
In 1894, Ingham began<br />
building on Lowry Hill,<br />
and four years after that, in<br />
the Wedge. As with Healy,<br />
some of these large Lowry<br />
Hill houses were architectdesigned.<br />
However, in the<br />
Wedge, all but one were designed<br />
by Ingham.<br />
Henry Ingham<br />
Last year’s Wedge Home<br />
Tour featured two of Ingham’s<br />
houses: 2012 Bryant,<br />
designed by celebrated architect<br />
E.P. Overmire, and<br />
2000 Aldrich, of Ingham’s<br />
own design. Both of these<br />
1901 Neo-Classical Revival<br />
houses show Ingham’s master<br />
carpentry in their lovely<br />
hardwood millwork and<br />
cabinetry.<br />
In 1978, my family acquired<br />
2000 Aldrich, a.k.a. the<br />
Dodge House, and converted<br />
it from a rooming house<br />
into an office/residence,<br />
its current use. It was this<br />
acquisition that triggered<br />
our interest in Henry Ingham’s<br />
buildings. In 1980<br />
we tracked down Ingham’s<br />
daughter, Margaret Ingham<br />
Wallace, then 87, who was<br />
living in the Walker Residence.<br />
She was thrilled to<br />
learn that people were taking<br />
an interest in her father’s<br />
building legacy. She had the<br />
contract, dated 1868, making<br />
her father an “Apprentice<br />
to the Art of a Carpenter<br />
and Joiner” to Mr. Lot<br />
Brayshaw for a term of six<br />
years.<br />
On Father’s Day of that year,<br />
we took Mrs. Wallace and<br />
her daughter Laura Johnston<br />
on a tour of two Wedge<br />
Inghams, the Dodge House<br />
and 2309 Bryant. In return,<br />
she recounted stories about<br />
her father as builder:<br />
A couple years after Ingham<br />
had built a house,<br />
the owner called him and<br />
asked him to stop by and<br />
see her new decorating of<br />
the dining room. When<br />
Ingham got there, his jaw<br />
dropped: She had painted<br />
the cherry wood buffet,<br />
paneling, and other<br />
millwork white. Barely<br />
containing his vexation,<br />
he fled the house.<br />
When Ingham died, he<br />
left a roomful of papers,<br />
drawings, and other<br />
items related to his work<br />
as a builder. Not knowing<br />
what to do with these and<br />
thinking no one would<br />
want them, the family<br />
burned them. They later<br />
regretted this act.<br />
One can only speculate<br />
how much Ingham was influenced<br />
by his apprenticeship<br />
building houses in the<br />
North of England, where<br />
stone, brick, and plaster are<br />
the most common exterior<br />
materials. As a carpenter,<br />
Ingham must have been delighted<br />
to be able to design<br />
wood exteriors during the<br />
heyday of frame houses in<br />
Minnesota.<br />
Ingham’s Wedge houses are<br />
mostly variations on the<br />
Colonial Revival style. The<br />
handsome, well-preserved<br />
1898 house at 2444 Bryant is<br />
a transitional Queen Anne/<br />
Colonial Revival designed<br />
by Ingham. It shows the<br />
fanciful detailing and asymmetricality<br />
characteristic of<br />
the Queen Anne in combination<br />
with Neo-Classical<br />
features such as Doric porch<br />
columns. Across the street,<br />
2417 Bryant, built just one<br />
year later, reveals more of<br />
the Colonial Revival style in<br />
its unadorned façade, smaller<br />
brackets, and unbroken<br />
roofline.<br />
There is one indirect connection<br />
between Ingham<br />
and Healy in the Wedge:<br />
Ingham designed and built<br />
the first house for Emma<br />
and Edward Goetzenberger<br />
at 2432 Bryant in 1899. Six<br />
years later, the Goetzenbergers<br />
hired T.P Healy to<br />
build them a house across<br />
the street at 2439 (See<br />
Wedge September 2010).<br />
Always keeping up with architectural<br />
trends, five years<br />
after that they hired Purcell,<br />
Feick & Elmslie to design<br />
for them a Prairie School<br />
house at 2621 Emerson. The<br />
Goetzenbergers’ choice of<br />
other architectural designers<br />
suggests that in turn-ofthe-century<br />
Minneapolis,<br />
Ingham was considered a<br />
first-rate builder.<br />
Ingham’s first Wedge house<br />
at 2510 Bryant (1898) was<br />
wrecked to put in Mueller<br />
Park. Two others (2008 Aldrich<br />
and 802 Franklin Avenue<br />
West) were taken down<br />
for apartment buildings.<br />
2417 Bryant Avenue South<br />
2444 Bryant Avenue South<br />
Margaret Ingham Wallace and Laura Johnston at 2309 Bryant,<br />
1980<br />
Henry Ingham dining room buffet and paneling.<br />
Below, in chronological<br />
order, are their addresses<br />
and estimated building<br />
costs. (Wrecked houses are<br />
marked by brackets.)<br />
1898<br />
[2510 Bryant Ave. S.]<br />
$2,500<br />
2309 Bryant Ave. S. $2,500<br />
2444 Bryant Ave. S. $4,000<br />
1899<br />
2417 Bryant Ave. S. $2,500<br />
2432 Bryant Ave. S. $3,200<br />
1900<br />
2417 Colfax Ave. S. $4,500<br />
[2008 Aldrich Ave. S.]<br />
$5,500<br />
2433 Aldrich Ave. S. $4,500<br />
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Ingham from page 8<br />
1901<br />
2428 Dupont Ave. S. $5,200<br />
2000 Aldrich Ave. S. $6,000<br />
2012 Bryant Ave. S. $8,000<br />
1902<br />
2413 Emerson Ave. S. $5,500<br />
1904<br />
[802 Franklin Ave. W.]<br />
$6,000<br />
Note the increasing cost<br />
from year to year. This<br />
can be partly explained by<br />
changes in the economy,<br />
but it also shows that during<br />
this period, Ingham, like<br />
Healy, was building increasingly<br />
elegant houses. Ingham’s<br />
most expensive house<br />
is located at 1802 Fremont<br />
on Lowry Hill, built in 1902<br />
at a cost of $12,500.<br />
However, Ingham’s largest<br />
and most visible buildings<br />
are not houses, but the<br />
brick apartment buildings<br />
at 707-709 Douglas Avenue<br />
and 1760-70 Hennepin Avenue<br />
South, overlooking<br />
the Walker Art Center. The<br />
three buildings, the Lowry<br />
Hill Apartments, were erected<br />
in 1904 for a total cost of<br />
$80,000. Few people know<br />
that they are Ingham buildings,<br />
but thousands of local<br />
residents know of them.<br />
Walk around and take at<br />
look at these beautiful,<br />
functional homes. Or wait<br />
for an official walk-around<br />
later this summer, time and<br />
date TBA.<br />
Wedge Historical<br />
Home Tour<br />
Sunday, May 15 th<br />
Join Anders<br />
Christensen and<br />
Trilby Busch on a<br />
walking tour of T.P.<br />
Healy’s Wedge Houses,<br />
sponsored by Preserve<br />
Minneapolis.<br />
Health gadgetry and<br />
fads are nothing new<br />
Local ad from 1895 sounds<br />
weird, and strangely<br />
familiar, today.<br />
Display Ad 9 -- No Title<br />
Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1908); Dec 1, 1895;<br />
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1922)<br />
pg. 3<br />
The Middle Grades program<br />
is working to plan our<br />
annual weeklong 8th grade<br />
camping trip to the Black<br />
Hills in South Dakota. As<br />
many of our students are<br />
from low-income families,<br />
we manage several fundraisers<br />
to help offset the cost to<br />
families for the trip. We are<br />
adamant that every student<br />
comes, regardless of his or<br />
her ability to pay. We have<br />
worked with the Wedge in<br />
the past, and would love to<br />
continue this community<br />
partnership!<br />
We will be taking all 50 8th<br />
graders, as well as 10 teachers<br />
and chaperones camping<br />
for the last full week of<br />
school, May 30th—June 3rd.<br />
Most students have never<br />
been to the Black Hills—or<br />
even camping! We will take<br />
a bus out to South Dakota,<br />
stopping at many historical<br />
and geological sites along<br />
the way, camping overnight<br />
and cooking our own meals.<br />
We ask that students pay<br />
$150 for the trip, or as much<br />
Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction<br />
prohibited Reproduced without with permission permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.<br />
LHENA historian Kathy Kullberg<br />
came across this advertisement<br />
from 1895. Even then,<br />
gadgets and oddball approaches<br />
to health were all the rage.<br />
A note: mentioned in the ad<br />
is Wendelin Muther, a contractor<br />
and builder of homes,<br />
more notably on the near<br />
North side of Minneapolis<br />
at the end of the 19th century.<br />
He also built two homes in<br />
Lowry Hill East. The first was<br />
at 2416-18 Bryant Ave. S., the<br />
other at 2437 Aldrich Ave. S.<br />
Jefferson Community School Notes<br />
8th Grade Camping Trip to the Black Hills<br />
We need your support!<br />
as their family can provide.<br />
Teachers and other chaperones<br />
donate lots of extra<br />
time and energy for the trip.<br />
REI loans us camping gear<br />
and many parks let us camp<br />
for free and reduce our tour<br />
fees; much of the cost of the<br />
trip is paying for the bus.<br />
Students have been writing<br />
personal letters asking individuals<br />
and families who<br />
have donated in the past to<br />
please sponsor them. They<br />
will also be running two<br />
carwashes in the Jefferson<br />
parking lot to raise money<br />
(First carwash—Saturday<br />
Come get your ride ready for spring and help the<br />
Jefferson Community School 8th Graders raise<br />
funds for their Black Hills Earth Science Trip!<br />
The Car Wash will be held in the school parking lot<br />
between 25th and 26th Streets on Emerson Ave.<br />
Jefferson Community School<br />
Saturday, May 7th, 10am - 2pm<br />
Saturday, May 14th, 10am - 2pm<br />
Asking for Donations<br />
May 7th!).<br />
Any way that Wedge members<br />
could support this<br />
incredible trip would be<br />
greatly appreciated! If you<br />
have any questions or would<br />
like more details, please<br />
contact Marisa at: marisa.<br />
gustafson@mpls.k12.mn.us.<br />
Jefferson Middle Graders<br />
thank you!<br />
Jefferson Community<br />
School, K-8, 26th and<br />
Hennepin<br />
Salem<br />
English Lutheran Church<br />
Now worshiping<br />
at Intermedia Arts<br />
Sundays<br />
8:30am Traditional Worship<br />
10:30am Jazz Worship<br />
The Building Begins!<br />
2822 Lyndale So.<br />
discoversalem.com<br />
The tour begins at<br />
1 o’clock in Mueller<br />
Park, and will cover<br />
all 30 of Healy’s extant<br />
Wedge House.<br />
The $5 fee<br />
supports the<br />
efforts of Preserve<br />
Minneapolis, a<br />
group dedicated to<br />
promoting research<br />
and preserving the<br />
architectural legacy of<br />
the city.<br />
Amore... means Love<br />
$5 Validation for Parking at the Calhoun Square<br />
Ramp with Dinner Purchase<br />
Make Your (Bring Valentine's ramp Day ticket) Reservation Today<br />
Open for Dinner, Lunch and Weekend Brunch<br />
Dine-In | Carry-Out | Private Rooms | Catering<br />
Corner of Lake and Irving | 612.823.0250 | www.amorevictoria.com | Free Parking<br />
c Uptown Neighborhood News
Page 10 The Wedge May 2011<br />
Spring into local fashion<br />
Secondhand clothes shopping in the Wedge<br />
as a thrift store, the selection<br />
is of much higher quality,<br />
including expensive jeans,<br />
designer shoes, plus a plethora<br />
of less expensive but<br />
trendy t-shirts, hoodies, and<br />
tank tops. And fellas, there’s<br />
plenty for you here, too.<br />
My Sister’s Closet<br />
2741 Hennepin Ave. South<br />
This is a consignment store<br />
that has some vintage, but<br />
in my experience, more<br />
contemporary clothing. A<br />
decent selection that falls<br />
somewhere between upscale<br />
vintage and the thrift store<br />
in price. My Sister’s Closet’s<br />
clientele seems to trend a<br />
little older than some of the<br />
other stores on this list.<br />
LHENA-NRP<br />
Funding Currently<br />
Available through<br />
the Lowry Hill<br />
East Neighborhood<br />
Association<br />
Neighborhood<br />
Revitalization<br />
Program<br />
Trash Receptacle Rebate:<br />
Open-ended<br />
$100 per container rebate<br />
available to property owners<br />
participating in the City of<br />
Minneapolis Adopt-a-Litter-Container<br />
program.<br />
By Sarah Walter<br />
In the spring, when the<br />
planet’s tilt gives our cold<br />
land some additional<br />
warmth, many of us feel<br />
the need for something distinctly<br />
more down-to-earth:<br />
new clothes. Or should I<br />
say, clothes that are new to<br />
the buyer. Because for many<br />
reasons, whether it’s budget,<br />
environmental concerns, or<br />
just the desire to have clothing<br />
that look different from<br />
those sold at a chain store,<br />
many of us turn to secondhand<br />
clothes.<br />
We residents of the Wedge<br />
are lucky to live in a neighborhood<br />
that, while better<br />
known for its arts venues,<br />
restaurants, and bars, is also<br />
home to many stores that<br />
specialize in used clothing.<br />
These boutiques’ offerings<br />
vary from high-end vintage<br />
to funky, as the following<br />
survey will demonstrate:<br />
Via’s Vintage Wear<br />
2408 Hennepin Ave. South<br />
Corner Store Vintage<br />
In the spirit of full disclosure,<br />
I have to confess that<br />
Via’s intimidates me. I don’t<br />
feel cool enough for this<br />
boutique of beautiful vintage<br />
clothes with excellent<br />
window displays. But if you<br />
love vintage—including<br />
shoes and lingerie—you really<br />
should check out Via’s.<br />
The Corner Store<br />
900 West Lake St.<br />
This is another store that<br />
sells vintage, as opposed<br />
to any previously worn<br />
clothes. As a result, you will<br />
see items—Levi’s, cowboy<br />
shirts, and jewelry—that<br />
have been carefully selected<br />
for their vintage look. Despite<br />
the high quality of the<br />
goods, I find the atmosphere<br />
Photos by Windy Pereira<br />
in The Corner Store to be<br />
very welcoming. I think<br />
The Corner Store is particularly<br />
good for men’s clothes.<br />
Price-wise, this ain’t the<br />
Goodwill, but it is a great<br />
source to add some “cool” to<br />
your wardrobe (plenty of famous<br />
musicians agree!).<br />
Buffalo Exchange<br />
2727 Lyndale Ave. South<br />
Buffalo Exchange is technically<br />
part of a nation-wide<br />
chain, but it doesn’t feel like<br />
it. This is a sort of consignment<br />
store for young, hip<br />
buyers. While not as cheap<br />
Everyday People<br />
2912 Hennepin Ave. South<br />
Everyday People is one of<br />
my favorites. It’s a small<br />
store, but that’s not always<br />
a bad thing: sometimes, in<br />
the world of used clothing,<br />
more can be overwhelming.<br />
And for whatever reason,<br />
between the relatively low<br />
prices and the good selection,<br />
I have had good luck<br />
at this low-key store. Good<br />
men’s clothing as well.<br />
Ragstock<br />
1433 West Lake St.<br />
Ragstock, which also stocks<br />
plenty of inexpensive new<br />
clothing, is soundly in the<br />
“funky” category: in the<br />
winter, for example, it boasts<br />
a dazzling assortment of<br />
ugly Christmas sweaters.<br />
Its clientele therefore trends<br />
toward the college-aged,<br />
but even someone well past<br />
graduation can find the occasional<br />
gem (an affordable<br />
cashmere sweater, for example)<br />
that doesn’t scream: “I<br />
bought this at a thrift store!”<br />
(not that there’s anything<br />
wrong with that). Great<br />
prices.<br />
If you are new to the world<br />
of secondhand clothing, be<br />
warned: this is not a shopping<br />
experience where you<br />
walk in and are instantly<br />
gratified with a find. Generally<br />
speaking, you have to<br />
work a little. My approach is<br />
to see the browsing itself as<br />
a process, and to not expect<br />
to find anything on any given<br />
trip. If the right item and<br />
I find each other, wonderful;<br />
if not, so be it. It also may<br />
take awhile to develop your<br />
eye. But for the persistent,<br />
your patience will be rewarding<br />
with some unique<br />
(and often cheap!) additions<br />
to your spring wardrobe.<br />
Residential Programs<br />
Revolving 4% Interest<br />
Home Improvement Loan:<br />
Open-ended<br />
Most interior and exterior<br />
improvements eligible.<br />
4% annual interest rate.<br />
Minimum/maximum loan<br />
amounts: $2,500/$25,000.<br />
Green Home Improvement<br />
Matching Deferred Loan:<br />
Open-ended<br />
Eligible improvements will<br />
be restricted to energyefficiency<br />
improvements.<br />
Funds must be matched at a<br />
ratio of 2:1 ($2 Participant:<br />
$1 LHENA). 0% annual interest.<br />
Loan forgiven if borrower<br />
retains ownership of<br />
property for five years from<br />
loan closing. Minimum/<br />
maximum loan amounts:<br />
$500/$2,500.<br />
Exterior Home Improvement<br />
Matching Deferred<br />
Loan:<br />
Open-ended<br />
Exterior improvements only.<br />
Funds must be matched at a<br />
ratio of 2:1 ($2 Participant:<br />
$1 LHENA). 0% annual interest.<br />
Loan forgiven if borrower<br />
retains ownership of<br />
property for five years from<br />
loan closing. Minimum/<br />
maximum loan amounts:<br />
$500/$2,500.<br />
Commercial Programs<br />
Business Façade Improvement<br />
Matching Grant:<br />
Open-ended<br />
Exterior improvements, repairs,<br />
and/or enhancements<br />
to businesses. Property<br />
owner or business owner<br />
may apply. Funds must be<br />
matched at a ratio of 2:1 ($2<br />
Participant: $1 LHENA).<br />
Minimum/maximum loan<br />
amounts: $500/$1,500.
May 2011 The Wedge Page 11<br />
SooVAC from page 6<br />
sculpture “Derailed,” is the<br />
aforementioned mountain<br />
lion. It hangs by its teeth<br />
from a hemp rope and pulley,<br />
which is attached to the<br />
exposed beams of the gallery<br />
ceiling.<br />
Next to the lion is the photograph,<br />
“We Are Animal,”<br />
a close-up of its face. Feral<br />
eyes and a black-lipped<br />
snarl make you think twice<br />
about patting its white flank.<br />
In the back, McCann’s oil<br />
paintings mix classic lines<br />
with impressionistic flourishes.<br />
Gray paint commingles<br />
with acid colors<br />
on many of the oversized<br />
canvasses, making their<br />
incidental details starkly<br />
emerge.<br />
I was most taken by the<br />
various skin tones of the<br />
people—they rarely looked<br />
healthy. Later, I read Mc-<br />
Cann was awarded a Fulbright<br />
Scholarship to study<br />
in Berlin, Germany, in 2001.<br />
I visited that country at<br />
about the same time, and<br />
recall seeing illustrations of<br />
people with a similar dyspeptic<br />
pallor on billboards<br />
all across the country. Those<br />
images made me feel queasy,<br />
and I felt the same while<br />
looking at McCann’s work.<br />
But, just like with the billboards,<br />
I couldn’t look away.<br />
Initially, it’s the humor that<br />
breaks through the chaos,<br />
but then you see the barbs.<br />
“The Nature Goers” depicts<br />
a busy parking lot with people<br />
going about their business.<br />
In the middle of the<br />
pavement, however, there is<br />
a tent. Then you notice the<br />
women in khaki shorts with<br />
sunglasses and water bottles<br />
in the crowd. They appear<br />
to be taking in the sights as<br />
they “slum it.”<br />
You have until May 22 to<br />
Photo provided by SooVAC<br />
Top: Robert McCann’s This World of Magic. Lower left: Jessica Teckemeyer’s Reliance (sinners and saints). Lower Right: Jessica Teckemeyer’s<br />
hanging sculpture of a mountain lion, Derailed.<br />
test your instincts against<br />
Teckemeyer and McCann’s<br />
works. SooVAC is located at<br />
2638 Lyndale Avenue South.<br />
For more information call<br />
612.871.2263.<br />
CLASSIFIED<br />
ADVERTISEMENTS<br />
HOME RESTORATION,<br />
REMODELING AND<br />
REPAIR<br />
Resident of the Wedge. All<br />
projects considered. Handyman<br />
services. Great service<br />
and quality. Licensed and<br />
insured. Dan 612-655-4961.<br />
SALES & SALVAGE<br />
of reusable building materials.<br />
Better Homes & Garbage.<br />
Shop online at www.<br />
BHandGarbage.com. Sales<br />
by appointment. Warehouse<br />
- 2829 Emerson Ave. S. Joe<br />
Knaeble 612-644-9412<br />
ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC<br />
AA SUNDAYS 6pm,3249<br />
Hennepin Ave S, Ste 55,<br />
612.710.4467<br />
MICHATSU<br />
Asian form of bodywork,<br />
balancing mind & body. 1<br />
hour, $60. For appointment<br />
call 612-374-0931<br />
RECORDS WANTED<br />
Buying LPs, 45s and related<br />
Ken 612-600-7075,<br />
doresky@yahoo.com<br />
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR<br />
PAINTING,<br />
Sheetrock (drywall) taping,<br />
skim coating, textured ceilings.<br />
Ceiling & wall repair,<br />
water damage, wallpaper<br />
removal. Fully insured, references.<br />
23 years experience.<br />
A life long Uptown-area<br />
resident. casey.reynolds@<br />
att.net<br />
612-825-9959/612-991-6384<br />
If your walls could<br />
talk... what would<br />
they say?<br />
Contact Kathy Kullberg<br />
House History Detective<br />
612.374.4456<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
Family portraits • Individuals<br />
• Groups • Pets • Family<br />
picnics • Location or studio<br />
John 612/870-9209<br />
CLASSIFIED AD SALES:<br />
40¢ per word, 10 word minimum<br />
Contact Susan Hagler<br />
612-825-7780<br />
THE WEDGE<br />
community<br />
photos<br />
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news you’d like to share<br />
with readers, let us<br />
know. Send photos to<br />
wedge.editor@yahoo.<br />
com along with the<br />
photographer’s name<br />
and also a short caption<br />
describing the people<br />
or the picture.
Page 12 The Wedge May 2011<br />
LHENA<br />
Annual Meeting<br />
Thank You<br />
A special thank you to our annual meeting<br />
sponsors for their generous donations:<br />
Photos by Quincy Stroeing<br />
Photos from Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association<br />
Annual Meeting 2011 at Jefferson Community School.<br />
Read about the event on page 3.<br />
Steve Heim of Circle H Barbershop<br />
Corner Balloon Shoppe<br />
Cowboy Slims<br />
Kowalski’s Market<br />
Rainbow Foods<br />
Toppers Pizza<br />
Wedge Co-op<br />
And also to Quincy Stroeing<br />
for taking the photographs.<br />
The following neighborhood<br />
residents made donations to<br />
LHENA at the annual meeting:<br />
Jennifer Beckham<br />
John & Sue Bode<br />
Ken Kalina<br />
Elise Maxwell<br />
Fiona & Ravi Pradhan<br />
Gary Thaden<br />
Anonymous cash donors<br />
The total amount donated that<br />
night was $169.<br />
Dine Out for LHENA, Support Your Community<br />
Dine Out for LHENA at moto-i<br />
Monday, June 6<br />
2940 Lyndale Ave.<br />
Satisfy your appetite and support your community on one special day.<br />
Dine at moto-i on Monday, June 6<br />
and moto-i will make a donation to the<br />
Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association (LHENA).<br />
It just might be the most satisfying meal and drinks<br />
you have this spring.<br />
Dine Out for LHENA is a quarterly dining experience that brings neighborhood<br />
restaurants and community advocates together in support of people who live and work in the Wedge.<br />
When you support LHENA and local businesses like moto-i, you help to strengthen our community. To<br />
learn more about LHENA or to become a LHENA volunteer, visit thewedge.org or call 612-377-5023.