Photo by John Hoff More lovely blooms in the Polish woman's garden. To let in enough sunshine, she uses light and humble materials for fencing, such as simple chicken wire. When I visited today, her son had just taken her on a trip to Menard's to buy material for fence repairs.
When people lived at 3119 4th St. N., they would back vehicles into her fence, damaging it. She talked about times bullets had hit her house and once witnessed a drive-by shooting right next door, at 416 31st Ave. N.
Yet she and her husband would never think of moving away. Even if all our neighborhood revitalization efforts failed, and this place turned worse than before, the Polish woman and her garden would endure.
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