Photo By John Hoff, backhoe by house
Word comes from a reliable source that 3024 6th St. N. will be demolished today or tomorrow. I've been told this before and the demolition has not come to pass, however, this time....
...I see a bunch of debri has already been piled up in front of the step, the backhoe is in place, and the demolition contractor is All Metro Excavating, known as AME. So it seems pretty like that, this time, 3024 is coming down.
Preservationist Connie Nompelis (No-bell-iss) is unhappy with this demolition, as sees the structure as capable of renovation. The structure is likely doomed because of its location, not its condition. This is a case of "elbow room for the Eco Village."
I'll have mixed feelings about seeing this one go down. But my feelings surely won't be as INTENSE as the feelings at 3020 6th St. N., where there must be a strong sense of everything changing, and the Backhoe of Doom drawing closer.
...I see a bunch of debri has already been piled up in front of the step, the backhoe is in place, and the demolition contractor is All Metro Excavating, known as AME. So it seems pretty like that, this time, 3024 is coming down.
Preservationist Connie Nompelis (No-bell-iss) is unhappy with this demolition, as sees the structure as capable of renovation. The structure is likely doomed because of its location, not its condition. This is a case of "elbow room for the Eco Village."
I'll have mixed feelings about seeing this one go down. But my feelings surely won't be as INTENSE as the feelings at 3020 6th St. N., where there must be a strong sense of everything changing, and the Backhoe of Doom drawing closer.
I have my doubts that 3020 will be in salvageable condition once its hellish occupants and visitors are finally sent away. But I would LOVE to see the building saved and rehabbed if at all possible. Wouldn't it be great to point to that house a year from now and say, "The great family living there now replaced the worst occupants on the block"? I'd rather say that than, "Look at the vacant lot where the drug dealers used to be."
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