Emerge Career and Technology Center - (1834 Emerson Ave N)

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Emerge Career and Technology Center - (1834 Emerson Ave N)

Postby Moderato » October 27th, 2013, 7:23 pm

The renovation and repurposing of Minneapolis' first branch library into the Emerge Career and Technology Center is set to begin soon. Here's some background on the building:

http://vimeo.com/32475681

This seems to be a great project. Looking forward to the unboarding of another builing along the W. Broadway corridor!

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Re: Emerge Career and Technology Center

Postby seanrichardryan » October 27th, 2013, 10:12 pm

They has a program on their efforts tonight on TPT
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Re: Emerge Career and Technology Center

Postby Moderato » November 24th, 2013, 11:27 pm

The house south of the library building was demolished late last week. I hear the house was in tough shape and the lot is obviously needed for the expansion, but it is still sad to see a 100-year-old house come down so quickly and unceremoniously. It looked quite salvageable from the exterior.

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Re: Emerge Career and Technology Center - (1834 Emerson Ave

Postby seanrichardryan » November 25th, 2013, 9:20 am

It was entirely salvageable. They are building a parking lot there.
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Re: Emerge Career and Technology Center - (1834 Emerson Ave

Postby Moderato » November 27th, 2013, 11:23 pm

The rendering on the placard outside shows a one story addition to the library. Maybe some parking too, I suppose, but it seems there will be a new structure.

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Re: Emerge Career and Technology Center - (1834 Emerson Ave

Postby seanrichardryan » November 28th, 2013, 12:55 am

The architect for the project is more than qualified. I hope to see every one of those original windows stay intact.

It was a karate studio when I attended school down the street.

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Re: Emerge Career and Technology Center - (1834 Emerson Ave

Postby MNdible » November 28th, 2013, 12:03 pm

That house was the only single family house on that block face -- in a perfect world, it could have been moved, but given the realities in North, I'm not sure how viable that would have been. I think it's much more important to focus on endangered houses on intact residential block faces, and there are plenty of examples of those in North.

Meanwhile, what's the spaceship that landed across the street from this?


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