A low-rent haven for artists ruined by fire
Now Harrison must plot her next move as a semitrailer truck on Tuesday backed a huge yellow barrier down
Harrison lost close to
"Pretty much all of my musical history is gone, which really is the hardest thing to deal with," Harrison said. "Everyone's just really feeling heartache for their creative loss, which I think is contributing to the big sad feeling in the city over the loss of the building."
The building at
City records show that inspectors have found code deficiencies in the building, built more than a century ago. In March, city inspectors identified 10 violations, including having an illegal bedroom, electrical disrepair and fire extinguishers in need of service. All the violations were resolved by
The no-frills nature of the property is what kept it affordable.
"Artists have spaces in buildings that maybe are older," Harrison said. "The nicer, perfect, ideal options are there for people who have money for them."
Harrison said building owner
Minneapolis Assistant Fire Chief
"It was one of the last few spaces in the city that an artist could afford. That's one of the reasons there were so many artists there," Lambert said. "It's one of the reasons that I sustained my business practice and could focus on being creative instead of spending all my money on rent."
His equipment was not insured -- he said he couldn't afford insurance -- and he expects few other artists there had insurance. Several
"It's just a devastating loss for me individually, but also for so many other people," Lambert said. "I have this monetary burden now, but people lost their homes and their pets."
Lambert said he did not know how many people lived in the building, but assumed it was several more than just Thompson, the caretaker.
"It's a place where everybody's just in and out, and it's 24 hours," he said.
As a sun shower spattered
"It kind of threw me off balance, man," said Reese, who has operated the clothing store there since 1991. "That's the hardest thing, getting rid of something you've had so long. You see your dream just go whoosh. Gone."
He said he had to go meet his wife, and he walked away.
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