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OCTOBER 2006 P.M ‘Where the biggies leave off...’ Hill& Lake Press Published for the East Isles, Lowry Hill, Kenwood Isles, & CIDNA Neighborhoods VOLUME 30 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 21 2006 FALL CONSTRUCTION AT LAKE OF THE ISLES TARGETS SHORELINE By Chris Wiencke [email protected] There’s no mistaking something is going on at Lake of the Isles these days. A yellow silt curtain and a green mesh fence outline the shoreline in the water, a black silt fence outlines it on land. Piles of dirt and piles of stones and piles of something that looks like logs punc- tuate the landscape. In this fall’s efforts to continue the renovation of Lake of the Isles, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is focused on stabilizing shoreline long left to its own devices. With the parkland around the west bay and north arm at the north end of Lake of the Isles now raised above the 100-year flood level, the all-important work of stabilizing and naturalizing the shoreline has begun. Starting on the east side of the lake at about West 26th Street—where east shore shoreline stabilization efforts of 2002-2003 left off—the work will continue around all the way to the Kenilworth Bridge. A steep cliff formed much of the targeted shoreline. Left in that state, the shoreline would continue to erode and degrade the lake’s water quality. Crews have begun to convert the cliff to a stable, gently sloping “eco- zone” that will support a diversity of plant and animal life and improve water quality. The method used to achieve this stable eco-zone will be the same as that used on the east shore. Once the North End of Lake of the Isles Photo by Dorothy Childers Lake of Isles to Page 5 2410 Oliver Avenue South October 5 and 6, 2006 Inside Letters Page 2 Editor’s Column Page 2 Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher Page 3 School Board Audrey Johnson Page 4 Columnists Page 4,19 Calendar Page 8 Elections 2006 Pages 10,11,12 The Neighborhoods Pages 13,14,15,16,17 Classified Advertising Page 16 Kenwood Crawl Page 18 Sand upon the Waters Page 20 Waldera’s latest demolition Photo by Dorothy Childers Be sure to vote. Election day is November 7th. CHANGES IN KENWOOD By Jean Deatrick The second of Bloomington resident Anthony and was owned and occupied by John and Tuulikki noff was completed months ago. Waldera’s house purchases in the Hill & Lake Press area Sinks. According to public records, an environmental Mr. Waldera has said he has no immediate plans to has fallen quickly to the wrecking ball just as the first soil erosion permit and a wrecking permit were issued build on either the Lake Place or the Oliver site for sev- house he purchased at 2519 Lake Place last spring. The on Friday, October 6. The demolition actually began on eral years although he has shown neighbors sketches of Oliver Avenue South home was built in 1913 as a large Thursday October 5 and continued early Friday. The house proposals. Both sites have large lots: the Oliver carriage house for the home next door. The two-story application had the appropriate signoffs and was issued lot sizes are 108 x 130 and 100.5 x 130. The Lake Place home near Lake of the Isles had over 2,000 square feet on October 6. Apparently the historic preservation sig- site is 100 x 130. Demolition to page 2 2HILL AND LAKE PRESS SEPTEMBER 16, 2006 LLeetttteerrss ttoo tthhee EEddiittoorr Hill & Lake Press Delivery Hill & Lake Press, 2101 West Franklin, Hill & Lake Press is delivered door to door in the Minneapolis, MN 55405, 612-374-3099 To the Editor: area east of France Avenue, south of Dunwoody www.hillandlakepress.com WESAC soccer has been retooled this year and it Boulevard, north of Lake Street, and west of Volume 30 Number 10: October 21, 2006. has been a smashing success. More than 170 kids Hennepin Avenue. If you do not receive your paper, Next issue: November 18 2006. between the ages of 5 and 8 are participating and it's please call 612-377-7353 or send an email to Reservation deadline: November 6, 2006. great to see Kenwood Park full of kids running around [email protected]. The following area businesses and having fun on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. All stock Hill & Lake Press for your convenience. Please Managing Editor Jean Deatrick: 612-377-7353 of this has been possible because Charlie Smith of tell them that you appreciate their help in promoting 1821 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis, Lowry Hill had a good idea and decided to act on it. our community newspaper. Please patronize our MN55403; [email protected] Thank you Charlie (along with Maureen of WESAC advertisers and tell them where you saw their ad. and Maggie of the Rec Center) for all of the hard work Burch Pharmacy Isles Bun & Coffee Business Manager: Jane Johnson you have done to put this program together and get it Calhoun Beach Club Isles Market & Deli [email protected] launched. The kids of the neighborhood are lucky to Calhoun Vision Kenwood Rec Center Photographer: Dorothy Childers have people like you willing to spend some of their pre- Dunn Brothers The Woman’s Club [email protected] cious time to make things like this happen. Einstein’s Bagels Quality Coaches Editorial Assistant & Store Deliveries We have no doubt this new program will continue to Framestyles Sebastian Joe’s Heidi Deatrick [email protected] grow and prosper in future years. Thanks again! Green Mill Tuthill’s Residential Deliveries: Lloyd Smith Matt & Sarah Rand, Kenwood Walker Library Hennepin Lake Liquor [email protected] Walker Art Center Lowry Hill Liquor Webmaster: Alexa Johnson: www.hillandlakepress.com Demolition from page one Hill & Lake Press is a non profit newspaper Questions have been raised by many residents and and supported by its advertisers and neigh- neighbors. Waldera appeared at the KIAA board meet- borhood associations: East Isles Residents ing last week and at the ERIA meeting this week. And Association (EIRA), Kenwood Isles Area he responded to my email queries. When I asked him if Association (KIAA), Cedar Isles Dean he was exploiting our area for personal gain, he denied that he was doing so and said he wanted to live in the Neighborhood Association (CIDNA), and neighborhood. I hope he is sincere, however when I Lowry Hill Residents Inc. (LHRI). Views asked him about his plans, he replied, “My plans are to expressed are not necessarily those of Hill & build a house for myself on Lake Place (to live in) -- I'm Lake Press. hoping to start construction next year on Lake Place. I haven't finalized my plans regarding Oliver. I'm hoping Hill and Lake Press welcomes and encour- / planning to build a house (for myself) sometime in the ages financial contributions. Please send future -- right now I would estimate that to be within them to Hill & Lake Press c/o Jane Johnson, the next 10 years. I'm hoping / planning to build a Business Manager, 2120 Fremont Avenue house (for myself) sometime in the future -- right now South, Minneapolis, MN 55405. I would estimate that to be within the next 10 years.” Neighborhoods change and we shouldn’t expect our area to stay the same year after year, but do we really All advertising queries should be directed to want a neighborhood where the houses look alike? One Jean Deatrick. Hill & Lake Press welcomes of the joys of this area is that there is diversity both in stories, poetry, articles, photos, and ideas. architecture and in residents. If every home that is con- Please email to Jean Deatrick at sidered less than perfect or high end in our neighbor- [email protected] Sarah Sexton-Mahmud hood is demolished and a new larger home built, it will be only a few years before the neighborhood will be home to only one class of resident: very rich. We versation if he had notified others. Several neighbors in SAFE Precinct 5, Sector 1 already know that it costs a lot to live in the neighbor- Kenwood notified me and also Lisa Goodman’s office. [[email protected]] on behalf of Sexton- hood and our high taxes benefit Minneapolis. It seems Part of the success of living in the Lake of the Isles Mahmud, Sarah M [Sarah.Sexton- that there really isn’t any incentive financially for a neighborhoods where houses are close and residents [email protected]] developer to restore a home if the cost of doing busi- depend on one another is being considerate and sensi- My name is Sarah Mahmud and I have just replaced ness is so low: just a couple of hundred dollars for a tive to the neighbors. And we really don’t need vacant Jennifer Waisanen as the Crime Prevention Specialist wrecking permit and a house can be destroyed so that a lots next to Lake of the Isles with its park areas avail- for Sector 1 in the Fifth Precinct, which includes; more expensive home can be built. And when someone able for our enjoyment. Cedar-Isles-Dean, East Isles, Kenwood, Lowry Hill, from another city is buying homes and demolishing Another issue that has arisen is Mr. Waldera’s deci- Lowry Hill East, Steven’s Square and Whittier neigh- them, it does raise a red flag, even more so since sion to look for houses that haven’t been placed on the borhoods. Waldera told neighbors that he wants to buy more market.
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