| Milwaukee Avenue: Community Renewal in Minneapolis Contributor(s): Roscoe, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626194343 ISBN-13: 9781626194342 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| LCCN: 2014002576 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1970s, a politically savvy and hardworking neighborhood organization, the Seward West Project Area Committee (PAC), outmaneuvered a public agency's renewal plan to demolish approximately 70 percent of a historic neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Demolition would have included all the houses on Milwaukee Avenue, a half-hidden, very narrow two-block-long street flanked by small brick houses. Built in the 1880s, many of these houses were the very first homes in Minneapolis. "Milwaukee Avenue" offers a unique presentation of determined citizens saving their neighborhood in a decade that changed history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roscoe, Robert: - Robert Roscoe has over thirty-five years of architectural office experience. His education includes a bachelor of arts degree in art history and five years at the School of Architecture, University of Minnesota. He was a partner in the architectural firm Roark, Kramer & Roscoe Design for fifteen years and has also served for twenty-one years on the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission. |