Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing in Unique Structure Tornado near Fred

Fred:

So sorry to hear of all the tornado trouble and glad to hear that it missed 

you.

The structure looks to be early 20th century or late 19th and 2 or three 

stories. While brick and stone structures can certainly be more resistant 

than conventional wood, a preliminary evaluation by a structural engineer is 

always a good idea anyway. Two or three general opinions, at minimal cost, 

might be a good investment.

The large play area in back might be a place for some innovative 

architecture, designed for tornado resistance.

WT

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Fred H Olson" <fholson [at] cohousing.org>

To: "Cohousing-L mailing list" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 7:38 AM
Subject: [C-L]_ Cohousing in Unique Structure Tornado near Fred

Howe school in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis has been vacant 

for several years

and is for sale.  I had a query from a neighborhood person about the 

possibility of

cohousing there.  Here is an image of the site.  The wole block in the 

middle.

http://mn.cohousing.org/howe/site1.png

I'd welcome comments on feasibility etc.

BUT then the tornado hit my neighborhood.  Closeset damaged is
two uprooted trees on the far side of the park about  2 blocks away.
But we were without power for 30 hours and my Internet connection is
still down. (I'm using a computer at the school where a neighbor works
between helping with an art project (woodworking.)

I manage to get net access daily but my list admin tasks are being
done minimally for a bit more.

Fred

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Fred H. Olson  Minneapolis,MN 55411  USA        (near north Mpls)
    Email:        fholson at cohousing.org      612-588-9532
My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org         My org:
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Re: Cohousing in Unique Structure Tornado near Fred	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Wayne Tyson (landrestcox.net)
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:17:55 -0700 (PDT)