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Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Streetscapes column

Lileks, James

2015

Overview

\"How far do you have to go in allowing the ... newer owners to make changes in order to save the building?\" The danger of leaving the buildings undesignated became clear for some Park Avenue enthusiasts recently when the 22nd Street home of George Peavey, son of grain elevator pioneer and Peavey Plaza namesake Frank Peavey, was converted from an at-risk-youth center to a mosque. [...]the historic portion of the home remains largely unused, since opening it for public access would require changes like installing an elevator. \"Since the Shriners had it since '29, there were a lot of things that were grandfathered in as far as ADA compliance and such,\" said Scott McMahon, St. Mary's associate vice president for external affairs.

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