No. Oakland’s on 9th is an 1889 brownstone and every studio is reached by stairs. What that means on arrival, how we make it easy, and who should call first.
No. It was nominated in 2021 and lost. Here is what an 1889 Minneapolis brownstone got instead, and what the restoration actually involved.
Pocket doors slide into the wall instead of swinging. Here is what they did in an 1889 Minneapolis brownstone, and what survived the restoration.
Newspaper insulation, 65 restored windows and 4,000 pounds of lime mortar – and the blower door test that proved this 1889 Minneapolis building holds heat.
Crooked floors, thick brick, narrow halls and modern heat: what it is really like to live in Oakland’s on 9th, an 1889 building in downtown Minneapolis.
For much of the restoration, the crew at Oakland’s on 9th worked 9pm to 5am. Here is why an 1889 downtown brownstone had to be repaired overnight.
Restoring an 1889 Minneapolis brownstone turned up newspaper packed inside the walls. Here is why builders used it, and what it says about the building.
When the crew tore up the parking lot behind our 1889 Minneapolis brownstone in 2020, they found a toy police badge, coal clinkers and the original bricks.
Oaklands on 9th is a Richardsonian Romanesque brownstone designed by Harry Wild Jones in 1889. Here is how to read its downtown Minneapolis front.
How the 2019 restoration threaded fiber internet, quiet mini-split heat and AC, and all-new plumbing through the 1889 brick of Oaklands on 9th.
