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.
In February 2021 Oaklands on 9th sold twelve $100 keychains to afford an entry mat. The story of the Keys to the Oaklands, and the mat that finally arrived.
In January 2021 we learned the city had sealed our sewer connection shut. Finding it again meant dye, a camera truck, a robot, and an 1883 brick pipe.
Every studio at Oaklands on 9th has its own restored antique light fixture. Here is the story behind the lighting in this 1889 Minneapolis brownstone.
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.
The 130-year story of Oaklands on 9th: an 1889 Harry Wild Jones brownstone that went from luxury flats to the Delta Hotel to a restored downtown studio hotel.
Inside Oaklands on 9th, a restored 1889 Minneapolis landmark, the woodwork, brick, and one surviving door are salvaged history you can actually stay in.
The story of how a burned-out 1889 Minneapolis brownstone became Oaklands on 9th — restored window by window, brick by brick, with reclaimed oak and a grand staircase that survived three roofless winters.
The furnished studio you book at Oaklands on 9th sits inside a downtown Minneapolis brownstone that survived a 2016 fire and near-demolition. Here is the story of how it was saved.
