The newspaper inside the walls of Oakland’s on 9th is not from 1889. It is the Minneapolis Star and Tribune of February 17, 1985, with Prince on the front.
Oakland’s on 9th was restored partly by volunteers: painters on their day off, neighbours donating salvaged doors, and an archivist who found its builder.
Is the stained glass at Oakland’s on 9th original? The honest answer: a 2019 GoFundMe, 65 restored windows, a 2016 fire, and one unresolved record.
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.
The architect who designed Oakland’s on 9th in 1889 left landmarks all over Minneapolis. Here is where to find Harry Wild Jones’s surviving work.
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.
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.
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.
In 1960, a $10,000 permit turned the old Delta Hotel back into apartments — and gave every Oaklands studio the full kitchen guests cook in today.
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.
