Bags of crushed beer cans, empty wine bottles, and sticky mixers waited in the living room of this home. With current prices for recycled aluminum cans at around $0.52 a pound, there isn’t a fortune in these bags, but still … Continue reading
I come across this more than you might think. These bottles sat on top of a dresser, and I imagine their contents stray quite far from the 7-Up’s proclamation of being “crisp, clean, refreshing.” When the utilities are shut off … Continue reading
This Bible was waiting, upright, in the living room of a garbage house in North Minneapolis.
This bemused devil with heavy eyelids was the only thing watching me at a house in North Minneapolis. He was in the dark, sitting on a dresser amid a room filled with soiled mattresses and garbage. Only my Rebel 90 … Continue reading
I made a new friend in garbage. Last Friday, I took a faithful reader and blogger extraordinaire from the 365 Music Project to a possible excessive in south Minneapolis. B., who runs the blog, is a fan of all things … Continue reading
From the outside, this home was perfectly nondescript. It was a 1920s-era dwelling erected in a working-class part of the city, one of those neighborhoods that has slowly slipped from proud to modest to struggling to decayed. From the curb, … Continue reading
The watch lay on the filthy pillow as if it were being shown to a debonaire customer looking to add to his fine jewelry collection. It’s hands had long ago stopped at 10:41, though, and the only customers were the … Continue reading
Yesterday I posted some shots from the first floor of a garbage house in the city. I went back to that house with Dirty Dave and a reporter who was interested in what we do at DuAll, and the consensus … Continue reading
I had driven past this house countless times, never noting its presence. It’s located in an inner-city neighborhood whose merchant-class glory days are long gone. Still, it’s not a bad area. Surveying the sidewalk scene, one can deduce that longtime … Continue reading
I had the opportunity to explore a nasty garbage house in the city yesterday. I’ll post a photo essay on that exploratory mission in a day or so, but here’s a sneak preview. This first image comes from an upstairs … Continue reading
