Our beloved coffee shop's building was taken out by a water main break the day before Valentine's Day. Since then, there has been a flurry of activity every day to salvage the building. One day all the noise stopped for an hour and then things really got crazy. As they were excavating the foundation, the post supporting the corner of the building broke its foundation, and the entire corner of the building started to collapse. A full-court press was kicked off and it was a race to save the building.
The weather was decent, and the patio @ Nico's Tacos had a nice view, so I watched in safety from there. Scott Seekins, a local artist, made an appearance. Check him out here.
The City of Minneapolis iron workers and bridge crew were brought in, along with three huge cranes to snake a 27-1/2" I-beam thru a 29" opening under the collapsing building corner. There was quite a crowd gathered and we all had a good time chatting and commenting on what we thought was happening and how we would do things differently. By 10 PM, the beam was in place and the building was saved.
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