In the summer of 2011, 2914 4th Street North was a boarded, vacant, and condemned house on the verge of demolition. The summer of 2013 will see its completion by a nationally known developer, and the home will likely be featured on her television series.
Yes, this post speaks of Nicole Curtis, aka "The Rehab Addict," but it is not about Nicole Curtis. It is about how the values of preservation, when put into action, produce results so positive that no one could have foreseen them.
Going back through old photographs, I can tell this house first came on my radar screen in January of 2011. Later that year, the Twin Cities Community Land Bank approached the neighborhood with an interesting proposition...
