Showing posts with label David Epstein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Epstein. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

My 2925 Lyndale Back Story


The Johnny Northside blog has been covering the sordid past of the "troublesome triplex" at 2925 Lyndale Ave N, even bringing up (with my permission) how the neighborhood asked the city to crack down on the scrapping, dumping, and overall criminal activities that have been occurring at this property for years.  But what hasn't been told is how the owner, David Epstein, was given a chance to redeem himself and begin to populate that property with good tenants.

Around the time of this photo and my blog post regarding his sign-spamming proclivities, I spoke to him and even referred a quality tenant to live there.  Here's how that went down...

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Who's Behind the Sign Spam?

Post and photo by the Hawthorne Hawkman, image after the jump from the Total Freedom Realty website.

A while ago, the I.I. and I went around NoMi removing as much sign spam as we could find - 26 signs in all.  Either we missed one by the Holiday gas station, or the spammers don't know when to quit.  Either way, the sign was down after my bike ride today.  But I decided to see what I could find out about who's putting up the spam.

The first step was to Google the phone number, 612-486-6981, which led me to...