A Minneapolis neighborhood's plea for redevelopment

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Ayrton Breckenridge/Star Tribune A row of buildings in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood has sat vacant for more than a year. And business owners are getting anxious. "The block is under such disrepair," said William Murray, who owns the Corner Bar across the street from Bullwinkle's Saloon on Washington Avenue S. The Seven Corners block has seen better days. College students used to flock to India Palace, Love Power Church and Bullwinkle's. But the city of Minneapolis condemned the mixed-use development of apartments and retail last year after the property owner failed to maintain the buildings and pay the utility bills. Now, neighbors are pushing for redevelopment in the area as graffiti-marked storefronts and condemned buildings push potential patrons away. "It poses a safety hazard," Murray said. "In the three or four years that this block was really hampering my business, I had to start closing earlier, and I have never really gotten my late-night crowd back." 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And in the summer of 1969, they succeeded when the man who owned 9th Street Liquors in Minneapolis retired and sold the business to them and Don Battles. The three became the first Black businessmen granted an off-sale liquor license in the state of Minnesota, the Star Tribune reported at the time. Along with Battles, they formed a corporation called Bamsoul Enterprises — taking the first letter of their last names and adding "soul" to it. This photo was included in the July 23, 1969, edition of the paper with the story. 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