ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEND AN
EMAIL SAYING I NEED TO CALM
DOWN, THAT IS ACCURATE.
THANKS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
THE YOUNG QUINN LYNN BUILDING
STREET.
IT STARTED AS A BEAUTIFUL
OFFICE BUILDING AND SOME MIXED
ARE THE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
RESTORATION THAT'S BEEN GOING
ON.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE BOB
US.
BOB IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 614
COMPANY SUE IS THE CO-OWNER.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AS WELL.
BOB, WHEN THIS BUILDING FIRST
OPENED IT WAS CALLED THE GEM AND
MAYOR.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS BUILDING.
AN ICONIC STRUCTURE IN AND OF
ITSELF.
AND BEAUTIFUL FEATURES THAT ARE
STILL SHOWCASED TODAY.
BUT THE PERFECT GEM WAS ALSO A
TESTIMONY TO ELIZABETH QUINNLIN.
IT'S THE 122nd YEAR SINCE THE
START OF HER RETAIL CAREER.
THE PERFECT GEM WAS CREATED TO
HOUSE HER DREAM FOR RETAIL
OPERATION IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE
BUILDING TODAY STILL SHOWS THE
DETAIL AND THE CARE THAT WAS
CREATED IN 1926.
SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT ELIZABETH
QUINLIN.
SHE HAS A REMARKABLE STORY?
SHE WAS BORN IN 1863.
WORKED AT GOOD FELLOWS STORE
OVER ON 5th IN THE SYNDICATE
BUILDING.
SHE MET FRED YOUNG AND THEY
BECAME PARTNERS.
AND BECAUSE IN THOSE DAYS WOMEN
COULD NOT GET THE MONEY OR RUN A
BUSINESS SO SHE HAD HIM IN THE
FRONT.
THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT
BUSINESSES T FIRST ONE ENDED IN
A FIRE.
THE SECOND ONE ENDED IN A FIRE.
SO WITH WHEN SHE BUILT THIS
BUILDING SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS
ABOUT FIRE.
AND THAT BUILDING IN 1926 WAS
SPRIPG LUHRED.
LOOK AT THESE PICTURES.
A GORGEOUS LOOKING DEPARTMENT
STORE.
TAKES YOU BACK TO THE DAY WHEN
THAT WAS REALLY THE CENTER OF
CIVIC LIFE IN MANY WAYS.
WASN'T IT?
IT WAS.
THE TRADITION CONTINUES
TODAY.
THERE HAVE BEEN OWNERSHIP
CHANGES AND TENANT CHANGES
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
BUT TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE
TENANTS ROUGH RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO PREMIER
RETAILERS.
JB HUDSON'S JEWELERS AND
JEWELERS.
THE BUILDING HOUSES NOT ONLY
THE RETAILERS BUT AS YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER OFFICE USERS
AS WELL.
ACTUALLY NOW 27 YEARS AGO WE
COMPLETED THE RENOVATION OF THE
BUILDING.
TELL US ABOUT THAT RENOVATION
YOU DID.
WE HAVE SOME PICTURES THERE.
WE TOOK OVER THE BUILDING IN
1985 ACTUAL POSSESSION OF THE
BUILDING.
AND THE CONDITION WAS SO POOR.
LOOK AT IT.
THERE'S ROUGH.
YOU COULD HAVE MADE THE
DETERMINES TO TEAR THE BUILDING
DONE AND ACTUALLY BACK THEN THE
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WAS STILL
ALLOWING BUILDINGS LIKE THAT TO
BE TORN DOWN.
A MUCH DIFFERENT WORLD THAN
EXISTS TODAY.
WE DECIDED TO SAVE THE BUILDING
AND EMBARKED ON A MULTIYEAR
RENOVATION.
WE COMPLETED IT IN JUNE OF 1989.
AND ACTUALLY UNUSUAL IN THE DAY
AND TODAY AS WELL THE RENOVATION
WAS PRIVATELY FUNDED BY OUR
FAMILY BUSINESS.
NO CITY DOLLARS INVOLVED.
NO CITY MONEY.
EXHIBIT.
THERE IS.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED A SIX PANEL
LEVEL.
WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE
THINGS WE'VE FOUND IN THE
PLANS.
BUT THIS IS, IT HIGHLIGHTS HER
START IN 1894 THEN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING THE
WONDERFUL ELEGANT YEARS AND THE
DEPARTMENT STORE YEARS THEN THE
DECLINE THEN THE RENOVATION.
VERY COOL.