Article: Egyptian facade's new life honored; A new parking ramp saved a bit of history and was among 14 winners of 1999 Preservation Awards from the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission.(NEWS)

1/3 It would have been easy to tear down the little Egyptian building on Marquette Avenue S. in downtown Minneapolis to make way for a parking ramp next to the Rand Tower. But when the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission asked the ramp's developer, Rick Morphew, to save the entire facade, he agreed.

"I had no idea what I was in for," said Morphew, a partner in the Spectrum Group. But he's proud as punch of the conservation effort, despite its extra trouble and cost. Three years and $265,000 later, the red sandstone facade has been remounted on the newly opened 600-stall parking ramp at 517 Marquette Av. S. The project will receive a 1999 ...

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