Bozo Bus amid construction

The Bozo Bus Building, center of Minneapolis Science Fiction Fandom from about 1973 to 1981, still stands, though the roads around it do not at the moment.

326 E. 18th St. 326 E 18th St
1807 Clinton Ave. One of the modern "row houses" that have been built in South Minneapolis. 1807 Clinton Ave.; row house
The "Bozo Bus Building", main side (343 E. 19th St.) 343 E. 19th St.; Bozo Bus Building
Panorama facing I35W from 4th St. The Bozo Bus Building is on the right edge of the frame. Both 4th St. and Clinton Ave are torn up, as is the freeway noise wall. 1902 4th Ave S; Bozo Bus Building
The "Bozo Bus Building", main side (343 E. 19th St.) 343 E. 19th St.; Bozo Bus Building
The house next door (341 E. 19th St.) 341 E. 19th St.
Security barrier between the Bozo Bus Building and the house next door (so, between 343 and 341 E. 19th St.)
The "other" side of the Bozo Bus Building, where I lived for a year and a bit, 1977-whenever. This is the main door, from sidewalk level 1902 4th Ave S
Panorama facing I35W from sidewalk in front of 4th Ave. side of the Bozo Bus Building, during I35W construction. The noise wall is down, normally you couldn't see across the freeway.
Bozo Bus Building and downtown, from the Franklin Ave. overpass. That's where the left lanes of I35W used to be in the foreground.
Bozo Bus Building, from the Franklin Ave. overpass. That's where 4th St. used to be in the foreground (I believe they'll put it back when they're done). 1902 4th Ave S; Bozo Bus Building
The "Bozo Bus Building", main side (343 E. 19th St.), from across the freeway during construction (normally there are sound barrier walls in the way, but they're fully or partially down on both sides right now). It was really the wrong time of day; needed to be there in the morning not the afternoon. 343 E. 19th St.; Bozo Bus Building
501 E 19th St
501 E 19th St
Pine Cliff apartments, 501 E. 19th St. (the street here is S 5th Ave., I35W is just to the right). These weren't there back when I lived in the Boze.
2001 S. 5th Ave. Franklin Ave. going across in front, 5th Ave. is the one that's closed at the right.
Traffic on what's left of I35w, with cranes.
The Electric Fetus, 2000 4th Ave. S., seen across Franklin Ave. The Fetus has been there since I lived there (1977). 2000 4th Ave S; The Electric Fetus
344 E. Franklin Ave. (parts of this building, to the right of the photo, were the original location of Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore and Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore). PPF was what any role-playing gamer would recognize as a "junk shop". Note the ".com" in the name! 344 E Franklin Ave
344 E. Franklin Ave. (parts of this building, to the right of the photo, were the original location of Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore and Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore). 344 E Franklin Ave
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