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Latin

Article - ‘We feel very blessed’: New owners of Prince’s purple house site settle in (and yes, they’re saving the gates)

Check out the article published today by The Current entitled "‘We feel very blessed’: New owners of Prince’s purple house site settle in (and yes, they’re saving the gates)":

https://blog.thecurrent.o...the-gates/
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Reply #1 posted 10/27/17 11:49am

darkroman

That is such a very lovely article!

It's a little odd Prince destroyed so many properties.

I didn't realise Prince's estate administrators are liquidating his assets by selling off his properties.

Thank you!

lol

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Reply #2 posted 10/27/17 12:31pm

Astasheiks

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Cool, will read when off work! haha And love the Purple lock in the first photo! lol

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Reply #3 posted 10/27/17 2:53pm

Latin

Here is the video produced by The Current entitled "Prince's purple house site: New owners settle in".

"The Current's Jay Gabler visits the former site of Prince's purple house and home recording studio on Lake Riley in Chanhassen, Minn. New owners John and Tonia Roemer are building a house for their family — and yes, they're saving Prince's gate.

Video: Hanna Bubser and Jay Gabler
Thanks to Johnny Vince Evans for audio assistance"

Check it out here:

https://m.youtube.com/wat...8Fle-4soWQ
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Reply #4 posted 10/27/17 4:13pm

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cool

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #5 posted 10/27/17 4:19pm

PennyPurple

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Cool Story!

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Reply #6 posted 10/27/17 6:06pm

laytonian

darkroman said:

That is such a very lovely article!

It's a little odd Prince destroyed so many properties.

I didn't realise Prince's estate administrators are liquidating his assets by selling off his properties.

Thank you!


lol

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He kept the property he owned locally in Minnesota. He did list the Dakota Ave home but it just recently sold.
I understand why he razed the two homes.
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Imagine the security he'd have needed to guard empty homes.
Land was his investment.
Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me.
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Reply #7 posted 10/28/17 12:28am

sonshine

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darkroman said:

That is such a very lovely article!

It's a little odd Prince destroyed so many properties.

I didn't realise Prince's estate administrators are liquidating his assets by selling off his properties.

Thank you!


lol

[Edited 10/27/17 11:51am]



Yes, it was almost one of the first orders of business. They needed cash to pay some large looming taxes.
It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. We all need one another. ~ PRN
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Reply #8 posted 10/28/17 3:36am

poppys

Thanks for posting, Latin. It all fits. Lovely people, he kept their letter. yes

"if you can't clap on the one, then don't clap at all"
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Reply #9 posted 10/28/17 3:48am

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laytonian said:

darkroman said:

That is such a very lovely article!

It's a little odd Prince destroyed so many properties.

I didn't realise Prince's estate administrators are liquidating his assets by selling off his properties.

Thank you!

lol

[Edited 10/27/17 11:51am]

He kept the property he owned locally in Minnesota. He did list the Dakota Ave home but it just recently sold. I understand why he razed the two homes. . Imagine the security he'd have needed to guard empty homes. Land was his investment.

I never really understood why he razed not just one but two homes. You´re saying that the security for both homes would´ve cost too much but those houses were probably worth a couple of millions. How does it make sense to just keep the land and raze the houses? Does it have anything to do with the taxes being too high? I just don´t understand it.

" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #10 posted 10/28/17 7:54am

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KoolEaze said:

laytonian said:

darkroman said: He kept the property he owned locally in Minnesota. He did list the Dakota Ave home but it just recently sold. I understand why he razed the two homes. . Imagine the security he'd have needed to guard empty homes. Land was his investment.

I never really understood why he razed not just one but two homes. You´re saying that the security for both homes would´ve cost too much but those houses were probably worth a couple of millions. How does it make sense to just keep the land and raze the houses? Does it have anything to do with the taxes being too high? I just don´t understand it.

He razed one of the homes that he and Mani lived in, when they were going thru the divorce.

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Reply #11 posted 10/28/17 10:42am

pinkcashmere23

Very nice article.Thank you for sharing Latin!

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Reply #12 posted 10/28/17 11:19am

Dibblekins

I doubt very much that his razing of them was anything to do with the cost of upkeep etc - my feeling (based on what we know of Prince and his ways) is that destroying them was an attempt to delete any unpleasant things that took place there.

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I am guessing that their being razed to the ground was a form of spiritual cleansing...Plus, given what we know of his dealings with Manuella as their divorce progressed, I don't think he was above being a bit 'Old Testament' sometimes... wink biggrin

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Reply #13 posted 10/28/17 11:52am

Purplemoon6

It's great to know that Prince fans bought the property because they really seem to care. Thanks for sharing.

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Reply #14 posted 10/28/17 1:23pm

laytonian

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I never really understood why he razed not just one but two homes. You´re saying that the security for both homes would´ve cost too much but those houses were probably worth a couple of millions. How does it make sense to just keep the land and raze the houses? Does it have anything to do with the taxes being too high? I just don´t understand it.

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The houses were not million-dollar homes.
The purple house on Kiowa was a typical split level.
He bought the Galpib home from someone else who's built it. It was actually modest for a millionaire rock star.
Both properties gave him privacy.
Do you really think he wanted people poking around two vacant houses?
He was done with them. He had lived with two wives in the Galpin home.
Better to tear them down than deal with them.
He was superstitious.
His dad died in the Kiowa house. Two failed marriages on Galpin.
He washed his hands of it all.
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Reply #15 posted 10/30/17 7:24am

Latin

poppys said:

Thanks for posting, Latin. It all fits. Lovely people, he kept their letter. yes


Yes, he did...
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Reply #16 posted 10/30/17 6:24pm

gullahgirl

laytonian said:

KoolEaze said:
I never really understood why he razed not just one but two homes. You´re saying that the security for both homes would´ve cost too much but those houses were probably worth a couple of millions. How does it make sense to just keep the land and raze the houses? Does it have anything to do with the taxes being too high? I just don´t understand it.
. The houses were not million-dollar homes. The purple house on Kiowa was a typical split level. He bought the Galpib home from someone else who's built it. It was actually modest for a millionaire rock star. Both properties gave him privacy. Do you really think he wanted people poking around two vacant houses? He was done with them. He had lived with two wives in the Galpin home. Better to tear them down than deal with them. He was superstitious. His dad died in the Kiowa house. Two failed marriages on Galpin. He washed his hands of it all. .

I agree with you I think both homes represented some unpleasant chapters in his life so he got rid of the homes for maybe a fresh start. Funny I always heard the same thing that Prince was superstitious.

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Reply #17 posted 11/01/17 2:31pm

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Speaking of superstition, I guess that is why posted, "Just When You Thought It Was Safe" days or was it weeks before he passed...

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Reply #18 posted 11/01/17 4:19pm

poppys

Astasheiks said:

Speaking of superstition, I guess that is why posted, "Just When You Thought It Was Safe" days or was it weeks before he passed...

So interesting, Asta. Really a haunting statement to put out there - and be the receiver of, so many meanings and cross-currents.

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Reply #19 posted 12/18/17 11:14pm

Latin

pinkcashmere23 said:

Very nice article.Thank you for sharing Latin!


You are very welcome.
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Reply #20 posted 12/19/17 5:30pm

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I can see why Prince loved Chanhassen so much; it is very beautiful and peaceful there. So nice the new owner's kept the gate there as it was. I would have done the same.

"With love, honor, and respect for every living thing in the universe, separation ceases, and we all become one being, singing one song." - Prince Roger Nelson (1958-2016)
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