After writting the thread "where is he now" where I asked if Prince had deserted Minneapolis, I'm confirming the following:

The house near Paisley Park was razed down. According to his neighbors, there is nothing left.

As far as Paisley Park being in a bad shape, if you look at the aborted restaurant, the walls are all scracted up and nothing is being done about it.

Does anyone think, he'd relocate his studios somewhere else like in LA now that he has no one to keep him in MPLS.

I was deeply hoping he's reopen the Friday night parties and have some more celebrations but I guess it'll not happen.

wasn't that torn down sometime last year?

It seems he still records at Paisley Park, some of 3121 and Tamar's album were recorded there and also he recorded Feel Better,Feel Good,Feel Wonderful, at Paisley this past June according 2 NPGMC, but yeah it doesnt look like they'll be any friday night parties there any time soon if at all again. Here's the article from last year 1st reporting his house being torn down:

Prince demolishes his Chanhassen house
C.J., Star Tribune

Last update: November 7, 2005 at 9:29 PM

Prince has demolished his primary residence in Chanhassen.

"I know somebody obtained a demolition permit," Chanhassen building official Steve Torell said Monday. "I saw [the house] earlier last week. I wasn't here Friday, so I don't know if it's down or not, yet. It is tough to see back there."

Sunday I could not see the house but did notice construction vehicles on the property. I went to check it out after receiving this anonymous e-mail on Saturday: "What purple wonder multimillionaire is destroying his current home to build a new house. What purple wonder decided to fire his entire security staff (due to the construction) with no notice and paid not one thin dime of severance, as we enter the holidays!" The e-mail claims some of those fired have worked for Prince for 20 years. That's hard to believe, because he doesn't keep people around that long.

Another claim is not borne out by city records. Torell said no permit had been taken out to build another home there.

In spring 2003, Prince demolished another Chanhassen property, the famous Purple House on Lake Riley, where he once lived and where his father, John L. Nelson, lived out his final days.

The demolition of the primary residence is probably not that unexpected, given how fast Chanhassen is growing.

Where once there was no development near the property, Prince can run across more neighbors and lots more traffic between there and Paisley Park, which is still standing.

malbena said:

[Edited 8/2/06 14:06pm]