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!

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

Cool Story!

darkroman said:

darkroman said:

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

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!

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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. . 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.

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.

Very nice article.Thank you for sharing Latin!

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...

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

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KoolEaze said:

poppys said:

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.

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

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.

pinkcashmere23 said:

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.