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Thread started 02/28/18 2:13pm

Astasheiks

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Anybody on here ever seen inside the Egg Building?

Any Purple Fam was ever to see inside the Egg Building next to PP?

[Edited 2/28/18 14:14pm]

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Reply #1 posted 02/28/18 2:43pm

nelcp777

Astasheiks said:

Any Purple Fam was ever to see inside the Egg Building next to PP?

[Edited 2/28/18 14:14pm]

The Egg is as mysterious as the contents of the vault and the living quarters at PP!

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Reply #2 posted 02/28/18 3:32pm

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nelcp777 said:

Astasheiks said:

Any Purple Fam was ever to see inside the Egg Building next to PP?

[Edited 2/28/18 14:14pm]

The Egg is as mysterious as the contents of the vault and the living quarters at PP!



Good answer.

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Reply #3 posted 02/28/18 3:56pm

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It houses Prince’s enormous beanie baby collection.
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Reply #4 posted 02/28/18 4:02pm

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Reply #5 posted 02/28/18 4:09pm

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Ahhh... eggs.


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Reply #6 posted 02/28/18 6:42pm

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Astasheiks said:

Any Purple Fam was ever to see inside the Egg Building next to PP?

[Edited 2/28/18 14:14pm]

there were a video somewhere, its just a storage building as of now.

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Reply #7 posted 02/28/18 6:49pm

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When I visited PP for a tour, i decided to just march up to the egg and try to peek in a window. I managed to get pretty close before a guard shooed me away. From my limited vantage, it didn't look like there was anything organized or set up in there.

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Reply #8 posted 02/28/18 8:36pm

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bonatoc said:

Ahhh... eggs.



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Reply #9 posted 03/01/18 12:57am

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Culinary jokes aside, isn't the gorgeous picture on the Housequake.com homepage taken from inside the Egg?



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Reply #10 posted 03/01/18 2:57am

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bonatoc said:

Culinary jokes aside, isn't the gorgeous picture on the Housequake.com homepage taken from inside the Egg?



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a. There's no window on top of the egg.

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b. You can literally see the window above Prince in this photo:

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ctyp+paisley+overhead.JPG

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Reply #11 posted 03/01/18 4:05am

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Thanks Bart. So it's simply the stairs leading to one of the "pyramids" that are circular.

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Reply #12 posted 03/01/18 4:34am

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nelcp777 said:

Astasheiks said:

Any Purple Fam was ever to see inside the Egg Building next to PP?

[Edited 2/28/18 14:14pm]

The Egg is as mysterious as the contents of the vault and the living quarters at PP!

According to Dave Hampton it was used as a storage room. It was going to be a resturant/cafeteria for staff. He said it also has an underground tunnel that takes you into the building so employees would not have to go out in the cold to get to the buildings

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Reply #13 posted 03/01/18 10:59am

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bonatoc said:

Culinary jokes aside, isn't the gorgeous picture on the Housequake.com homepage taken from inside the Egg?




Sorry that’s the upstairs at Paisley. The old conference room that got turned into part of his living quarters. Very front facing highway 5
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Reply #14 posted 03/01/18 11:57am

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laurarichardson said:

nelcp777 said:

The Egg is as mysterious as the contents of the vault and the living quarters at PP!

According to Dave Hampton it was used as a storage room. It was going to be a resturant/cafeteria for staff. He said it also has an underground tunnel that takes you into the building so employees would not have to go out in the cold to get to the buildings

Wonder whats in there now? Tyka'nem better took inventory!!! razz lol

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Reply #15 posted 03/01/18 12:10pm

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I've seen inside (a couple of years ago), the structure was not finished and was just an open space. No floors, just the shell of the building. The exterior was also in decay.

Edit: The plans for the building were also for sale after April 2016, according to them it was to be offices and more recording space.

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Reply #16 posted 03/01/18 12:19pm

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This pic is from an older thread.

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Reply #17 posted 03/01/18 8:57pm

rap

Astasheiks said:

Any Purple Fam was ever to see inside the Egg Building next to PP?

[Edited 2/28/18 14:14pm]

I have seen pictures of the interior.

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Reply #18 posted 03/01/18 8:59pm

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rapper said:

I've seen inside (a couple of years ago), the structure was not finished and was just an open space. No floors, just the shell of the building. The exterior was also in decay.

Edit: The plans for the building were also for sale after April 2016, according to them it was to be offices and more recording space.

[Edited 3/1/18 12:14pm]

I saw the same thing.

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Reply #19 posted 03/03/18 1:36pm

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Apparently it’s the perfect place to play house.
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Reply #20 posted 03/03/18 5:59pm

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coldasice said:

bonatoc said:

Culinary jokes aside, isn't the gorgeous picture on the Housequake.com homepage taken from inside the Egg?



Sorry that’s the upstairs at Paisley. The old conference room that got turned into part of his living quarters. Very front facing highway 5

I agree, the pyramind shaped skylight is above and its a 2 story lobby, with the photograph taken on the ground floor. Prince is on the first floor. I love it.

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Reply #21 posted 03/04/18 2:21pm

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cloveringold85 said:

This pic is from an older thread.

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It does not appear that there was very much in the Egg/round building. From the plans, it looks like most of it was for mechanical equipment and storage. I see where there is a "storm shelter", and he had a Salon in there and extra parking -- for guests??

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Reply #22 posted 03/05/18 2:18am

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It was used for storage. He saved everything. It's initial purpose was offices, then other projects were considered, but the building never did get finished. The outside is in disrepair. The contents were inventoried per the estate managers. Some items in the building sustained damage due to both the condition of the building, and the lack of properly preparing items for storage. This was all info given by our tour guide last year.
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Reply #23 posted 03/05/18 3:50pm

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sonshine said:

It was used for storage. He saved everything. It's initial purpose was offices, then other projects were considered, but the building never did get finished. The outside is in disrepair. The contents were inventoried per the estate managers. Some items in the building sustained damage due to both the condition of the building, and the lack of properly preparing items for storage. This was all info given by our tour guide last year.

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God, just imagine the clutter and dust!! eek

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Reply #24 posted 03/05/18 5:58pm

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Does the egg sit where the playground used to be? I know I played on that playground during the first celebration in 2000.

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Reply #25 posted 03/06/18 11:51am

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The egg was built much later than the rest of the complex, sometime around 1998 - 2000 from what I read. The Playground was built in 1990 for some of the children that belonged to NPG members and I read too that after the Ahmir thing, it sat there for a few years gathering dust until around the Rave era it was bulldozed.

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Reply #26 posted 03/06/18 12:35pm

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Nothing inside

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Reply #27 posted 03/06/18 5:28pm

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Adorecream said:

The egg was built much later than the rest of the complex, sometime around 1998 - 2000 from what I read. The Playground was built in 1990 for some of the children that belonged to NPG members and I read too that after the Ahmir thing, it sat there for a few years gathering dust until around the Rave era it was bulldozed.

It was actually built more around 1996/1997.

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Reply #28 posted 03/07/18 1:33am

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Adorecream said:

The egg was built much later than the rest of the complex, sometime around 1998 - 2000 from what I read. The Playground was built in 1990 for some of the children that belonged to NPG members and I read too that after the Ahmir thing, it sat there for a few years gathering dust until around the Rave era it was bulldozed.

It was actually built more around 1996/1997.

Sonny and Levi must be talking shit then, oh well.

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Reply #29 posted 03/07/18 1:44pm

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motherfunka said:

Adorecream said:

The egg was built much later than the rest of the complex, sometime around 1998 - 2000 from what I read. The Playground was built in 1990 for some of the children that belonged to NPG members and I read too that after the Ahmir thing, it sat there for a few years gathering dust until around the Rave era it was bulldozed.

It was actually built more around 1996/1997.

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Interesting.

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