I got the following information from Gyle Bonneville on the CPHeavyHual list:

"Community members and others are still working to make sure the historic Shoreham Roundhouse does not get demolished by CP Rail ... or anyone else. The roundhouse has been designated historic by the city of Minneapolis, but
this is no guarantee. The community/community committees would also like to see the area surrounding the roundhouse (18 acres fronting Central Avenue) redeveloped into something less blighted and more viable than what is there now, once CP gets squared away on the pollution. The State Historic Preservation Office has also said all of Shoreham is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Further demolition or changes could jeopardize this. A private developer's proposal to move the old passenger depot and section building off site to county land has been conceptually accepted by Hennepin County but appears to me to be dependent upon a hefty public (federal and county funds, for starters) bailout for a small antique shop in tight budget times (personal opinion here, not speaking as part of any committee). Water towers are still there. Most of the other old buildings are gone -- the last I heard three or so months ago CP was applying for a demo permit for the Machine Shop, so maybe that's gone now too. Due to a legal arrangement cooked up by the city and CP Rail several years ago in District Court, these demo permits must be issued with little or no chance for public input. (Roundhouse was the one exception.)

The Shoreham Area Advisory Committee (SAAC) meets this Monday, Feb. 10, at 7
p.m. at the Holland neighborhood office, 2516 Central Ave. NE, Minneapolis (across the street from the Holy Land and Sully's, just a few blocks south of Shoreham). SAAC meets the second Monday of each month, but the Feb. 10 meeting is the quarterly meeting that CP Rail attends. All are welcome, so feel free to join us! Agenda items include:

-- Pollution update (representative of the Minnesota Pollution Control
--Agency scheduled to attend)
-- Demolitions update
-- 18-acre "teardrop" parcel update
-- Community concerns about historic roundhouse
-- Community concerns about area blight"

Gayle Bonneville (writing as Northeast Minneapolis resident, not as SAAC chair)