The Anatomic Bomb :
Lili St. Cyr came into the world as Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis. Her parents mo...
Cinerama at the Century :
The Century Theater opened as a vaudeville house called the Miles in 1908. In 1915, the place wa...
Tri-state Telephone and Telegraph Company Then and Now :
The Tri-State Telephone & Telegraph Company was a major competitor of Northwestern Bell Tel...
hroughout the 20th century, Uptown was primarily a family area centered on nearby West High School at Hennepin and 28th Street West. Modest housing along Lowry Hill met the mansions of Kenwood to the west and around the lakes. Hennepin Avenue flourished as a commercial corridor and important streetcar route from downtown toward the [...]
