Cass Gilbert’s Capital on the Cover
Here’s a copy of the Western Architect Vol. 4 No 10., Oct. 1905. The entire issue is devoted to Cass Gilbert’s Minnesota State Capitol. The magazine is lavishly illustrated with glossy black and white photos, of art, statues, ceilings, ,dimensions,chambers, exteriors and etc. The Minnesota capitol article is 30 pages and there are about [...]
The Thomas Lowry Memorial Then and Now
The Thomas Lowry Memorial and his statue were erected in 1915 on Virginia Triangle at Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues, not far from Thomas Lowry’s mansion on Lowry Hill. The mansion was eventually purchased by Thomas Walker who then created the Walker Art Center on the site. When Virginia Triangle was lost to freeway plans in 1967 [...]
Bicentennial Minneapolis and Saint Paul
I just couldn’t resist reposting this great bicentennial post card I found over on the Postcardy Blog. The official Bicentennial events began on April 1, 1975, when the American Freedom Train launched in Wilmington, Delaware to start its 21-month, 25,388-mile tour of the 48 contiguous states. The only Twin Cities connection I can find [...]
