34th and 50th Then and Now
1957 Looking west toward Nokomis Shoes, Dr. De Mane’s Art Deco Dentist and the fabulous Dominguez Family Restaurant. 2010 1957 Looking east toward Hiawatha. The building on the left is the old post office. 2010 Read More
Navarre’s Grace Baptist Church Then and Now
Grace Baptist Church in Navarre was razed in 2000 to make way for this Snyder Drug that closed last spring. Read More
Mound High Then and Now
1945 Mound’s high school buildings were built in 1917 and 1938. A hexagonal pod section was added in 1964. At the top of the picture you can see the holder for the lone incandescent light bulb that used to light up this intersection originally. Later more modern incandescent lamps were mounted on horizontal extenders from poles. Modern metal poles with mercury lights came... Read More
The Orono Hill School Then and Now
2010 The Hill School building, which gets its name from James J. Hill, was built in 1892 for use as a school house and community gathering space. The building has served as a public school, a library and the original building for the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, which has since moved next door to a new building. I think the building is empty at the moment. A small private school... Read More
5145 Lyndale Avenue South Then and Now
1920 Thinking you could use a couple nice green clay roof tiles? Click Here to see some great ones made by Ludowici Celadon Co. in Chicago. They were salvaged from a building on the upper West Side of Manhattan and were made the same year this house was built. Nice bright green glaze. Tapered barrel. There are also end pieces and roof crest pieces included in this lot. Priced at... Read More
University Avenue Montgomery Wards Then and Now
1930 The Montgomery Ward Building was the tallest structure in the Midway District and a familiar landmark along the northside of Interstate 94 until demolition in 1996. The shopping center that sits on the current sight originally featured a new Montgomery Ward Store (now Herberger’s) and includes a small ornamental tower on the eastside, in obvious deference to the original... Read More
Kavoukjian’s Persian Rug House Then and Now
In the early part of the 20th Century, the Oriental rug business in Minnesota was booming. Behind this huge success were the Armenians. As early as 1903, advertisements were placed in the local papers in Minneapolis to mobilize hard-working Armenian men to assist with rug repairs. Many of these early pioneers then went on to sales positions and later opened shops of their own. In... Read More
Minnehaha Academy Now and Then