Laughter, Falling Water and Time
For Twenty-five long years, the Sheraton-Ritz in Minneapolis sat across the street from the Downtown Library between Nicollet Mall and Marquette Avenue. The swanky hotel was one of the first things built after the city condemned and demolished everything they could for the Gateway District Urban Renewal Project. Construction began in 1961 and the 19 … Read more
In a nation noted for the number and the size of its auditoriums, Minneapolis today boasts the second largest completed auditorium in the United States. Minneapolis’ new civic center has a seating capacity of 10,545. The Cleveland auditorium, the largest completed structure of its kind in point of seating capacity, seats 11,200. A new auditorium … Read more
The largest, newest hotel in this fine city of 350,000 people. Beautiful dining room, Driftwood Room, and many fine lobby shops make this an interesting place to Stop. A modern fireproof commercial hotel. Five blocks on direct street car line from Union Railway Station. Minimum taxicab transfer charge service. Every room has private bath, outside … Read more
POST OFFICE BUILDING Minneapolis, Minnesota This building contains 362 thousand square feet of floor area. It was completed in 1934 at a cost of five million dollars. Building was occupied March 1st, 1935. Our new post office was completed in 1933 and formally opened on March 9th, 1935. Designed by Léon Eugène Arnal, while he … Read more
This beautiful boulevard and parkway skirts the south edge of the loop district, along the Mississippi River. The impressive building to right is the Ramsey County Court House and St. Paul City Hall. Saint Paul’s City Hall and Court House, unique in design and architecture, is one of the finest, most modern buildings o: its … Read more
F & M has grown with Minneapolis. It is a pioneer in many ways — it pioneered the mutual savings idea which prospered in the North Star State. Its leaders were from pioneer families who helped to lay the foundations of Minneapolis —and many of whose descendants have occupied and continue to occupy leadership positions … Read more
St. Paul’s United States Post Office and Custom House sit above the Mississippi River at 180 Kellogg Boulevard East. Located next to Union Depot and the city’s bushiness district, the facility was at the center of the city’s postal operations for much of the glorious twentieth century. When the original building was completed in 1934, … Read more
The imposing stone edifice of Central Lutheran Church stands at the southern edge of beautiful downtown Minneapolis. The church began when a group of Norwegian-American laymen came together to fill the need for a Norwegian Lutheran presence in the heart of the city. After victory came in World War I, the founders decided that the … Read more
Known as the “Fifth Avenue of the Northwest”, Nicollet is noted for its fine modern stores furnishing merchandise gathered from all over the world along with products made in Minneapolis – City of Lakes and Parks Paris creations, imported specialties, exciting American products, these are all a familiar part of the bustling Minneapolis retail seen. … Read more