Butler Square’s Great Glass Elevators
In the Seventies I spent at least a couple weekends a year with my mother at Art Fairs all over the Twin Cities. I still remember the feeling I used to get after the booth was all set up and Mom unfolded her little yellow lawn chair. It was like somebody had just turned over [...]
My Little Old Shack In Minneapolis
The tuneful styling of Yogi Yorgesson on Capital in 1950. The flip-side is “Someone Spiked The Punch At Lena’s Wedding”. Harry Stewart, better known as, Yogi Yorgesson, was born in Tacoma, Washington in the autumn of 1908. His father was a Norwegian immigrant. In the 1920′s Stewart worked as an announcer, weather reporter, newsman and [...]
Parkwood Knolls
In 1949 the Edina city council was hoping to replicate the success of the Country Club neighborhood in the bluffs and hills on the city’s western edge. One of the Country Club Districts pre-eminent builders, Carl Hansen managed to persuade the city to view the lush rolling meadows to the west as a pastoral, [...]
The Snappy Chip in Space
In 1934 Old Dutch started started their potato chip business in St. Paul. In 1937 they moved across the river to Minneapolis. Old Dutch opened a plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1954 to manufacture chips for the Canadian market. The head office for Canadian operations remains in Winnipeg. Although American Old Dutch moved it’s [...]
The Last Vikings Game in Bloomington
The last Vikings home outdoor game at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington was was on December 12th, 1981. After the Metrodome roof collapse they had another outdoor game on on December 29th, 2011. 29 years to the day from their previous home outdoor game! Check out the video below to see the fans [...]
