Laughter, Falling Water and Time
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
Sailing regattas on Bde Maka Ska in the heart of the Minneapolis residential district bring racing enthusiasts from yacht clubs throughout the United States, Argentina and Canada to the Aquatennial, a great summer festival celebrating Minnesota’s vacational areas. One of 22 lakes within the city, the park around Bde Maka Ska contains 523 acres, 489 … 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 postcard was originally published by an outfit called Midwest Specialties in the 1950’s. Back in those days you could find a little old place called the Ranch House if you pointed your car south on Lyndale and rolled out to the horizon. The owner, Harriet Long, advertised good food and an environment dedicated to … Read more
Spacious Functional and Practical! This is the Orchid Inn … Unique combination of excellent meeting areas, outstanding cuisine, beautiful surroundings, and convenient location. With over 23,000 square feet on one level. the Inn provides private meeting facilities for groups from ten to one thousand! In addition, any number of rooms can be sub-divided with movable … Read more
Founded in 1857, the Gluek Brewing is the oldest manufacturer in Minneapolis. The keg wagon pictured is drawn by pure-bred Belgian mares, bred and raised on the Gluek Farms. Our story’s told and now you see how we brew beer of quality. Every step we watch with care, the perfect product to prepare. For well … Read more
A story that stretches across the year I was born, wondering recklessly between historical fiction and psychedelic fantasy, populated with Rolling Stones, Syd Barrett, the Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Allen Ginsberg, an ancient soul and members of a somewhat supernatural sect of do-gooders. Utopia Avenue is the daydream of an unlikely rock band trying keep … 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