Summit and Dale Then and Now
An intersection of two streets that appear to be named after features in the land that I just don’t see. Dale Street began appearing on maps as the western boundary of the city in 1871. Summit Avenue ends and begins at the top of a hill or bluff, but for almost all of it’s length [...]
The Belmont Apartments Then and Now
By the dawn’s early light, it’s the old Belmont Apartment Building at 1000 West Franklin in Minneapolis. The building was built in 1919 and has provided a happy home for lucky, Lowry Hill bourgeois and bohemians ever since.
Darkening Stevens Community Doorways
If I keep this up folks might get the idea that I’m looking for an apartment. I spent three years in at least two Steven’s Community apartment buildings and I’ve always had a soft spot for the neighborhood. It’s sad to see the the old Abbott Hospital building on 18th in such a state, [...]
