Meet Me in the Park!
The land around old Johnson’s Lake was the first parcel purchased by a newly formed Minneapolis Park Board in April 1883. Central Park became a popular destination almost immediately. After the lake was expanded in 1884, the park board created a skating rink. Electric lights for night skating were added the following year. The [...]
The Elite Eitel Hospital
The old Eitel Hospital building, located across from Loring Park is a fairly plain brick building, made even more so when its original cornice was removed. The hospital was founded by Dr. George Eitel in 1912. the hospital catered to the upper crust and featured sun porches with Navajo rugs, private rooms, brass beds [...]
Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
One of two cathedrals in the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, Saint Mark’s was built as a parish church on Hennepin Avenue in 1910. The church began in 1858 as a north Minneapolis mission of Gethsemane. in 1863 thirty-three yoke of oxen pulled the mission on sled runners to what was becoming the center of [...]
Ozark Flats Then and Now
This romanesque revival apartment building designed by William H. Grimshaw has been standing on the corner of 13th and Hennepin since 1892. These days it’s known as the Bellvue, but in years gone by it was called Hennepin Flats and Ozark Flats. The building is etched into the memory of Minneapolis as the residence [...]
On Spruce Place Then and Now
Phantom infested early 20th century walk-ups and tenement rows ethnic basement grocery stores rent controlled, cooperative cockroaches left alone and in love with what was like children looking through windows of all ages We are always finding home
