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 Thomas Lowry Memorial Then and Now
The Thomas Lowry Memorial and his statue were erected in 1915 on Virginia Triangle at Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues, not far from Thomas Lowry’s mansion on Lowry Hill. The mansion was eventually purchased by Thomas Walker who then created the Walker Art Center on the site. When Virginia Triangle was lost to freeway plans in 1967 [...]
