Mount Curve Apartments Then and Now
Ford opened the Twin Cities Assembly Plant to build Model T cars in 1925. Over the next couple decades the remaining farm land in this far away worner of Saint Paul was subdivided for the auto workers. In 1927, the Ford Bridge was built, construction started on Cap Wigington’s Highland Park Water Tower and these apartments went up on Mount Curve. The [...]
The University Club Then and Now
The University Club’s Summit Avenue Clubhouse was completed and opened for member use in 1913. The building was designed by Reed and Stem, designers of Grand Central Station in New York City, The Saint Paul Hotel, the Downtown Saint Paul Athletic Club and quite a few Summit Avenue homes. The clubhouse was modeled after London’s great turn-of-the-century city clubs, both in [...]
Rockin’ Sockin’ Sheriff Tommy Gibbons
Saint Paul native, Thomas J. Gibbons was a nearly undefeated heavyweight boxer. He started boxing professionally as a middleweight at the tender age of 20. Tommy was often compared to his brother Mike as he advanced to the Heavyweight class and developed a respectable punch. His biggest fight came near the end of his [...]
The Associated Bank Building Then and Now
Associated Bank is the successor to Liberty State Bank, which opened its doors at Selby and Snelling in 1917. I’m going to guess the building got boarded up and had its bottom rocked out in the late 70′s. Associated came into the neighborhood after acquiring First Federal Capital Corporation and Liberty in 2004. [...]
The Hamline Park Building Then and Now
Built by the WPA in 1938, the Hamline Park Building on Snelling Avenue is one of over 50 buildings designed by Clarence Wesley “Cap” Wigington that still stand in the city. During the 1920s and 30s, Wigington designed most of the Saint Paul Public Schools buildings, as well as golf clubhouses, fire stations [...]
