Laughter, Falling Water and Time
If you are interested in seeing how natural landscapes may be improved and made into ideal pleasure grounds, let us spend a forenoon or afternoon or evening at Como Park. The distance by trolley is three miles, taking the – Como-Harriet line, or any other car marked “Como” at the corner of Fifth and Wabasha … Read more
The materials for construction were selected with the greatest care ,buff Bedford Indiana limestone being used for the exterior. Its texture and grain are well adapted to this type of architecture. The velvety surface of the rubbed stone enables the designer to secure rich and cleancut shadows , which , contrasting with the plain and … Read more
At the beginning of the year this important work had advanced far enough to assure its completion for the proposed Civic Celebration. It was, however, evident that every day would have to be taken ad vantage of, and the work on the four bridges was therefore pushed as fast as weather and other controlling conditions … Read more
Grading for the rose garden at Lyndale Park was started rather late and the work in connection with same was much more extensive on account of the character of the material encountered. Altogether about 5,000 yards of loam and gravel were handled by scrapers. The grading was completed before winter set in and the beds … Read more
In 1905 W. J. Keith announced that he had led a contract to see. F. Haglin for a Modern Family hotel and apartment house to cost $225,000. It was to be a 6 story and basement fireproof structure facing Loring park where Kenwood Parkway joins Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues. Already excavation was finished. Mr. Haglin … Read more
Public pleasure grounds have come to be regarded as necessities, no less than evidences of the highest civilization. Viewed in this light, Minneapolis takes rank among the leading cities of the world, for her park system and driveways are already known as among the greatest for natural beauty to be found anywhere. It is only … Read more
Lake Nokomis was originally called Lake Amelia and is so recorded on the Fort map in 1823. It was probably named for the wife or daughter of Capt. George Gooding, who came with the first troops in 1819. In 1910 it was rechristened Nokomis by the park commissioners of Minneapolis, in honor of the mythical … Read more
In the Summer of 1963, the Grain Belt Breweries, Inc. dedicated a ten-acre park in front of the brewery’s old wagon shed, near the corner of Broadway and Marshall streets. Pictured are the Gasthaus and fountain in one corner of the block long yard. Water came from the famous Diamond Wells, 1407 feet deep. This … Read more
The Lake Nokomis bath house and beach were completed early in July, and the official opening took place in July. Some changes were made in the proposed arrangements of dressers and lockers, and the ground plan herein reproduced shows the present very satisfactory arrangement. The building presents a very attractive appearance, is commodious and practical … Read more