Laughter, Falling Water and Time
In 1908 construction was completed on a handsome shelter at the southeast end of Powderhorn Lake fronting 15th Avenue South at East 34th Street. The concrete building had a steel frame roof covered with tile that projected ten feet over the outside walls. A reinforced concrete floor enclosed a 40 x 100 feet, space all in … Read more
The story of the Stevens house reminds me of Virginia Lee Burton’s book, The Little House that was based the story her own little house which she had moved from a busy city street into a field of daisies with apple trees growing all around. The removal of the old Stevens house from 16th Avenue … Read more
The good old the Prospect Park Water Tower, better known as the “Witch’s Hat” has been a Minneapolis landmark for over 100 years. The dedication was held back in July of 1914. The park was strung with electric lights for the event. Mayor Nye, members of the city council and other officials were the guests … Read more
Nine years after the Minneapolis Park Board first considered the idea in their annual report, Glenwood Park’s first golf course was constructed in 1916. The nine holes featured sand greens and clay tees. Play was free and an instructor was on hand to teach people the game. By the end of the season, 12,000 rounds … Read more
A picturesque Of granite quarry in St. Cloud. Its memorial and building stone has this City known as the Granite City of Minnesota. A St. Cloud treasure, Quarry Park (used to be Hundred Acres Quarry) is the largest park in beautiful Stearns County. Pack a lunch and have a look at the early granite industry … Read more
Merriam Park— The largest suburb in the city limits. Reached by the St. Paul-Minneapolis, the Selby- Lake and Merriam Park car lines and the Milwaukee railroad. The park has a very good private hospital (Dr. Cobb’s), some churches of different denominations, a bank and branch post office. It is a very desirable residence district, within … Read more
In 1923 the Minneapolis Park Board voted to purchase a prime piece of real estate for this little park on Lowry Hill. The scheme had been in the works for some time. A year earlier, Landscape architect Phelps Wyman drew up a plan that included a pergola and a man-made cascade running through a series … Read more
It was only a short walk along Hawthorne Avenue from the stage door of the Orpheum theater at 10th and Hennepin to the six story brown brick hotel a couple blocks away. The Hastings Hosted all the big names that brought Broadway and Vaudeville to the Mill City. Even after the variety bills started to … Read more
There has been a pavilion on the north end of Lake Harriet since 1888. The first one was built by the Minneapolis Street Railway Company on a piece of property that belonged to trolley tycoon, Thomas Lowry. The grand pavilion served as a motor line station and featured a 1500 seat auditorium. Summer concerts, plays, … Read more