Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Built in 1918 with three additional floors added in 1922, the Parkway was advertised as the nicest small Hotel in Minneapolis. If desired a furnished room became a living room with a disappearing bed. Apartments had private baths and rates during the depression were nine to eleven dollars per week. In 1940, the Midland Hotels … Read more
The Antlers sat for decades at the edge of the Lyndale dell and forest. The building offered a large entrance hall into each apartment, comfortably sized rooms with concealed bed, dressing table, glass and lighting fixtures. There were beautiful, large tiled baths with porcelain tubs, sinks and toilets. Full length mirrors were built into the … Read more
The Chapman House is probably the best known and most popular hotel on Lake Minnetonka, and is one of the oldest. Situated at the very head of the lake, the location is retired and at the same time accessible. The house stands upon a bluff about 25 feet above the water, commanding a splendid View … Read more
Outside of Sweden there is no finer collection of decorative porcelainized stoves for heating the front parlors than the eleven in the sumptuous French chateau that Swan J. Turnblad built on Park Avenue in Minneapolis. Neither is there a finer assortment of carved African mahoganies, European furniture and Swedish rugs of Oriental designs. When Minnesota … Read more
The good old Bungalow Inn, brightened the corner of Bass Lake Road and Highway Fifty-Two for over 40 years. Elmer C. Hartig was running a gas station when he took over a small neighborhood bar at 6221 56th Avenue North. He grew the bushiness and expanded into a popular restaurant and lounge. In the 1960’s … 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
The season at Hotel del Otero is at its height and the guests continue to come in such numbers that there are nights when Manager Hopkins finds the question of sheltering all his visitors a perplexing one. Pleasures to suit all tastes are abundantly provided at Spring Park and a variety of indoor and out-of-door … Read more
The Capp Towers Motor Hotel 1313 Nicollet Avenue South turned a few heads when it opened on Tuesday April 2nd, 1963. The 6.5 million dollar structure with 330 rooms could accommodate 800 guests. Capp Towers was the third downtown motel to open that year after the Inn Towne and the Northstar Inn. The 15 story … Read more
The official opening of the $13.3 million Saint Paul Hilton was planned and prepared down to the last introduction, everything but the ribbon. “We discovered last night that we had no ribbon to cut, ” one of the planners confided to reporters assembled for the big day. A ribbon was procured, appropriately cut, and the … Read more