Laughter, Falling Water and Time
George Buzza founded his company in Minneapolis in 1907. The early products included college advertising posters, greeting cards, books and later framed mottos. Buzza was considered to be a pioneer in his use of color and the variety of papers used in the greeting cards. In 1917 the company turned a corner with sales of … Read more
Minnehaha Falls is frozen and the ice formations are said to be the handsomest that have ever been seen in the park of the laughing water. Many persons are journeying out to see the falls.
When the Minnesota Theater opened in 1928 it was the fifth largest theater in the country, with seating for over 4,000 in a huge auditorium. The three-story grand lobby was based upon the Sainte-Chappelle at Versailles, and contained a large marble staircase, rows of Corinthian columns with gilded capitals, and on the mezzanine, a grand … Read more
The Second Congregational Church of Minneapolis was first known as Vine Street Church and later called Park Avenue Congregational. The church founded in 1867 in an enclave of New Englanders on what was the city’s near south side. In the 1870s the first Scandinavian immigrants started showing up in Minneapolis and many settled in and … Read more
I was thinking about the reading Madame Sarah gave me when I drove by her neon sign in a blizzard. I was in the ninth grade when I climbed up her steps for the first time. I went with a couple of the guys from school. We were putting together our first rock and roll … Read more
This large hotel and apartment complex occupied most of a downtown block between 1903 and 1984. The hotel tower and apartment hotel tower flanked two of the low-rise Curtis Court Apartments. With 800 rooms, the Curtis billed itself as the largest hotel in the Upper Midwest. In it’s later years the hotel added a suburban … Read more
St, Mortis is far away. but gay, candle-it Swiss caverns are all but around the corner. We refer of course, to Minneapolis’ most unusual cafe,The Cavern Cafe, 1022 Nicollet the like of whose chicken and spaghetti could never be ordered in the Alps. On New Year’s Eve, the Cavern Cafe will be open until the … Read more
Back in 1893, way out west in McLeod Counrty, the Village of Winsted approved the construction and 0n January 1, 1896 there was a public dedication of the newly constructed Winsted City Hall. Last official day of business in original “Village Hall,” was in November of 1997 nearly 102 years after it opened.
In 1941, The 500 seat, $30,000, Tonka Theater opened at the end of the main drag in Excelsior. The auditorium was decorated with murals of steamboats on the nearby lake. Meet Dr. Christian was the first movie. Just three years later, however, the little place was gutted by a fire. It took an appeal to … Read more