Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The pavilion has again undergone some very important changes, which are a decided improvement to both the appearance of the building and its efficiency in service. Through the introduction of a wide board walk on the water side of the structure and a large platform over the former landing place and swimming pool in front … Read more
Lake of the Isles is known for its two wooded islands, its long north arm, and the surrounding stately houses of Lowry Hill and Kenwood. Looking west from the Mississippi River at the Skyline of the city. Minneapolis is a beautiful city with its gleaming skyscrapers, its modern mills, its magnificent homes and its spacious … Read more
I sometimes wonder if people appreciate the recreational and educational facilities offered them by our parks. The other night, my wife, granddaughter, three resident aliens and myself strolled over to Lake Harriet and took a “package trip” which, for a very small fee, entitled us to passage on the launch which circumnavigated the lake. The … Read more
Harriet Park is one of a very different order. It is fashionable, conventional and metropolitan. It is a Coney Island in miniature. It embraces the banks of Lake Harriet, and has a beautiful boulevard encircling the lake. Here the fashionable carriages roll in endless procession of a Sunday afternoon. From the stage floating upon the … Read more
Go west on Lake Street, until you reach the northeastern end of Lake Calhoun. There the road divides itself into two branches. One goes southward to Lake Harriet. while the other one skirts along the northern shore of Lake Calhoun; this is the one generally used on trips to Lake Minnetonka and other places in … Read more
SKYLINE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA View of the skyline of downtown Minneapolis with Loring Park in the foreground. Some of the buildings in the view are the the Rand Tower, Telephone Building, Medical Arts and N.W. Bank Building. THE BUSINESS SECTION There are world famous retail stores, theaters where the latest productions may be seen, hotels and … Read more
Minneapolis and St. Paul (the Twin Cities, U. S. A.) form practically one community. Their limits merge without visible separation. Twenty six of the twenty-nine railroad lines serving Minneapolis also serve St. Paul. Four interurban electric lines and fast motor buses connect their business districts. Together, they constitute one of the largest and most important … Read more
Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak trees. -Longfellow You are always welcome in Minneapolis. It is a city famed as much for its hospitality as for its renowned beauty and its commercial greatness. This booklet gives you only the merest suggestion in pictures and paragraphs of its enchantment for … 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