Laughter, Falling Water and Time
When the Radisson finally opened just before Christmas 1909, only the Minneapolis City Hall extended farther above the growing Mill City skyline. Most of the Radisson Hotel rooms had baths, and all had cold drinking water pumped from an artesian well 975 feet below the ground. The well, drilled under the supervision of expert … Read more
Patterned after Vatican City’s 2,000 year old “Father Nile”, our very own “Father of Waters” rests in the rotunda of the Minneapolis City Hall. This guy was carved from the largest single block of marble ever taken from the Carrara quarries in Italy. Originally commissioned for the city of New Orleans the enormous statue celebrates … Read more
In July of ’03 the demolition of a small frame building in Washington Avenue opposite the Milwaukee Road station opened up a view to one of the very oldest houses in the young city of Minneapolis. Erected in 1856 by John H. Spear, the house was hidden from the street for almost 15 years. When … Read more
The Minneapolis City Hall was designed by Long and Keys in 1887. The building replaced the previous city hall a few blocks away between Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues. Construction began in 1889, and a cornerstone located thirty feet above the sidewalk was laid on July 16, 1891. Some of the individual granite blocks cut from … Read more