Laughter, Falling Water and Time
After his amazing Pagoada Pavilion burned to the ground in 1903, The Park Board decided to give architect, Harry W. Jones another try. This time his pavilion was designed in the Classic Revival style. Affectionately known as “The Pavilion”, the facility featured two levels with changing rooms, a restaurant and lower level refreshment stand. There … Read more
No larger or more varied combination of the elements of natural beauty can anywhere be found in the near neighborhood of a great city than are- here grouped together. Nature has bestowed with lavish hand upon the environments of Minneapolis all her most picturesque forms of scenery with the sole exception of great mountains. Rocks … Read more
Could you learn to love me in Minneapolis or will I have to move to St. Paul Could we find a home near Powderhorn Merriam Park is too dear and too small Could you learn to love me Minneapolis or will you stay behind Dayton’s Bluff The shops stay open late on Hennepin Avenue and … Read more
The clubhouse of this popular organization is on the west shore of Lake Calhoun, where the club owns about 14S acres of land in a beautiful location. The clubhouse is complete in every appointment of a modern club home and the grounds have extensive golf links and both turf and dirt tennis courts. Membership is … Read more
In 1903, Marion Savage, owner of race horse Dan Patch purchased the old Industrial Exposition Building for his International Stock Food Company. Later the building was home to the M. W. Savage Co. , a mail order equipment supplier. The facility was so big clerks used roller skates to travel across the vast interior spaces … Read more
Discover the exciting difference a Crowning Glory wig can make in your life. Now you can be instantly glamorous and save hours of your precious time. What a moral booster, knowing you will look your loveliest for any unexpected appointment. Crowning Glory wigs are made of 100% human hair, individually custom fitted and perfectly blended … Read more
CENTENNIAL PLAZA, commemorating Minneapolis’ 100th birthday (1856-1956), occupies part of the site on which First National Bank of Minneapolis will erect its new multi-million dollar building. In the far corner of the Plaza is a replica of historic Minnehaha Falls. At the right is a restoration of Minneapolis’ original (1849) post office. This short lived … Read more
Park Avenue— in the 1870s this lovely thoroughfare was better known as Russell Street it was renamed Park Avenue in 1888. A stylish boulevard of urban estates offering a wide street, generous setbacks, and spacious lots, the handsome residence street corresponds to 7th Av. S., south from 10th St. Park Avenue is 100 feet wide … Read more
By Morchella The is so cheap and so delicious that I considered not writing about it. Sometimes when you let everyone in on a secret, it gets spoiled. But I’m going to risk it. Mainly because plenty people know about it already and it’s just a matter of time before the line from the counter … Read more