Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The Andrews hotel, owned and operated by the Brunswick Investment Company, will open Sept. 4th. The building now being constructed at Fourth Street and Hennepin will go up six stories at first, but the foundations have been made for a 13-story building. It will be fireproof throughout. O.G.Gross is architect for the H.L. Stevens Company, … Read more
Murray’s Restaurant in Minneapolis! I’ve never seen such a place! Why that hall was so jammed with people waiting for tables you couldn’t get in or out. You got to have good meals to do that and they got them and service with them. They know how to run a restaurant that is an awful … Read more
My dear friend: You are a guest in our home and it is our desire to extend you every personal courtesy that will lend to your comfort and enjoyment. So, please do not think of the Nankin as “just a restaurant”, but as a sort of a “cafe club” to which you belong. Your personal … Read more
Gateway Park houses the Gateway Tourist Bureau of the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, where visitors may secure information about points of interest and travel conditions. To the left of the Nicollet Hotel, is Nicollet Avenue, known as the “Fifth Avenue Of the Northwest” where many important mercantile establishments and smart shops are to be … Read more
Located in the heart of Minneapolis’ Chain of Lakes District, the Rainbow was opened in 1919, and it has been operated ever since by the Legeros’ and their fine staff, some of whom have been with the restaurant for over 25 years. Originally the Rainbow was as large as the present Coffee Shop. It has … Read more
THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY One of the cities’ beautiful churches. Near the steps of this architectural wonder is a statue dedicated to Father Louis Hennepin, an early missionary, explorer and historian, on the 250th anniversary of his sighting of the Falls of St. Anthony beside whose fecund waters clustered the pioneers of the City … Read more
Levi, Samuel, and Jacob Shubert burst on to the New York theater scene at the turn of the century. Over the next twenty years the Shubert Brothers grew into the biggest theater owning and producing business in the nation. After Samuel Shubert was killed in a train wreck, the remaining brothers paid their respects by … Read more
The Masonic Temple is the finest structure of its kind in the West, and is surpassed by but few in the country. Covering a ground space of 88 feet on Hennepin Av. and 153 feet on 6th St., it rises eight stories in height. The walls are of Ohio sand- stone. The building is fire … Read more
The larger part of the passenger traffic of the city is handled at the Great Northern Passenger station, at the foot of Hennepin and Nicollet Avs. This completely modern station was begun in 1912 and opened for traffic early in 1914 taking the place of the old “union station” built in 1884. The exterior of … Read more