Laughter, Falling Water and Time
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Located near beautiful Lake Harriet, a display of nearly 200 varieties of roses is seen by more than 125.000 visitors each year. The Lyndale Park Rose Garden, designed Park Superintendent Theodore Wirth, is the second oldest public rose garden in America. Construction began in 1907 and was completed the following year. An official All America … Read more
A handsome little shelter building in English domestic architectural style has been built at the north end of the small lake. It affords shelter in the summer and a warming room for the skaters in the winter. It also contains modern toilet accommodations. Mr. Cecil Bayless Chapman is the architect, and Mr. E. J. Davis … Read more
Conservatory at Como Park, housing a wide selection of flowers and other botanical specimens from all parts of the world. Many beautiful flower shows are held here yearly. KEY TO VIEWS :— S—St. Paul’s Catholic Church T—Minnehaha Falls P—Union Station A Capitol Building U—Como Park Conservatory L—The Mall
The five sided, fourteen floor Pentagon Apartment at 1415 East 22nd Street, with its imaginative design and consideration for comfort was one of 12 structures in the 10-million dollar Minneapolis Model City Senior Citizen program. Completed in 1963, the unique structure was built to provide low rent housing for seniors. This 100 unit building was … Read more
Not until Minneapolis car purchasers have experienced the cozy, comfortable interior of the ALL-YEAR Car of Minneapolis weather, do they realize to what perfection Kissel has brought it. The ALL-YEAR Top being built-in-not-on, Minneapolis owners have no droughts or leaks to contend with. The smooth blending of top and body insures an even temperature. The … Read more
North High School began thirty-nine years ago, in 1889. The old school was situated where the Logan School now stands. At that time it provided for both grade school and high school students. The section of the building which now faces Fremont Avenue was erected in 1896. The first lunch service was begun in 1901. … Read more
This building was completed in 1918 and is regarded as the last word in modern office building construction. It is twelve stories high. The exterior is of granite, terra-cotta and brick and the interior is finished in marble and mahogany. All the floors throughout are of terrazzo. The entrance lobby is especially beautiful, being finished … Read more
Announcement We take pleasure in announcing to the public the opening of the Pence Opera House under our new management which will conduct it on a new and practical plan enabling us to present the best dramatic productions at a cheaper price of admission then any other first class theater in the Northwest. The prices … Read more
How Minneapolis has dealt with the question of public baths may be seen from the report of the president of the board of park commissioners for 1912… He quotes from an address of ex-president Folwell of University Minnesota, delivered in 1896. Unless civilization takes the back track, modern cities in the next generation will provide … Read more