Laughter, Falling Water and Time
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You can’t tell by looking at this old photo, but the place where Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues meet was almost as big a traffic snarl in 1943 as it is today. It may have been worse. Back then Minneapolis had close to 100,000 more residents and many more shopping working and living close to downtown. … Read more
The Edna S. Purcell house was designed by William Gray Purcell & George Grant Elmslie for Purcell and his family in 1913. The house is considered on of the finest examples of work done by the local architecture firm of Purcell and Elmslie. The structure’s horizontal plane, flat roof, use of natural materials and colors … Read more
The International Style, Lutheran Brotherhood Home Office at was completed in 1956. The building is remembered as one of the first to incorporate curtain-wall construction. The lower level opened on a sunken garden and the ivy covered walls of the Minneapolis Club. Two floors were added during 1967-1968. Minnegasco moved in and renamed the building … Read more
The Mediterranean Revival was first introduced in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. It became popular during the 1920s and 1930s. The style evolved from renewed interest in the Italian Renaissance architecture of palaces and seaside villas dating from the sixteenth century. The Grananda was built in 1929. For many years … Read more
Nokomis was originally named Lake Amelia in honor of Captain George Gooding’s daughter, Amelia, in 1819. Its current name wasn’t adopted until 1910. Nokomis was Hiawatha’s grandmother. Before the lake was dredged it was only 5 feet deep. In 1925 Rice Lake was renamed Hiawatha and 1929 Over 1.2 million cubic yards were dredged out … Read more
Lili St. Cyr came into the world as Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis. Her parents moved to Pasadena, California when she was 7 years old. The entertainer’s early life is somewhat of a mystery. She had a sister, Rosemary Van Schaack Minsky. Her grandparents, the Klarquists, reared her and her show business siblings, Dardy … Read more
They are probably best remembered for their 1917 production of Romeo and Juliet. Bushman and Bayne were married in 1918. It was rumored that Hollywood disapproved of Bushman divorcing his wife and marrying the much younger Bayne. Their careers went into decline. In the early 20′s they starred in a play, The Master Thief, worked … Read more
MIDWAY MOTEL 901 North Snelling Ave. (on Highway 51) St. Paul, Minn. 55104 Phone: 646-4584 Area Code: 612 Located in St. Paul’s Midway and college districts. near State Fair Grounds, city bus by our door. Each unit has: wall-to-wall carpeting. deluxe furnishings, free color TV, telephone, ceramic tile bath, tub and shower, baseboard heat, and … Read more
The leading social club of the city. It maintains a handsome club house at the corner of 8th St. and 2d Av. S. This building, which cost with site $325,000, was completed in 1908. It Is not only architecturally conspicuous but is one of the most complete club houses, in every detail, recently erected. On … Read more