Laughter, Falling Water and Time
In 1893, Court Avenue in Bellefontaine, Ohio became the first American street paved with concrete. George Bartholemew is still celebrated for his “artificial stone” pavement. Bartholemew convinced the Bellefontaine City Council to try it around the Logan County Court House by posting a bond that guaranteed the pavement would last at least five years. The … Read more
The Aqua City Motel 5739 Lyndale Ave. So., U. S. Hwy. 65 MINNEAPOLIS 19, MINN. 10 Minutes to Downtown On the best Bus Line Phone: Taylor 3-5247 — 20 Units, Air-Conditioned, AAA Approved Carpeted, Fireproof Rooms — Ceramic Baths and Showers Free TV and Phone in every room.
“Why go to a health resort when you can obtain the same or better results in Minneapolis without loss of time or attention to business. Looking at these interiors views of the Sulphur Vapor-Bath Parlors at 2526 Hennepin Avenue demonstrate our standards of cleanliness. Our baths were awarded a gold medal and international diploma at … Read more
Have you seen my ofiice at Columbia Heights this year, with its beautiful park? If not, you ought to take a little trip and see what a wonderful place Columbia Heights is getting to be. I infer, from words dropped here and there, that the average person, in thinking of Columbia Heights, thinks of it … Read more
Decades before Holiday Station Stores, Pump and Munch, Super America an British Petroleum came up over the horizon, South Minneapolis was littered with tiny independently owned service stations. Many of these little building are still standing. Some have been repurposed as law offices, flowers shops, permaculture cafes and acupuncture clinics. Their parking lots and driveways … Read more
Minneapolis: Home of Minnehaha; seat of a race of workers whose pride give VALUE RECEIVED. Favored civic offspring of the Father of Waters who’s perpetual annuity of $3,000,000 in hydro energy grinds her flour, lights her streets, propels her cars weaves her blankets, knits her garments and ramifies into her thousand industries. Head of the … 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 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
Way back on page 255 of the Moon Handbook for Minneapolis & St. Paul there’s section devoted to the best blogs in the cities. We were so pleased to see ourselves listed there! Here’s what they had to say, Nokohaha www.nokohaha.com: The bloggers behind Nokohaha have a passion for history and for place, regularly pairing … Read more