Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Beginning at Bridge Square Nicollet Avenue takes a southwesterly course to Grant Street and thence due south to the city limits. It is the most prominent street in the city. From 1st to 8th Street it is crowded with retail stores and in fact almost monopolizes this class of trade. Architecturally the street is above … Read more
Schmitt Music Company’s mural of Ravel’s “Scarbo” from “Gaspard de la Nuit” on a wall of its downtown Minneapolis headquarters store has drawn attention since 1972. French pianist Desire N’Kaoua, who noted the wall on a visit, liked it so much that a photo is featured in the liner notes of his album, “Maurice Ravel: … Read more
Young Men’s Christian Association of the City of Minneapolis was organized in the summer of 1866. Since that time it has gradually grown until it now owns, free from debt, a splendid property at the corner of 10th and Young Men’s Christian Association… The central building is of brown stone and pressed brick, five stories in … Read more
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
The Sheridan Hotel’s three story section at S. 12th Street and Marquette Avenue built back in 1923. The 10 story tower on 11th Street was added in 1926. In the late 1950s, the owners spent about $500,000 to modernize the shorter sections and create a new motor hotel. The tower was converted for use as … Read more
Make the Dyckman Hotel your Minneapolis address. Comfortable beds in quiet rooms refresh you for next. day’s labors. A big, modern hotel right in the heart of the downtown section, with rates that will appeal to anyone wants a great deal for her money. A hotel in every sense of the word. HOW ABOUT A … Read more
You’ll like the warm and friendly greeting that awaits you just inside the doors Of the Curtis Hotel in Minneapolis. Three generations of the same family management have built a reputation for alert and friendly service quick to fulfill your slightest wish anticipating most of them! The traditional friendliness and cheerful atmosphere Will make your … 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
ABOVE A PRELIMINARY PICTURE OF THE EXTERIOR OF OUR NEW BUILDING AS IT WILL APPEAR AFTER THE REMODELING PROCESS; but does not include the contemplated Lighting Effects now being worked out, which will make this, the Corner of Fifth Street and First Avenue North, One of the Brightest Corners in the Down Town District. MOST … Read more