Laughter, Falling Water and Time
This beautiful boulevard and parkway skirts the south edge of the loop district, along the Mississippi River. The impressive building to right is the Ramsey County Court House and St. Paul City Hall. Saint Paul’s City Hall and Court House, unique in design and architecture, is one of the finest, most modern buildings o: its … Read more
St. Paul’s United States Post Office and Custom House sit above the Mississippi River at 180 Kellogg Boulevard East. Located next to Union Depot and the city’s bushiness district, the facility was at the center of the city’s postal operations for much of the glorious twentieth century. When the original building was completed in 1934, … Read more
Known as the “Fifth Avenue of the Northwest”, Nicollet is noted for its fine modern stores furnishing merchandise gathered from all over the world along with products made in Minneapolis – City of Lakes and Parks Paris creations, imported specialties, exciting American products, these are all a familiar part of the bustling Minneapolis retail seen. … Read more
The St. Paul Athletic Club, corner 4th and Cedar streets, has a frontage on 4th street of 112 feet and 100 feet on Cedar street and is founded on broader lines and will cover a much wider scope and field of usefulness in the community at large than similar organizations in the country of its … Read more
The Greatest Department Store in Minneapolis Has Been a Dominant Factor in the Development of the Northwest. Just as some men are born leaders in the world of politics, on the battlefield, and in the work of empire building, just so are men born to lead in the business world. It was this inherited genius … 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
Harry E. Pence is the president and general manager of the Pence Automobile Company, was born on October 7, 1867, in the state of Ohio, at the town of Springboro. His father, Charles N. Pence, was a farmer in the vicinity of Springboro, and his son spent his early life on the farm and began … Read more
The official opening of the $13.3 million Saint Paul Hilton was planned and prepared down to the last introduction, everything but the ribbon. “We discovered last night that we had no ribbon to cut, ” one of the planners confided to reporters assembled for the big day. A ribbon was procured, appropriately cut, and the … Read more
A twelve- story concrete office building erected in 1910 at the corner of Hennepin Av. and Sixth St. at a cost of about $1,000,000. It is thoroughly modern in every respect and absolutely fire-proof. The exterior walls are of red brick, stone and terra cotta. Interior fittings are of mahogany. Simplicity of design, solidity and … Read more