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Plan Solves Civic Center Auto Problem Traffic Circles Would Relieve Hennepin ‘Bottle Neck’ Congestion. Creation of a civic center in the LorIng Park-Parade area as suggested to the City Council by the City Planning commission, Will result in a still greater flow of traffic into the Hennepin-Lyndale “bottle-neck” provision for which is made in plans … Read more
CHAPLAIN’S REPORT Minnesota Soldiers’ Home, Minnehaha, July 31, ‘1907. Captain James Compton, Commandant. Dear Sir:— Another year’s labor calls for an “Account of stewardship,” and happy indeed is the worker who can say with Carlyle, “The true hero is the man who knows his work and does it.” The labor of the year has been … Read more
Steel Arch Bridge. — The “steel arch bridge” spans the west channel of the Mississippi from Bridge Square (the foot of Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues) to Central Avenue on Nicollet Island. This is the main thoroughfare between the east and west sides of the river. It has a width of 80 feet; with a roadway … Read more
TO PRESENT TO MUNICIPALITY The Selby tunnel St. Paul is finished. Saturday at 2 0’clock will occur the official presentation of the tunnel to the city of St. Paul and the acceptance of the same by the municipality. The Twin City Rapid Transit officials will leave Minneapolis at 12:45, and in company with tho officials … Read more
Maryland Hotel Is Sold Minneapolis Syndicate Buys Hostelry for $230,000- Wing to Be Added. The Maryland Hotel, Grant Street and Vine Place, has been sold to Frank Mannon and a corporation of Minneapolis business men, known as the Maryland Associates. for $230,000. Mr.Mannon is the most prominent figure in the deal and will have active … Read more
Lake Minnetonka, the Eden and most charming spot of all at Minnetonka. Its beauties are known all over this terrestrial sphere. Consists of 40 acres, 30 acres natural park, a dreamland, covered with massive maple, basswood, elm, oak; 10 acres under a high state of cultivation in currants, grapes, strawberries, vegetables. No place in state … Read more
Harriet Park is one of a very different order. It is fashionable, conventional and metropolitan. It is a Coney Island in miniature. It embraces the banks of Lake Harriet, and has a beautiful boulevard encircling the lake. Here the fashionable carriages roll in endless procession of a Sunday afternoon. From the stage floating upon the … 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
In 1944 the WALKER ART CENTER had its face lifted, streamlined and noticed by the thousands who traveled up and down Lowry Hill. The building’s architectural appearance, finally oriented to its North American environment, drew praise and acclaim from as far away as Manitoba. Critics noted that the removal of the Walker’s pseudo. Moorish mask … Read more