Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The Building Record Struck by cyclonic force in 1881, the city experienced a construction boom that pervaded every section and left its mark on all classes of structures—business blocks, public buildings, manufacturing establishments, hotels, and more. This boom has continued unabated ever since. Compiled from the most reliable records, the story of these five phenomenal … Read more
NEW MINNEAPOLIS Auditorium and Convention Hall is one of the nation’s best facilities for conventions, trade shows, and sporting events. The $16 million, multi-purpose complex includes three giant exhibit areas with more than 160,000 square feet of space. The Convention Hall will seat 12,000; the Auditorium 9,000; the Exhibition Hall 2,500.
Minneapolis is nationally at the forefront in constructing modern, congestion-free highways and freeways while preserving valuable parklands and residential properties. A “freeway ring” will soon encircle downtown Minneapolis, the final link in a system connecting downtown via freeways to all points, North, East, West and South. Minneapolis is the premier industrial city of the Upper … Read more
When the Radisson finally opened just before Christmas 1909, only the Minneapolis City Hall extended farther above the growing Mill City skyline. Most of the Radisson Hotel rooms had baths, and all had cold drinking water pumped from an artesian well 975 feet below the ground. The well, drilled under the supervision of expert … Read more
An old-world garden, with a replica of a Bavarian wayside inn, will be constructed at the intersection of Broadway and Marshall Streets. in Northeast Minneapolis. The garden, at the northwest corner of the St. Anthony renewal area, will be dedicated next month as Grain Belt Park and presented to the city by the Minneapolis Brewing … Read more
I sometimes wonder if people appreciate the recreational and educational facilities offered them by our parks. The other night, my wife, granddaughter, three resident aliens and myself strolled over to Lake Harriet and took a “package trip” which, for a very small fee, entitled us to passage on the launch which circumnavigated the lake. The … Read more
The General will move dirt and sand and move it fast. It will haul implements of various kinds, pull a light plow, a discer, a harrow, a drag, or a gang of mowers. It can be used with a sickle bar, and in the wintertime it can be equipped with a plow for snow removal. … Read more
NEW AUDITORIUM The Minneapolis Auditorium built at a cost of THREE MILLION DOLL HAIRS, seats 10,500 persons and is capable of housing National Conventions, Indoor Circuses, Sports events, Musical and Religious and Political assemblages of all kinds are held here.
It’s no wonder that the Casablanca, 408 Hennepin Ave. plays to a full house every night of the week, when we take into consideration the fact that they provide guests with more individual entertainers than any club in the northwest, on an average.The Casablanca, now under the management of William ‘Bill’ Donnelly, will continue to … Read more