Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Featuring the homelike spirit, The Buckingham is an up to date fireproof building of the first class type built with the comfort of its guests always in mind. Situated way from the turmoil of downtown and still only a very short walk from the business section. The Nicollet car line is but one block distant. … Read more
Built in 1918 with three additional floors added in 1922, the Parkway was advertised as the nicest small Hotel in Minneapolis. If desired a furnished room became a living room with a disappearing bed. Apartments had private baths and rates during the depression were nine to eleven dollars per week. In 1940, the Midland Hotels … Read more
When the new building now under construction for the MacPhail School of Music is completed, Minneapolis will have one of the largest buildings in America devoted exclusively to the art of music and drama. Located on the northwestern corner of LaSalle Avenue in Twelfth Street, it will be of fireproof construction containing seventy-four soundproof studios … Read more
The Automobile Club of Minneapolis was formed in the fall of 1902 in order to forward “the instruction and mutual improvement in the art of automobilism and the literary and social culture of its members.” Back in the days before your grandfather was born, automobile associations not only advocated for better roads, they paid to … Read more