Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Way back in 1889, just six short years after Loring Park was established, as Central Park, the Minneapolis Park Board constructed a building that looked like a little house for use as an office by the first park superintendent, William Berry. Billed by Park Board President, Charles Loring as the only man in the world … Read more
George Buzza founded his company in Minneapolis in 1907. The early products included college advertising posters, greeting cards, books and later framed mottos. Buzza was considered to be a pioneer in his use of color and the variety of papers used in the greeting cards. In 1917 the company turned a corner with sales of … Read more
Minnehaha Falls is frozen and the ice formations are said to be the handsomest that have ever been seen in the park of the laughing water. Many persons are journeying out to see the falls.
The Second Congregational Church of Minneapolis was first known as Vine Street Church and later called Park Avenue Congregational. The church founded in 1867 in an enclave of New Englanders on what was the city’s near south side. In the 1870s the first Scandinavian immigrants started showing up in Minneapolis and many settled in and … Read more
This large hotel and apartment complex occupied most of a downtown block between 1903 and 1984. The hotel tower and apartment hotel tower flanked two of the low-rise Curtis Court Apartments. With 800 rooms, the Curtis billed itself as the largest hotel in the Upper Midwest. In it’s later years the hotel added a suburban … Read more
St, Mortis is far away. but gay, candle-it Swiss caverns are all but around the corner. We refer of course, to Minneapolis’ most unusual cafe,The Cavern Cafe, 1022 Nicollet the like of whose chicken and spaghetti could never be ordered in the Alps. On New Year’s Eve, the Cavern Cafe will be open until the … Read more
Dear Edina Prairie, How’s things? Did that sore on your lip ever heal properly? Don’t worry about it. Things are pretty busy at B. Dalton’s. I spent the week closing up and boxing down the Pillsbury Center store. It was a little sad, but most of the employees are going to work for the new … Read more
The first post office in Minneapolis was built on the west bank on High Street in 1854 and operated by postmaster Hezekiah Fletcher. The present day post office was completed in 1933 and occupies nearly the same site. A seven-level parking ramp and loading dock for bulk mail were added to the west in 1976. … Read more
Work on the Hiawtaha Golf Course began in 1931 after the dredging of the Lake Hiawatha swamp was completed. The final touch to the new golf course was a clubhouse constructed in 1932. The new course was the only profitable course operated by the park board. While waiting to build the Hiawatha course, the park … Read more