Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Minneapolis prides herself in particular upon the appearance of her streets. The city was laid out upon large and liberal principles. Wide streets are the order everywhere, 80 to 100 feet being a common average. The improvement and maintenance of these broad thoroughfares has involved continual and heavy inroads upon the municipal treasury, but the … Read more
The water supply of Minneapolis is obtained from the mighty Mississippi River through an intake pipe reaching the some distance up river from the city limits. Pumps force this water into reservoirs from which it is distributed through the mains and pipes by gravity.
AT THE HEADWATERS of the Mississippi, her broad streets and boulevards encircling 22 lakes and161 parks, stands the City of Minneapolis, home of the Aquatennial and summer host to millions of vacationers. But Minneapolis is more than a vacation land. Here are the flour mills that made the city famous. Here more than half of … Read more
The New Charlie’s Cafe Exceptionale is a superb adaptation of the origina French Provincial architecture charming in 1949 as it was at its height in France between 1710 and 1795. Its rustic simplicity was typical of the homes of prosperous farmers, and later, well-to-do landowners and nobility. The fine contrasts of warm honey toned oak … Read more
Nearly the youngest park of the entire system, an acquisition of a little more than a year’s standing, an acquisition made against the wish of a large number of people who are bound to be benefited through its creation and existence, boasts today of the finest, most useful recreation building in our entire park system, … Read more
The University Theater operates the SHOW- BOAT on the Mississippi River every summer, during the months Of June, July, and August. Address: Showboat, University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis 14, Minnesota, U. S. A. All seats for all performances reserved—$2.OO. Tickets may be purchased at the Scott Hall Box Office, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455. Phone— 373-2337. Also Daytons … Read more
This little park was named for the William Washburn “Fair Oaks” estate. The brother of Cadwallader Washburn, founder of the famous Washburn-Crosby milling company. Washburn had a long career as a politician and served in the United States Senate from 1889-1895. Washburn High School is named for him. After the Minneapolis park board was created … Read more
“HEARD THE FALLS OF MINNEHAHA, CALLING TO THEM FROM THE DISTANCE.” “laughing waters” is the meaning of the name “Minnehaha,” minne meaning water, and the name is a fine sample Of Indian onomatopoeia, or word painting. Whether the Indian, who invented the name, thought of the falling waters only, or of the lovely scenery surrounding … Read more
Built for the Finkelstein & Rubin circuit, the 2,400-seat New Palace Theater opened with several short films and a live performance by Ethel Barrymore on October 5, 1914. The building’s elaborate brick and terra-cotta facade and made it the talk of the town. Three story lit marquee letters out did everything else on Hennepin Avenue … Read more