Laughter, Falling Water and Time
This magnificent gold trimmed Public Library, serving as headquarters for Hennepin County and Minneapolis libraries, is located in the Gateway Development area, 300 Nicollet Avenue. The structure is made of granite, Italian marble and anodized aluminum. The library, geared for the comfort of its visitors, features smoking lounges and open shelves, invites browsing and casual … Read more
In April, 1936, Fortune magazine hired Austria-Hungary-born American writer and illustrator, Ludwig Bemelmans for an exhaustive article profiling the rather bleak fortunes of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I can almost hear our local boosters howling across the years. Fortune painted thoroughly unflattering, gloomy picture of the metropolis at the center of the most radical state … Read more
We are ready to greet you with walls, furnishings and equipment cleaned, painted and renovated from top to bottom. Our service has been brought to the highest point of efficiency. A famous New York chef recently engaged assures you of a quality of food unsurpassable. Music is furnished by an unusually talented Ladies Orchestra of … Read more
Have you seen my ofiice at Columbia Heights this year, with its beautiful park? If not, you ought to take a little trip and see what a wonderful place Columbia Heights is getting to be. I infer, from words dropped here and there, that the average person, in thinking of Columbia Heights, thinks of it … Read more
The Young Quinlan Building was designed by Magney and Tusler with Frederick Ackerman. Miss Quinlan spared no expense when building her elegant five-story building at the corner of Nicollet Mall and Ninth Street. She sought out an architect that would design her “home” with an Old World atmosphere. The building’s dedication ceremony and open house … Read more
This year is bigger and better than ever coming as it does on Minnesota’s 100th birthday. It is truly a civic celebration packed with fun for the entire family and one to focus is the attention of the entire nation on our city as a wonderful place in which to enjoy living. Saturday afternoon July … Read more
The magnificent, gold trimmed, downtown Public Library serving as headquarters for Hennepin County and Minneapolis libraries is located in the Gateway Development area 300 Nicollet Avenue. The modern structure is made of granite, Italian marble and anodized aluminum. The library, geared for the comfort of its visitors features smoking lounges and open shelves, invites browsing … Read more
Westminster Presbyterian church, for the first time in a year and a half, last evening held services In their own house. Since Sept. 5, 1895, the date of the burning of the old church. in which children had grown to maturity. and pastors become hoary in Christian service. Westminster congregation have been church wanderers. For … Read more
