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Variety

1910's St. Paul Hotel is just the latest hotel to grace downtown corner

The corner of W. 5th and St. Peter streets has been devoted to the same use for more than 150 years.
October 21, 2022
Variety

The 'dangerous' days of downtown Minneapolis dance halls

A long-forgotten dance hall in downtown Minneapolis flustered local guardians of morality.
August 5, 2022
Migration Catchall

Tiny World Theater was one of many stylish movie houses in downtown Minneapolis

Former New Garden Theater isn't much remembered today, but it had an interesting history that reflected the ups and downs of the theater business in 20th-century Minneapolis.
April 15, 2022
MINNEAPOLIS IN 1960 / The Academy Theatre, the World Theater, and the Venice Cafe / photo faces north / both theaters on northeast side of Seventh Street show running northwest between Hennepin Avenue (not visible off to lower right of photo) and First Avenue North (just beyond the bus at lower left of photo) / Star Tribune staff file photo April 1960 by Minneapolis Star and Tribune photographer Roy Swan.
Migration Catchall

Beautiful, useless towers adorned Twin Cities mansions in Victorian era

The mania for towers reached its height in the 1880s, when the busy Queen Anne style was in full flower.
March 25, 2022
Migration Catchall

A section of St. Paul's stately Summit Avenue was lost to the wrecking ball

The multi-block, mixed-use section of the storied avenue was on the edge of downtown.
December 31, 2021
Migration Catchall

Lyceum Theater was one of the first large entertainment venues in Minneapolis

After 70 years, the first Minneapolis auditorium gave way to today's Orchestra Hall.
December 3, 2021
Variety

Massive Harmonia Hall in Minneapolis went from a jewel to a rooming house

The downtown hall, which opened in December 1884, exemplified the busy, colorful Victorian Gothic commercial style.
November 12, 2021
The massive Harmonia Hall, pictured in 1885, was built in Minneapolis in the 1880s. Once a grand concert hall, it ended like as a rooming house. (Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society)
Variety

This long-lost St. Paul mansion had a link to 'Knives Out'

A shovel fortune helped build a mansion that once stood in the shadow of the Minnesota State Capitol.
October 15, 2021
The Ames-Lamprey house, as pictured in 1900, was a Victorian masterpiece that built by a shovel fortune and with a tenuous connection to the 2019 movie "Knives Out." (Minnesota Historical Society)
Migration Catchall

A section of St. Paul's stately Summit Avenue was lost to the wrecking ball

The multi-block, mixed-use section of the storied avenue was on the edge of downtown.
December 31, 2021
Migration Catchall

Lyceum Theater was one of the first large entertainment venues in Minneapolis

After 70 years, the first Minneapolis auditorium gave way to today's Orchestra Hall.
December 3, 2021
Variety

Massive Harmonia Hall in Minneapolis went from a jewel to a rooming house

The downtown hall, which opened in December 1884, exemplified the busy, colorful Victorian Gothic commercial style.
November 12, 2021
The massive Harmonia Hall, pictured in 1885, was built in Minneapolis in the 1880s. Once a grand concert hall, it ended like as a rooming house. (Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society)
Variety

This long-lost St. Paul mansion had a link to 'Knives Out'

A shovel fortune helped build a mansion that once stood in the shadow of the Minnesota State Capitol.
October 15, 2021
The Ames-Lamprey house, as pictured in 1900, was a Victorian masterpiece that built by a shovel fortune and with a tenuous connection to the 2019 movie "Knives Out." (Minnesota Historical Society)
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