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Author: John Fletcher Williams
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780873511599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn insider's view of small-town St. Paul in the 19th century. Chronicling the city's earliest years, Fletcher provides descriptions of pioneers, city fathers, important events, trivia, oddities, "firsts" and tales of villains, heroes, dark deeds, and progress. --From publisher description.
Author: Jeffrey A. Hess
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published:
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1452904812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the grand boulevard of Summit Avenue to the gleaming State Capitol, St. Paul's Architecture presents more than 225 notable surviving buildings and the history of several neighborhoods in the city. With historical photographs and illustrations, this engaging book is a valuable resource not only for those interested in architectural heritage but also for anyone who admires St. Paul's unique beauty and charm.
Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 0873512731
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1993 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award
Author: John F. Williams
Publisher:
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780608066721
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Larry Millett
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published:
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1452933111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTake a tour of the lost mansions of the Twin Cities
Author: John S. Adams
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0816622361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Twin Cities are an outstanding place to live, work, play, and participate in an active civic life. Lakes, extensive Parklands, natural preserves, and the urban forest play a large role in drawing people to the Twin Cities and keeping them here. Enhanced with maps, photographs, and graphs, Minneapolis-St. Paul is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book available on the metro area and its unique social, economic, political, and physical environment. This impressive and entertaining compilation of information will be useful for present and prospective residents of the Twin Cities, real-estate brokers and developers, local government officials, city planners, public-relations representatives, students of urban geography and sociology and land-use planners.
Author: Dave Kenney
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780873515221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 150-year retrospective of Twin Cities life told through hundreds of breathtaking, surprising, and intimate photographs of people, culture, landmarks, and events.
Author: Iric Nathanson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2019-03-04
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1439666318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMinnesota's capital city was given a lofty identity when young Catholic priest Lucien Gaultier built a modest log chapel in a wilderness clearing and named it for his patron saint. St. Paul's modern downtown would later take shape at this very site. In the mid-19th century, St. Paul's strategic location at the head of navigation on the Mississippi River was naturally suited as a way station for goods and a hub for settlers pouring into the Upper Midwest. While St. Paul had to relinquish its ranking as Minnesota's largest city to its twin, Minneapolis, the city remains at the center of state politics as Minnesota's state capital. Following World War II, a suburban boom weakened the business district, and downtown St. Paul fell into decline. Over the last 40 years, however, St. Paul's downtown has been reinvented as a major sports, entertainment, and cultural center.
Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780873513272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwin Cities: Then and Now is an engaging, startling, and at times heartbreaking look at the dramatic evolution of landscapes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Larry Millett, author of Lost Twin Cities, explores the changing appearances of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the vantage point of their relatively static streets. Seventy-two historic photographs taken from the 1880s to the late 1950s, are paired with Jerry Mathiason's elegant new black-and-white photographs to provide superb visual comparisons between then and now. Millett's lively and informative essays examine the often astonishing changes wrought by time and circumstance. Maps and detailed informational graphics provide orientation and identify hundreds of significant buildings and places in the photographs.
