Ghost of a Chance with Eric Roper
Harry and Clementine Robinson were one of a handful of Black families who owned homes more than a century ago in what is now the whitest part of Minneapolis. When […]
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St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Highlighting the Role of A. O. Hoyt in early Linden Hills: Walking tour with Peter Sussman
Corner of Linden Hills Blvd. and Queen Ave. 4290 Queen Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAlphonzo O. Hoyt first viewed Lake Harriet in 1882 as a conductor on the steam powered Motor Line. Through 1923 he helped shape Linden Hills, initially with Henry Beard, then […]
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Highlighting the Role of A. O. Hoyt in early Linden Hills: Walking tour with Peter Sussman
Corner of Linden Hills Blvd. and Queen Ave. 4290 Queen Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAlphonzo O. Hoyt first viewed Lake Harriet in 1882 as a conductor on the steam powered Motor Line. Through 1923 he helped shape Linden Hills, initially with Henry Beard, then […]
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20th Century – Excelsior and the South Shore
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAt the turn of the century, mammoth steamboats and tourism began to leave the lake and Excelsior township and village began to dissolve into five communities, with Excelsior taking its place as the downtown of the south shore. Served by the streetcar from the Twin Cities and home to the popular Excelsior Amusement Park for […]
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It took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesDr. Christopher P. Lehman, author of It Took Courage: Eliza Winston’s Quest for Freedom, will talk about the life of enslaved woman Eliza Winston and her persistence in her pursuit of […]
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Westgate Theater and John Gaspard’s Held Over
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThe Westgate Theater opened in 1935 as a neighborhood showplace in Edina, across Sunnyside Road from the Convention Grill. For decades it survived on second‑run features, long after bigger downtown […]