Southwest Streetcar Presentation
With vintage photos and movies, streetcar historian Aaron Isaacs will give a guided tour of the Como-Harriet streetcar that served Uptown, East Calhoun, Linden Hills, Fulton, and Edina until 1954.
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St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States
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“Downtown Minneapolis in the 1970s” by Mike Evangelist and Andy Sturdevant
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesMike and Andy will help us remember, in pictures and words, when Dayton's was in its prime, the Nicollet Mall was brand new, and the Foshay Tower was still king. […]
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Purcell & Elmslie: Spiritualistic Place Making
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesWilliam Purcell and George Elmslie, acclaimed Prairie School architects, began their partnership in Minneapolis in 1909. Architectural historian Richard Kronick will explain how spiritualism — the notion that there is […]
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Mary Allen Whedon, Pioneering Journalist, Suffragist and Business Owner ca. 1900
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesMary Allen Whedon, known professionally as M.A. Whedon, ran a Minneapolis business that employed young women and published local view postcards and educational material. Program by Peter Sussman with postcards […]
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History of Lilac Way and the Beehive Parks
St. Louis Park Rec Center 3700 Monterey Dr., St. Louis Park, MN, United StatesHighway 100 originated as a New Deal project in the 1930s. The idea to have small parks along the route became popular, and citizens contributed funds for lilac plants. Seven […]
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Walking Tour of Western Linden Hills
44th & Beard 3500 W. 44th St., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesPeter Sussman will lead a tour from Zenith Avenue to France Avenue tracing the Grimes family's 1880s model community of Waveland, including the first Lake Harriet School, as well as […]
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Lyndale Park and the Men’s and Women’s Garden Club of Minneapolis
Roberts Bird Sanctuary parking lot 4124 Roseway Rd., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThis event was originally scheduled for August 9, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Following the 1981 tornado through southwest Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board refurbished the […]
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Power to the People: Activism in the 1970s
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesThe Civil Rights marches of the 1950s and early 1960s and the anti-war protests of the late 1960s and early 1970s may have been more dramatic, but a quieter kind of citizen activism in the Linden Hills neighborhood during the 1970s caused residents to band together to make their voices heard by city and county […]
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Don Fraser – Minnesota’s Quiet Crusader
Edina Library 5280 Grandview Square, Edina, MN, United StatesDon Fraser's career spanned the last half of the twentieth century. As a Minnesota state senator, U.S. congressman, and Minneapolis mayor Fraser was deeply involved in the key issues of his era, including the civil rights struggle, opposition to the war in Viet Nam, and efforts to combat urban poverty. Historian Iric Nathanson's new biography, […]
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The Roots of the Arts & Crafts and Prairie School: John Ruskin’s Six Precepts of Architecture
St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesWe will explore the history and philosophy behind the Arts and Crafts and Prairie School movements by focusing on six rules for architecture stated by John Ruskin in an 1854 lecture. Architectural historian Richard Kronick will show how several A&C and Prairie School architects responded to and expressed Ruskin’s ideas. He will also provide a […]