Twin Cities Then and Now

by Millett, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780873513272
• ISBN10: 0873513274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr

Summary

Twin 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.

Table of Contents

Time and Transformation	3	(5)
Photographer's Note	8	(3)
Minneapolis Downtown	11	(60)
Nicollet Island and Downtown, West from Bank and Prince Streets, 1904	14	(2)
Riverfront, East across Hennepin Avenue from First Street and First Avenue North, ca. 1886--88	16	(2)
Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues (The Gateway), South from First Street, 1930	18	(2)
Washington Avenue, East from near Nicollect Avenue, 1959	20	(2)
Nicollet Avenue, North from Fourth Street, ca. 1922; North from near Eighth Street, 1947	22	(4)
Third Street North, West from Hennepin Avenue, ca. 1908	26	(2)
Fourth Street South, West from near Nicollet Avenue, ca. 1900	28	(2)
Fifth Street South, East from near Nicollet Avenue, ca. 1947	30	(2)
Fifth Street North, North from Sixth Avenue North, 1958	32	(2)
Sixth Street North, West from near Second Avenue North, 1902	34	(2)
Seventh Street South, West from near Nicollet Avenue, ca. 1913	36	(4)
Hennepin Avenue, North from near Seventh Street, 1937	40	(4)
Eighth Street South, East from Hennepin Avenue, 1946	44	(2)
Tenth Street South, West from Marquette Avenue, 1931	46	(2)
Marquette Avenue, North from Ninth Street, 1952	48	(2)
Marquette Avenue, North from near Fifth Street, ca. 1906	50	(2)
Second Avenue and Fourth Street South, North across the Intersection, ca. 1896--98	52	(2)
Second Avenue South, North from Tenth Street, 1929	54	(2)
Third Avenue South, North from Twelfth Street, 1949	56	(2)
Portland Avenue and Grant Street, North toward Downtown, 1957	58	(2)
Grant Street, West from near Spruce Place, 1949	60	(2)
Harmon Place, Northeast from Thirteenth Street, ca. 1930s	62	(2)
Loring Park, South from Harmon Place near Hennepin Avenue, ca. 1890	64	(2)
Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues (The Bottleneck), South from Vineland Place, 1937	66	(2)
Third Street South, West from Fourteenth Avenue South, ca. 1938	68	(3)
Minneapolis Neighborhoods	71	(30)
Central Avenue, North from Twenty-third Avenue Northeast, 1956	74	(2)
West Broadway Avenue, West from near Fourth Street, 1949	76	(2)
Plymouth Avenue, West toward Morgan Avenue, ca. 1945	78	(2)
Sixth Avenue North (Olson Memorial Highway), West from near Lyndale Avenue, 1922	80	(2)
Park Avenue, North from near Nineteenth Street East, 1905	82	(2)
East Lake Calhoun Parkway, Northwest from Thirty-sixth Street, ca. 1905	84	(2)
Hennepin Avenue, South from Colfax Avenue, ca. 1895; South across Lake Street, ca. 1935	86	(4)
Lake Street, East from Lyndale Avenue, 1906	90	(2)
Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue, Northeast across the Intersection, 1954	92	(2)
Franklin Avenue, East from Cedar Avenue, 1913	94	(2)
Cedar Avenue, North from near Fifth Street South, ca. 1890	96	(2)
Seven Corners, East along Washington Avenue toward Cedar Avenue, 1952	98	(3)
St. Paul Downtown	101	(66)
Downtown Riverfront, North from Harriet Island, 1921	104	(2)
Wabasha Street, North from near Sixth Street, ca. 1922	106	(2)
Seventh Street, East from Wabasha Street, ca. 1922	108	(4)
Sixth Street, East from Wabasha Street, 1922	112	(2)
Cedar Street, North from Fourth Street, ca. 1905	114	(2)
St. Peter, Washington, and Market Streets, South from Seventh Street, ca. 1925	116	(2)
Fifth Street, East from Auditorium Street, ca. 1920	118	(2)
Robert Street, North from Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Streets, ca. 1912	120	(4)
Third Street, East from Robert Street, 1928; West from Jackson Street, 1928	124	(4)
Fourth Street, East from near Jackson Street, ca. 1910	128	(2)
Seventh Street, East from near Sibley Street, 1931	130	(2)
Seventh Street, East from near Rosabel (Wall) Street, 1944	132	(2)
Great Northern Freight Terminal, Northwest from Eighth and Olive Streets, 1918; Mississippi Street, North from near Mt. Airy Street, 1917	134	(4)
Rail Yards, East from Union Depot, 1926	138	(2)
Downtown and Riverfront, West from Dayton's Bluff, ca. 1894	140	(2)
Downtown, South from Merriam's Hill, 1889	142	(2)
Wabasha Street, North from Thirteenth Street, 1949	144	(2)
Cedar Street, Northeast from Plaza of State Capitol, 1937	146	(2)
Twelfth Street, West from Jackson Street, 1945	148	(2)
Fifth Street, West toward Third Street (Kellogg Boulevard), ca. 1919	150	(2)
Seven Corners, Northeast on Seventh Street from Third Street (Kellogg Boulevard), ca. 1902--04	152	(4)
Main Street, North from Seven Corners, 1906	156	(2)
Pleasant Avenue, West from near Kellogg Boulevard, ca. 1940	158	(2)
Downtown and Capitol Hill, Northeast from Summit and Dayton Avenues, 1890	160	(2)
Downtown, East from Sixth Street and Summit Avenue, ca. 1916	162	(2)
Downtown, Northeast from Smith Avenue High Bridge, ca. 1912	164	(3)
St. Paul Neighborhoods	167	(24)
Payne Avenue, North from Case Avenue, ca. 1905	170	(2)
Wells Street, West from near Weide Street, ca. 1900	172	(2)
Arcade Street, South from York Avenue, 1944	174	(2)
University Avenue, East toward Rice and Wabasha Streets, ca. 1916	176	(2)
University Avenue, East from near Snelling Avenue, ca. 1925	178	(2)
Raymond Avenue, North from Bayless Avenue, ca. 1905	180	(2)
Selby Avenue, West from Dale Street, 1959	182	(2)
Upper Levee Flats (``Little Italy''), North from Smith Avenue High Bridge, 1952	184	(2)
West Side Flats, North across Wabasha Street from Prescott Point, ca. 1921; Wabasha Street, South from near Fillmore Avenue, 1954	186	(5)
Reference Notes	191	(4)
Index	195