Notes from a talk at the Hennepin History Museum.
Block E: Lost Urban Landscape
history
37 Piano Bars
Nye’s Polonaise: one of 37 piano bars in Minneapolis in 1974
Dive Bar History
Notes from a talk about dive bar history in Minneapolis and St Paul.
New project: A Foreign Country
A Foreign Country is a comic about history that interprets everyday life from the past as found in old newspapers and photographs.
Lake Minnetonka Steamboat Trolley
The Steamboat Trolleys of Lake Minnetonka Story & Photos by Rebecca Silus Excelsior, Minnesota At the turn of the 20th century, Lake Minnetonka was a destination for vacationers from across the United States. They came to escape the summer heat at dozens of grand lakeside hotels, where even the hottest days were made bearable by [...]
Friday Memo
This week’s favorite links!
17th Century Guide to Mixing Watercolors
The predecessor to Pantone?
Train Travel in the US
Vintage maps of train travel time from New York to the West.
Lost: 10th Avenue Bridge
Dismantled in 1943, one tiny piece of this old bridge still remains.
Daily Walks Through the Red Light District
I get a charge out of place names that refer to the original landscape features of a place before they were bulldozed into oblivion for parking lots, roads, and buildings. Around these parts, we have suburbs like Maple Grove, Forest Lake, Eden Prairie, and so on—once you start looking, these names are everywhere. But it’s not … Read More
Old highways: The Jefferson Highway
Started in 1917, the old Jefferson Highway connected Winnipeg to New Orleans.
Finding Old Berlin
[ezcol_1third]Finding old Berlin: Photographs and notes about uncovering the lingering past in Berlin’s buildings. From 2008–2013, I made a practice of slipping through the open doors of Berlin’s old buildings whenever I had the chance. The buildings in this project are located in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, which had the dubious distinction at the time of … Read More