A History of the City of Saint Paul to 1875

A History of the City of Saint Paul to 1875
Author: John Fletcher Williams
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 546
Release: 1983
Genre: Ramsey County (Minn.)
ISBN: 9780873511599

An 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.

St. Paul's Architecture

St. Paul's Architecture
Author: Jeffrey A. Hess
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 306
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1452904812

From 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.

Lost Twin Cities

Lost Twin Cities
Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 1992
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0873512731

1993 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award

Once There Were Castles

Once There Were Castles
Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 377
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1452933111

Take a tour of the lost mansions of the Twin Cities

Twin Cities Album

Twin Cities Album
Author: Dave Kenney
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780873515221

A 150-year retrospective of Twin Cities life told through hundreds of breathtaking, surprising, and intimate photographs of people, culture, landmarks, and events.

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis-St. Paul
Author: John S. Adams
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1993
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816622361

The 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.

Twin Cities Then and Now

Twin Cities Then and Now
Author: Larry Millett
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780873513272

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.

Downtown St. Paul

Downtown St. Paul
Author: Iric Nathanson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1439666318

Minnesota'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.