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King’s Highway | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Archive for the ‘King’s Highway’ Tag. Update for Historians and Grammarians. Posted August 8, 2015. Filed under: Lake Harriet. A brief Minneapolis park history update. Essential for Minneapolis historians. Trivial for grammarians. Grammarians first: King’s Highway, Bassett’s Creek, but not Beard’s Plaisance. (This apostrophic comment was begun here. Bonus points for naming the one with an unofficial “the”. Fo ekaL. The lake was named long before the pa...
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Something’s Missing at Lake Harriet | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Something’s Missing at Lake Harriet. Posted June 7, 2015. Filed under: Lake Harriet. After my post yesterday of Margaret Hall’s letter and a Minnesota Historical Society photo of the tornado-damaged pavilion at Lake Harriet in 1925, I dug out my favorite Lake Harriet photo of all time. Notice what’s missing? David C. Smith minneapolisparkhistory[at]q.com. Laquo; Memories of Lake Harriet. 4 comments so far. On June 28, 2015. David C. Smith. On June 30, 2015.
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Minnehaha Falls | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Archive for the ‘Minnehaha Falls’ Category. Hiawatha and Minnehaha Do Chicago. Posted November 13, 2015. Filed under: Minneapolis Parks: General. Tags: Daniel Chester French. Hiawatha and Minnehaha Statue. The World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago hosted the debut of Minneapolis’s most famous sculptural couple, Hiawatha and Minnehaha, in 1893. Fjelde’s simple commemoration of the sacrifice of Minnesota men at a pivotal moment in the Civil War. ...These t...
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David C. Smith | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. David C. Smith. Notes for Stories I Could Tell, Some about Parks. Spent a semester of my senior year in London. Lived near Kensington Garden and Hyde Park. Favorite place was Peter Pan statue. Sundays I listened to poetry and politics at Speaker’s Corner. Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop? Recited as serious poetry. “R-E-S-P-E-C-T.”. Cuenca. A favorite stop on the way from Madrid to Cordoba. (David C. Smith). Took up writing to make a living....
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Minnesota Reflections | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Archive for the ‘Minnesota Reflections’ Tag. Update for Historians and Grammarians. Posted August 8, 2015. Filed under: Lake Harriet. A brief Minneapolis park history update. Essential for Minneapolis historians. Trivial for grammarians. Grammarians first: King’s Highway, Bassett’s Creek, but not Beard’s Plaisance. (This apostrophic comment was begun here. Bonus points for naming the one with an unofficial “the”. Fo ekaL. The lake was named long before...
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Park Punctuation: King’s Highway, Bassett’s Creek or Beard’s Plaisance | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Park Punctuation: King’s Highway, Bassett’s Creek or Beard’s Plaisance. Posted July 29, 2015. Filed under: Minneapolis Parks: General. One of those is wrong. One of the park property names — King’s, Bassett’s or Beard’s — shouldn’t have an apostrophe. I recently received an inquiry on one of those names and thought we might offer everyone this little quiz. The website of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board won’t be of much help. 3 comments so far.
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Historic Minneapolis Tribune | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Archive for the ‘Historic Minneapolis Tribune’ Tag. Update for Historians and Grammarians. Posted August 8, 2015. Filed under: Lake Harriet. A brief Minneapolis park history update. Essential for Minneapolis historians. Trivial for grammarians. Grammarians first: King’s Highway, Bassett’s Creek, but not Beard’s Plaisance. (This apostrophic comment was begun here. Bonus points for naming the one with an unofficial “the”. Fo ekaL. The lake was named long...
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Catalogs and finding aids:. Hennepin County Libraries Special Collections. Minnesota Historical Society Library catalog. Collections Online at the Minnesota Historical Society. A statewide collection with vast holdings pertinent to Minneapolis. Minnesota Reflections from the Minnesota Digital Library. Images, maps and documents from more than 150 organizations across the state. Digital Public Library of America. Material from the special collections at the University of Minnesota . The Immigration Histor...
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Minneapolis Park Planning: Theodore Wirth as Landscape Architect. Catalog of Minneapolis Park Plans, Volume I, 1906-1915 | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Minneapolis Park Planning: Theodore Wirth as Landscape Architect. Catalog of Minneapolis Park Plans, Volume I, 1906-1915. Posted September 26, 2012. Filed under: Landscape Architects. Minneapolis Park History Resources. Tags: A.C. Godward. Charles E. Doell. Theodore Wirth, Superintendent of Parks, 1906-1935 (Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board). Phelps Wyman’s plan for what is now Thomas Lowry Park from the 1922 annual report is one of the only col...
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Memories of Lake Harriet | Minneapolis Park History
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Stories about Minneapolis parks. David C. Smith. Memories of Lake Harriet. Posted June 6, 2015. Filed under: Lake Harriet. The following letter, dated July 9, 2014, was addressed to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board:. A storm destroyed the Lake Harriet Pavilion in 1925, resulting in two deaths. (Minnesota Historical Society). I also recall when the launch on Lake Harriet was part of the Minneapolis Street Car Company and made stops at the docks at Penn. Ave., Morgan Ave., 48th Street ...In the wi...
