So much, and so much more . . . The Minneapolis Auditorium Radisson Merchandise Mart The wonderful terra-cotta facade on the Forum Cafeteria The Northwest Bank building (grand block-long banking lobby on the 2nd floor) The Gopher Theater, the Lyric, the Century, the Astor Art, the RKO Pan, the Lyceum, the Minnesota (aka Radio City) and other downtown theaters The Cooper Theater, the Southtown Theater My childhood home (thank you 35W) The Haberdashery bar in the Downtown Radisson (and that Radisson with its famous Flame Room and strolling violins) The Dyckman Hotel, the Pick-Nicollet Hotel, The Andrews Hotel, the Curtis, the Lemington and others Woolworth's and Kresge's on the 7th and Nicollet corner The whole Lower Loop business district (thanks to "urban renewal") The Lutheran Brotherhood building of 1955 (the green-glass one on 2nd Ave) The Roaring 20's, the Copper Squirrel, the Cabaret Bar, Sutton's (aka Sutton Place) bar/disco The Carrousel Bar and Mousey's on Hennepin, and the LockerRoom Baths on First Avenue Seven trains daily to Chicago (or St.Paul, for that matter) The Aqua Follies coordinated diving and swimming exhibitions at Theodore Worth Park The Norwegian Cultural Center on 2nd St. NE The old Hennepin bridge over the river with it's road-bed you could see through The movie theater in the basement of the IDS The first Nicollet Mall! (with 7 fountains, bus shelters on All corners, lights on Both sides of the street, heated sidewalks and the Calder mobile/stabile in front of Dayton's, and classical music in the air) Hussey Hatters on the Glenwood/7th Street triangle Downtown auto dealers like Bill Boyer Ford and Downtown Chevy Town, etc. Mansions facing Loring Park across Harmon Place Vocational High School The Coca-Cola bottling plant The old sprawling gas works behind Seven Corners Pioneer Square Park in front of the Post Office, and Hawthorne Park near 12th and Hennepin The IBM Building on Marquette and Washington Plantation Pancakes on 5th and Hennepin All of those great small businesses on Block E, the City Center block, south Nicollet Mall and the Lower Loop Dania Hall and Holtzerman's Department Store on Cedar Ave. The Armory Gardens between Vineland Place and Kenwood Parkway The Queen of The Lakes tour boat Home made taffy at Lake Harriet (the recipe died with the guy who made it) People's Park in Dinkytown (where the postal station is now) 25 cent matinee movies and nickel candy bars, and bus tokens!
Bob Copeland 7th Ward _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
