Interesting subject and, along these lines, I noticed a sign near the corner of Lyndale Ave. N. and West Broadway that said "Welcome to Old Highland." Anyone want to give us a sense of when Old Highland existed and when it changed to Hawthorne?
Gregory Luce Project 504/Minneapolis (North Phillips) ----- Original Message ----- From: Cara Letofsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bob Velez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood name histories > Here's what I know: > > "Wedge" does refer to the shape of the neighborhood: it's real name is > Lowry Hill East. (Years back, I heard of the Wedge Coop before I knew > the neighborhood was named the Wedge, too. I thought it was a brilliant > name for a coop and thought it referred to cut-up fruit!) > > CARAG stands for Calhoun Area Residents Action Group, which is actually > the neighborhood organization that represents that area. So, I think > the neighborhood is called Calhoun. (There are other neighborhoods that > are largely referred to by the neighborhood organization's name, such as > ECHO.) > > And I don't know a thing about what Seward is named after, but assume > that it's named after the guy who encouraged the U.S. to buy Alaska in > the mid-1800s.... > > Cara Letofsky > Seward > > Bob Velez wrote: > > >Since I am not from Minneapolis originally, I am quite curious as to the > >origins of the names of neighborhoods. > > > >Of course, Shingle Creek is named after the creek of the same name that > >runs through it, but I am MOST curious about the neigborhoods that have a > >bit more esoteric names: > > > >Namely: > > > >CARAG > >Wedge > >Keewaydin > >Seward > > > >Please advise! > > > >Bob Velez > >Shingle Creek > >Ward 4 > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
