Seward's a person's name, but I forget what he did. I presume Phillips has a similar origin - could be part of the old Minneapolis liquor industry family. As a major part of the Twin Cities Jewish community, it may be that an early Phillips was a benefactor in a neighborhood originally predominantly populated by Jews. Is there an old synagogue in that area somewhere?
In St. Paul, our West Side served as the original center for Russian Jews before Latino - mostly Mexican - immigrants, and the Capitol Area was home to German Jews. Both groups migrated to the Selby-Dale an an enclave existed their for many decades. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul ------ "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli > From: "Gregory Luce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:18:41 -0500 > To: "Cara Letofsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bob Velez" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Neighborhood name histories > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
