Here the short answer to the question I posed earlier this week: what neighborhood names were used by the city in 1962 for these areas?
Jordan: Lowell (after the now-demoed school) Lynnhurst: Burroughs (after the still-extant school) South Central/North Bryant area: Warrington (after the now-demoed school) Near North: Grant and Hall neighborhoods (after schools) The only person to get all these right was Minneapolis public librarian JoEllen Haugo. She adds these details from the library's collection: Jordan: Named after the junior high which was named after Charles Morison Jordan, Superintendent Emeritus of the Mpls Public Schools. The school was erected in 1922. A map of "Near North Community" from an article in the Minneapolis Star 12/2/1965 calls the area Lowell. Lowell Elementary was named after James R. Lowell the American poet, essayist and diplomat. The school was erected 1893 at 1900 Willow Ave. North. Lynnhurst. According to the last in a series of articles written by Abe Altrowitz for the Minneapolis Star, 2/28/56 (the city's centennial year), the area was once called "the Colony" for a group of nine families that shared "one telephone and three cows." A development company lost the land in the Panic of 1893. The area remained isolated for more than a decade "meanwhile adopting the name Lynnhurst because of the prevalence of Linden trees. Not until 1903 did Lynnhurst become the geographic entity it is today under a plat filed by Clinton Morrison and development by David C. Bell." In the 1965 Southwest Community Analysis and Action Recommendations of the City, the area was called Burroughs after the elementary school which were both named after John Burroughs the American naturalist and author. The school was erected 1926. North Bryant-south Central. Apparently a combination of parts of two neighborhoods which adjoin each other. Central named for the old Central High School, erected in 1913 and Bryant named for William Cullen Bryant and American poet and journalist for whom the junior high school was named after. In the 1965 Powderhorn Community Analysis and Action Recommendations that area was called Warrington. It was bounded by E 36th St on the north, E 42d St on the south, Chicago Ave on the east and 2d Ave S (Freeway) on the west. Warrington neighborhood and the elementary School were named after Alice Warrington. She was principal of Bryant Elementary from 1895-1925. The school was erected 1898. Near North according to the "Near North Community" map (Minneapolis Star 12/2/1956)-the area now called Near North was comprised primarily of two neighborhoods - Grant and Hall. It was called Grant neighborhood before 1962. Grant was named after the elementary school which was named after Ulysses S. Grant, military general and 18th President of U.S.A. The school building was erected in 1889. Hall. The elementary school was erected in 1960 and named after Elizabeth L. Hall, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education, Minneapolis Public Schools from 1911 to 1934. Old Highland. There is also an area within Near North called Old Highland, bounded by Broadway on the north, Plymouth on the south, Aldrich on the east and Girard on the west (Star Tribune 7/10/91). It is within what was the Hall neighborhood. We haven't found any definition of the name but in a Star Tribune 4/22/95 article neighborhood resident Charlie Nelson said that "the neighborhood as the first rise of land above Bassett Creek. Before the creek was shuttled underground in the 1910s, it was surrounded by natural open spaces. The neighborhood also overlooked Oak Lake, which was drained and filled for industrial use around the turn of the century. The Farmer's Market now stand on part of the old lake bed." King Field. On the map in the 1965 Southwest Community Analysis and Action Recommendations it was called Nicollet Field. A city park, which had its' name changed in 1968 and was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King on 6/21/70. Steve Brandt Star Tribune _______________________________________ 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
