OK, but here's a knotty one: Kingfieldor King Field?
Our own Keith Ford, longtime resident and former councilperson, loudly
insists it is two words: King Field. Since he works for the MCDA - the
birthplace of many neighborhood names - one has to take his view even
more seriously.
I respect
Old maps (by that I mean pre-Martin Luther King-as-icon days) still call
the park King Field. Could this be related to parts of Dupont Ave S.
being called King's Highway? What's with that?
Cara Letofsky
Seward
(apparently named for Lincoln's Secretary of State William Seward)
David Brauer
ECCO stands for East Calhoun Community Organization. I don't know which came first,
the organization or the name, but for the 26 years I have lived in ECCO, people just
call it ECCO.
ECCO was formed in the mid 50s when a group of neighborhood residents became concerned
about what was going
. - Benjamin Disraeli
From: Gregory Luce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Interesting subject and, along these lines, I noticed a sign near
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OK, but here's a knotty one: Kingfieldor King Field?
Our own Keith Ford, longtime resident and former councilperson, loudly
insists it is two words
] Neighborhood name histories
I've just assumed that Wedge referred to the shape of the area formed by
Lyndale and Hennepin Avenues north of Lake Street. The Wedge Coop was
originally on Franklin Avenue near the point.
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft neighborhood--named for Bancroft school, I believe.
Bob
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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
I've just assumed that Wedge referred to the shape of the area formed by
Lyndale and Hennepin Avenues north of Lake Street. The Wedge Coop was
originally on Franklin Avenue near the point.
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft neighborhood--named for Bancroft school, I believe.
Bob Velez wrote:
Since I
Becker
Longfellow
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From: Rosalind Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I've just assumed that Wedge referred to the shape of the area formed by
Lyndale and Hennepin Avenues
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!)
)
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Here's what I know:
Wedge does refer to the shape of the neighborhood: it's real name
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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
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