Diane--good point. My sister came across a great map of St. Paul and Minneapolis neighborhoods, which she gave me for Christmas... folks can find it at http://www.bigstickinc.com/map_minneapolis.asp (not free, unfortunately). I'm also told they're sold at the Minnesota Historical Society. And, this one does include W 7th, accurate Highland boundaries, and many other little neighborhoods I had no idea existed (but do now!). Erin Stojan Dayton's Bluff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having just returned from a short vacation in a city I didn't know my way around in very well, I can tell you that good maps are essential when you're trying to get outside folks to visit. Knowing where to go, where the highlights are located, and where you're located at any particular moment is very important information one can get from a good map. This is probably especially true in St. Paul, where our reputation for confusing streets is the stuff of late night comedy shows and bad ethnic jokes. So for the Convention and Visitors Bureau to put an insert in the Rake magazine outlining St. Paul's neighborhoods - complete with maps - ought to be a good thing. Unless a large number of the maps are flat out wrong. What I've learned from this flyer: Highland Park must be a state of mind, because it's shown as being in several locations, none of which are located near what I've come to think of as Highland Park. It's alternately along West 7th Street to the south and east of 35E (up to Kellogg) and also as that area around Linwood Park. The West 7th/West End neighborhood does not exist. Neither does Merriam Park. Nor does Dayton's Bluff All of the West Side is a subset of the District del Sol. There does not appear to be a Payne Avenue in the Payne Avenue neighborhood. Nice try, though. Diane Gerth Now living in Highland Park (and I didn't even have to pack and move!) ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------ Erin Stojan Dayton's Bluff, Ward 7 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Better first dates. More second dates. Yahoo! Personals ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
