Beehive Fireplace on Highway 100
I just received a note from Andrea Weber, former MPRB Landscape Architect, who now works for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. She referred to a post from 2011 about the landscape architect...
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Open Door at the Superintendent’s House
Today and tomorrow, May 13 and 14, the Minneapolis Park Superintendent’s House in Lyndale Farmstead Park will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s a rare opportunity to see the interior...
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Charles Spears Interview: In Memoriam
I received an email today with news of Charles Spears’ death. Spears was superintendent of Minneapolis parks 1978-1980. Spears spent his life in park management. In addition to his time in...
View ArticleAl Wittman and the Minneapolis Riverfront
His name should be remembered. Al Wittman died last month at age 91. He was the assistant superintendent for Minneapolis parks from 1969 to 1997 — when the city was just rediscovering the fact that a...
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Between Wirth Par 3 Golf Course and Twin Lake: What’s the Story?
I recently received a question from a reader that I can’t answer, so I thought maybe someone else could. I am not a golfer and I have never explored the area west of the Wirth Par Three golf course....
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After Careful Consideration: Horace W. S. Cleveland Overlook
The man who first suggested putting Horace William Shaler Cleveland’s name on something in the Minneapolis park system was William Folwell, the president of the Minneapolis Park Board in 1895. Folwell...
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Big Island, Big Book
Just in time for the history buff on your gift list comes a big book: The History of Big Island, Lake Minnetonka. While the book is richly illustrated with historical photos and drawings, it is much...
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Minnehaha Rails
Rene Rosengren recently sent some photos of metal rails she found south of the Minnehaha Off Leash Dog Park just off the Minnehaha Trail. Any ideas what they are? I’ve written about the limestone...
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Park Puzzlers: Wirth, Gross and Minnehaha
Metal objects have been found in three places which have puzzled people. What are they? Do they serve park purposes? Michael Fleming asked a question I can’t answer. Maybe one of you can. He sends...
View ArticleThe Fort Snelling All-Star Basketball Team
Today’s story is not about a Minneapolis park, but grew out of research into a basketball league run by the Minneapolis Park Board. Park league basketball, football and baseball games were for many...
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