Twin City Neon #23

[Northeast Hennepin, Minneapolis.]

[Hudson, WI.] 

[Hudson, WI.] 

[Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis.]

 [Location forgotten.]

 [Northeast, Minneapolis.]

 [Payne Avenue, Saint Paul.]

[Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis.]

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Historic Dive Bars of Northeast Minneapolis Talk and Reading 2/21 at the Terminal Bar

Image
Thanks to a fortuitous exchange a while back, I have the honor of taking the stage at The Terminal Bar in Northeast Minneapolis to give a brief talk and reading about one of my favorite topics: historic bars in Minneapolis. I gave a talk on local bar history a few months ago over on Saint Paul's East Side and it was a smashing success, and thought it would be fun to present a similar blab that focuses, this time, on Minneapolis history. As you might know, Minneapolis' Terminal Bar is one of the treasures of the local dive bar scene, a tribute to its owners Flem and Annette. Flem died a little while ago , but Annette is still holding the fort down and has forgotten way more about local bar history than I'll ever know. I'll be giving a history talk, then reading from my two booklets, Noteworthy Dive Bars of Inner and Outer Northeast , and then we'll have a Q&A discussion from the stage of the Terminal. I'll also have all of my (in print) booklets available fo...
Read more

Reading the Highland Villager #213

Image
A Villager on a sunny patio. [Basically the problem is that the best source of Saint Paul streets & sidewalks news is the Highland Villager, a very fine and historical newspaper. This wouldn't be a problem, except that its not available online. You basically have to live in or frequent Saint Paul to read it. Until this newspaper goes online, sidewalk information must be set free. See also:  Three Reasons Why I Re-Blog the Highland Villager .] Headline: City thinks liquor may be a quicker way to revive University's streetscape Author: Jane McClure Short short version: The city is thinking of creating new "commercial development districts" along University Avenue, which currently has a lot of vacant storefronts and businesses. Currently the number of liquor licenses in the city are limited by ward. Commercial development districts are exempt from those limits, which would effectively increase the number of available licenses. [This is a weird article to me. The war...
Read more

Saint Paul and Northeast Minneapolis Deluxe Flag Patches Now Available

Image
I am excited to share with you two fine new flag regional civic flag products. That's right, full-color deluxe looking patches that you can affix to just about anything! I have Northeast Flag and Saint Paul flag patches for sale on the store. I just got them in, and they look really nice! They're shiny and well made and the colors really "pop." Get yours today. Put it on your backpack or trucker cap or whatever! Get yours now before I sell out and have to dink around for two months getting some new ones... Saint Paul Flag Patch Northeast Minneapolis Flag Patch Thanks to The Minnesotan  vintage brand store in White Bear Lake for helping get these made.
Read more