Nearly 100 people gathered on March 5th, 2008 at the Central Corridor Resource Center on University Avenue, to learn how cultural resources—from National Landmarks to vernacular buildings—figure into Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT) planning and to share their thoughts on how these resources might be integrated into LRT station area planning.
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Giesen House Front Porch Restoration
Historic Saint Paul, through the Restore Saint Paul loan program, is stabilizing the front porch on a Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood landmark, the Giesen-Hausler House. The prominent brick mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with prominent Saint Paulites and its remarkable architectural features.
Historic Saint Paul and the Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation have collaborated to nominate St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (currently known as the Rock of the Ages Church) to the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota’s 2008 Ten Most Endangered List.
Ten Most Endangered Nominations
The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota is accepting nominations for the 2008 ten most endangered historic places. According to the Preservation Alliance, “The Ten Most Endangered program is designed to shine a spotlight on historic sites and buildings that face imminent danger through demolition, neglect, or inappropriate public policy.”
St. Paul Projects win help from HGTV
Saint Paul was selected by online voters along with Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans and Washington D.C. for HGTV’s Change the World; Start at Home campaign. Three historic preservation projects on Saint Paul’s East Side will receive assistance and volunteer support to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood.
Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary Buzz
Marisa Helms writes about the recent buzz around the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in this article from MinnPost:
Saint Paul Cube - great gift idea! Call 651-222-3049 ext. 3 for delivery.
The Saint Paul Cube is one of many unique Minnesota gifts featured in the Made in Minnesota Holiday Gift Guide= which is published by Minnesota 2020.
A New Development on Rice Street
“The northeast corner of Rice and Winnipeg streets in Saint Paul will become home to part of a new multi-use development,” writes MinnPost’s Joe Kimball:
Always considered a rough-and-tumble working-class neighborhood — known more for boxers and bars than lattes and boutiques — Rice Street has waited for decades as the city hatched the successful rebirth of Grand Avenue and efforts to turn around Selby Avenue, along with redevelopment projects on the West Side, West End and East Side.
The Saint Paul Cube was featured in an article on the MinnPost website by Marisa Helms. Here is an excerpt:
Hungarian Erno Rubik reportedly got his inspiration for the cube that made him famous by staring into the Danube River one day in Budapest. Somehow, the interaction of the water and the pebbles gave him the idea for the mechanics behind the Rubik’s Cube. That was in 1974. By the early ’80s, the Cube took the world by storm.
Now comes the St. Paul Cube … not quite the engineering feat of its ancestor, but a stroke of promotional genius nonetheless.
From November 8 to December 21 you can vote to help win support for three local community improvement projects through HGTV’s new television program Change the World. Start at Home. Nine cities across the country are competing for life-transforming assistance – and viewers will decide.
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