Aaron Isaacs and John Diers, authors of Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul, will speak at the Hamline Midway Branch Library Auditorium (1558 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul) on September 20th at 7:00pm.
According to the University of Minnesota Press:
In Twin Cities by Trolley, John Diers and Aaron Isaacs offer a rolling snapshot of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the 1880s to the 1950s, when the streetcar system shaped the growth and character of the entire metropolitan area. More than 400 photographs and 70 maps let the reader follow the tracks from Stillwater to University Avenue to Lake Minnetonka, through Uptown to downtown Minneapolis. The illustrations show nearly every neighborhood in Minneapolis and St. Paul as it was during the streetcar era.
Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. The Hamline Midway History Corps Speaker Series is a free event and is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.
