Minneapolis in 1960
From:
Madeline Douglass
Date:
May 07 21:38 UTC
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In honor of Preservation Month, here's an interesting lecture tomorrow by Larry
Millett...Millett attended
DeLaSalle high school in the 60's and the demolition
of the Metropolitan Hotel inspired his book Lost Twin
Cities and his career as an architectural historian
and journalist.
The photos are from the Minneapolis Star Tribune's archives...WOW how many
photos are in those archives
and how far back do they go?...anyone taking good
care of them? What will happen if the powers that be
decide to sell em all on Ebay for $$$????
"'Before the Teardown: Minneapolis in 1960' Opening Reception
Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN
Dates: Thursday May 8, 2008
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Fee: Free
A public reception and talk by architecture critic Larry Millett will open the
exhibit "Before the Teardown: Minneapolis in 1960" a photographic look at
Minneapolis on the eve of 1960s urban renewal from the Star Tribune archives.
Remarks will take place at 7 p.m. A cash bar and light snacks are available.
The exhibit is located in the museum’s central Mill Commons, and is free and
open to the public during regular museum hours. The exhibit will be on display
May 8 - Aug. 31.
Retired Pioneer Press architecture critic Larry Millett has spent more than two
decades exploring the architectural heritage of the Twin Cities. He is the
author of "Lost Twin Cities," "Twin Cities Then and Now" and the recent AIA
Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of
Minneapolis and St. Paul."
Madeline Douglass
Kingfield
Downtown East