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Farmers Market (Aldrich Arena)

Every Wednesday morning (during the Summer months) there is a farmers market in the parking lot of Aldrich Arena. Many colorful and tasty choices are available, as well as advice from master gardeners.

Aug 28, 2011

Photos: 9

Spoon Lake Park

Spoon Lake is a small body of Water, on a chain of lakes, between keller and Gervais Lakes. The park amenities include a boat launch, with access to Gervais, Kohlman and Keller lakes and public restrooms. The park is very popular with shore fisherman.

Aug 24, 2011

Photos: 11

Hamm's Mansion Park

Jun 7, 2011

Photos: 10

Arlington Hills United Methodist Church

The history of AHUMC spans some 125 + years. The first Sunday School was organized on March 29, 1885 at the home of August Oberg. The 1st sermons were delivered at Berg's Tailor Shop, 658 Jenks on Sunday afternoons. The first church building was dedicated on July 11, 1886 at Wells and Weide. The combined church and parsonage on Cook and Greenbrier, incorperated as Arlington Hills Swedish M.E. Church, in 1889 and dedicated on December 14, 1890. The church was remodeled in 1940. The religious education building was dedicated in 1952. The new church in its present location, on County Road B, was dedicated September 13, 1970. The latest addition of a new education wing and fellowship hall was dedicated in 1995. The congregation has grown from 21 members to nearly 500 in 2006. An impressive history of growth and dedication!

Jun 1, 2011

Photos: 8

Minnesota Humanities Center / Gillette Childrens Hospital

Minnesota Humanities commission# Michael J. Dowling Memorial Hall. 987 Ivy East. Clarence H. Johnston, 1925. Renovated and restored, Finn Daniels Architect, 1996. Carved Tiles, Henry C. Mercer. Plaster sculpture, Brioschi-Minuti Co? Gillette, founded in1897, moved to Ivy avenue in 1811, to Spanish Revival buildings. Dowling Memorial Hall is named for Michael J. Dowling, a state legislator who lost his hands and feet to frost bite and became an advocate of disabled children. Designed as an educational wing, the building features a beautiful arched entryway and bright interior spaces adorned with whimsical details, including carved tiles from the Monrovian Pottery of Pennsylvania and plaster sculptures by the Brioschi-Minuti Co. of St. Paul. The building, as a whole, is light, spacious and cheerful, quite unlike any hospital or school of recent vintage. From “The Architectural Guide to the Twin Cities” by Larry Millet.

Jan 13, 2011

Photos: 22

Big Urban Woods

A small group of concerned citizens and hard-working youths, spear-headed by Tom Russ, have undertaken the job of transforming a parcel of neglected city land into a natural area suitable for recreational and educational pursuits. The project was started in the spring of 2010 and is progressing at a steady pace. The Big Urban Woods is located between the Case and Duluth Playground and the Sims Avenue Compost site. For more information and photographs see the official website at: http://www.bigurbanwoods.org/.

Jul 29, 2010

Photos: 35

Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

for more information and maps see the following website: http://www.mepartnership.org/documents/Vento%20Site%20Guide.pdf

Jul 8, 2010

Photos: 35

Camp Coldwater Moonlight Walk

A group of ctizens concerned about the future of Camp Coldwater, considered by many to be the birth place of minnesota, get together for an evening hike every full moon at the site of the spring. The event is attended by Historians and Naturalists who freely share their inpressive wealth of knowledge of the area. The site is too important to be ignored by the powers that be. The site is considered sacred by many Native Americans and deserves the same reverance from all Minnesotans. For more information check these websites: http://www.preservecampcoldwater.org/, http://www.tc.umn.edu/~white067/, http://friendsofcoldwater.org/home.html,

Sep 6, 2009

Photos: 11

National Night Out 2009

Grid 34's Natiol Night Out get together for 2009 at Polly's Coffee Cove.

Aug 13, 2009

Photos: 22

Edgerton St.

Edgerton street was named in honor of Erastus Smith Edgerton, 1816-93, President of the Second National Bank in St. Paul. Born in New York State, where he worked as a deputy sheriff, moved to St. Paul in 1853. He opened a bank here with money from his father‘s estate, Charles Mackubin was his first partner. He spent the remainder of his life in banking. When he retired he returned to New York City, where he was often seen riding his Kentucky-bred horse in Central Park. Miller Street was renamed Edgerton in 1872. Edgerton marks the ½ section line on the land survey.* Donald I. Empson, The Street Where you live, pp. 85

Jul 22, 2009

Photos: 5

Red Conoryea

Jul 18, 2009

Photos: 27

St. Paul Dragon Festival 2009

The Dragon Festival takes place every summer at St. Paul's Phalen Park. 2009 marks the festival's 13th year of community celebration. The celebration includes food, cultural demonstrations and pageantry, folklore demonstrations, martial arts, canoe rides and of course, Dragon Boat Races. This years races included some twenty-five teams.

Jul 16, 2009

Photos: 33

St. Paul Dragon Festival 2003

Jul 12, 2009

Photos: 12

Swede Hollow

Swede Hollow is an actual small valley bounded by Minnehaha Avenue on the North, East Seventh sreet on the South, Payne Avenue on the West and Greenbrier Avenue on the East. At one time a creek ran from the South end of Lake Phalen through the Swede Hollow Valley and merged with Trout Brook before joining the Mississippi River. Phalen Creek now runs under ground, through a pipe, to the mississippi River. Phalen Creek and Lake Phalen were named for Edward Phalen, an early settler who staked a claim in the valley. Later the valley became a place where new imigrants began their life in the United States. First the Scandinavians, hence the name "Swede Hollow", followed by Italians and Mexicans and others. In 1956 the people living in Swede Hollow were relocated and all the homes were razed by fire. The valley is now a city park,... Swede Hollow Park.

Jul 11, 2009

Photos: 58

National Night Out 2008

Jan 11, 2009

Photos: 6

Payne-Ivy Grocery Mural

Jul 17, 2008

Photos: 24

The Alm Building

This building was the site of the Payne-Ivy Drug Store before 1957.

Jul 17, 2008

Photos: 4

Morrie Johnson

Apr 28, 2008

Photos: 6

Arlington Hills Branch Library

Mar 30, 2008

Photos: 5

Grid 34 Neighborhood Patrol Car

In March of 2008 Larry Simpson (pictured) and his wife Donna purchased a retired Iowa police car for use as a civilian patrol of the grid 34 neighborhood. The Eastside couple have also generously agreed to fund the operating expenses for the first year of the pilot civilian patrol program. The object of this endeavor is to improve the quality of life in the great Grid 34 neighborhood.