And at 2300 Doswell. Some serious engineering went into the design of the two-story retaining wall!
Architecture, Colleges and Universities, Houses, Parks, St. Anthony Park

The ‘Irregular Hillocks, Ridges and Hollows’ of St. Anthony Park

August 25, 2021 20.8 Miles St. Anthony Park I’d never thought of St. Anthony Park as being unusually hilly. That is, until this ride. About halfway through it dawned on […]

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By the 1950s, most of the houses had been removed from Williams Hill. Those that remained were in rough shape. Courtesy MnHS
Architecture, biking, Dayton's Bluff, Frogtown, Industrial Park, Payne-Phalen, Ramsey County, Saint Paul Police Department, Street Names

A Look Back at a Kid’s View of Williams Hill

By the 1950s, most of the houses had been removed from Williams Hill. Those that remained were in rough shape. Courtesy MnHS

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Lots of windows means lots of shutters at 2279 Riverwood Place. There are 24 if you are scoring along.
Architecture, Houses

Shutter Spotting Around the City

Shutters are more common on Saint Paul homes than I thought. Shutters more frequently adorn homes of certain architectural styles, such as Queen Anne, Dutch Colonial and ramblers (a.k.a. ranch.) Of course, that statement is based on my random, unscientific observations.

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The front (Marion Street side) of Paul & Sheila Wellstone Elementary, built in 1926 as Washington High School. The school is framed through a fence on Rice Street.
Alleys, Apartments, Architecture, Churches, House of Worship, North End, Saint Paul Public Schools

Icons of the North End and Folks Who’ve Hung Out There

Macalester-Groveland, Lexington-Hamline, Frogtown, North End, Downtown, Irvine Park, West 7th 23 Miles June 15, 2021 Lexington-Hamline Though my travels around the city concentrate on streets, now and then I find […]

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One of the three turrets on the station.
Architecture, Art, Dale Street, Rondo, Saint Paul Fire Department, Summit-University

A Tale of University Near Dale

September 17, 2019 12.5 Miles Macalester-Groveland, Summit-University/Rondo Little Free Libraries have provided second, third or more lives to countless books. The wood and plastic boxes are ubiquitous in Saint Paul […]

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I presume that the excellent condition of the 80 year old building’s exterior is due to a recent renovation.
Architecture, Construction, Macalester-Groveland, Schools, West Side, Works Progress Administration

Winding My Way Down On Baker Street

August 4, 2019 17.3 Miles Macalester-Groveland, West Seventh, West Side Explored the West Side on this ride. It’s a place I’ve been many times to eat, drink and celebrate Cinco […]

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The Irvine Hill Condominiums at 311 Pleasant Avenue.
Architecture, Downtown, Historic Homes, Homelessness, Hospitals, Interstate 35E, Lexington-Hamline, Macalester-Groveland, Summit-University

A Pleasant Ride

July 22, 2017 Macalester-Groveland, Summit Hill, Downtown, Lexington-Hamline (Union Park) 16.7 miles The very unconventional home at 1523 Sargent Avenue prompted my first pause, shortly after jumping on the bike. […]

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The view east all the way to Downtown, the Ecolab Building (formerly The Saint Paul Company Building) and behind it, the Wells Fargo tower.
Apartments, Architecture, Breweries, Brownfield, Graffiti, Parks, Street Names, West End

Victoria Park Revisited

October 1, 2016 Highland Park, West End (West 7th) 16 miles Rather than ride the Samuel Morgan Trail that parallels Shepard Road, I slipped into the tranquil Crosby Farm Regional […]

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Architecture, Art, Condominiums, Downtown, Lowertown, Museums, National Historic Register, Railroads, Transportation

Living in Union Depot

May 21, 2016     Lowertown, Downtown     15 miles The grand and solemn Saint Paul Union Depot is a train station. Although this seems patently obvious, Union Depot in fact took a […]

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Stonebridge Boulevard runs north and south between St. Clair Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, which were also the north-south boundaries of Stonebridge estate.
Architecture, Colleges and Universities, Desnoyer Park, Graffiti, Macalester-Groveland, Railroads

Remnants of Stonebridge

May 20, 2016     Macalester-Groveland, Desnoyer Park     10 Miles Stonebridge. Today, it’s little more than a two block long street in Macalester-Groveland. From the 1910s into the early ‘30s, however, Stonebridge […]

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