1011 OLSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY The first mention of the Northside Inn in the Minneapolis papers is in December 1935. The tavern sponsored a baseball team from 1941 to 1948. An ad selling all of its fixtures was published on October … Continue reading →
The Northstar Center was located at 618 Second Ave. So., Minneapolis. It was built in 1961-62, and was the site of the first skyway, connecting it to the Northwestern National Bank. It included the Northstar Inn Hotel and several large … Continue reading →
2409 E. Skillmann Ave., No. St. Paul. 1970: Live entertainment on weekends.
Continue reading →Norway Hall was located at 2902 Chicago Ave. So. in Minneapolis. THE BUILDING Norway Hall was built in 1923 as “brick lodge rooms,” according to the city’s permit card. The cost on the permit was listed as $41,000; in the … Continue reading →
Nye’s, at 112 E. Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis, began as a bar called Hefron’s. Al Nye bought the bar in the late 1940s, and in 1964 he bought the place next door and opened the Polonaise Room Restaurant. Nye’s featured … Continue reading →
The I.A. O’Shaughnessy Auditorium is located at 1920 Randolph Ave., on the campus of the College of St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul. St. Catherine’s is one of the largest private women’s universities in the country. The auditorium is named … Continue reading →
Thank you to Jeff Neuberger for information about this venue. The Oak Grove Country Club opened on May 11, 1929. It was located in Fridley, three miles up Central Avenue from the Minneapolis city limits at 37th Avenue NE, approximately … Continue reading →
230 Oak Grove Street. This hotel was (and is) by Loring Park in Minneapolis – now apartments. It was built in 1920, and was one of the most posh hotels in town, hosting the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie … Continue reading →
Superior Blvd. (I-394), Hopkins. This was the site of local dances in 1928. Exact location unknown.
Continue reading →The Oak Ridge Resort was on Crooked Lake in Anoka. Percy Hughes played there in 1952.
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