Prison
The Prison was located on Highway 13 between Cedar and Lyndale Avenues, or “one mile east of the Lucky Twin Drive-in on Highway 13” in Burnsville. It opened in 1968 and had two stages at opposite end of the floor. … Continue reading →
Venues
Prom Ballroom
The Prom Ballroom was located at 1190 University Ave. in St. Paul. When it was built it was next to the Lexington Ballpark. It was built at a cost of $250,000 by developer Carl J. Fox, who also built the … Continue reading →
Psychotic City
Please see The City.
Continue reading →Pudge’s
Pudge’s Cocktail Lounge and Supper Club opened on October 15, 1968, underneath the Lucky Lanes Bowling Alley at 2155 Ford Parkway (at Cretin) in Highland Park, St. Paul. The bowling alley had opened in 1953 with 16 lanes; 8 more … Continue reading →
Puff the Magic Dragon
Puff the Magic Dragon was a large anchored barge on the Mississippi river with a stage on it, and bands and played to people on land. It was anchored at the Svoboda Boat Works, 1835 S. Mississippi River Blvd., under … Continue reading →
Purple Barn
This page covers the South/Purple Barn. It was located at Highway 494 and County Road 18 (as first advertised), which now would be approximately West 78th Street, three blocks west of Highway 494 and Highway 169, in Eden Prairie. There … Continue reading →
Purple Cigar
See the Hullabaloo Club – St. Louis Park.
Continue reading →Purple Goblet
The Purple Goblet was located at 118 W. Lake Street. The owner was Lynn Thompson. An article in Select Magazine from February 1961 said that the Purple Goblet had “salon music” one night a week, and otherwise featured a jukebox … Continue reading →
Purple Onion
There were four different Purple Onions that I’ve found so far. The name is no doubt inspired by the folk club by the same name in San Francisco. HAMLINE Perhaps the most famous Purple Onion was located at 722 No. … Continue reading →
Radisson Hotel
The Radisson Hotel was located at 35 So. 7th Street in Minneapolis. The “Minneapolis Hotel Building,” as the building was called on the initial blueprints, was primarily financed by a woman named Edna Dickerson, who ran a school for court … Continue reading →