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Origin Story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street, the Township/City of Saint Paul, the Territory/State

Joseph Landsberger

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Description:This history documents the Upper and Lower Landings as foundational to Saint Paul and Minnesota. It begins with the Ordovician Period 460 million years ago responsible for its geology. Two million years ago the glaciers, the glacial melt, formed the Great Morain and its geography. For eight thousand years the Dakota adapted to this environment and made Minnesota its home.In the 1600s the French and Ojibwe set in motion the transition to a “built” environment in the 1800s. In Saint Paul, a diverse immigrant tale of development emerged at two landings, breaks in its bluffs. John Irvine literally cleared and developed the Upper Landing. Prominent figures built their homes along West Seventh but fled to Summit Avenue when human and industrial waste polluted the river.What they left behind was a diverse working-class neighborhood that built vernacular housing and the oldest commercial strip in Minnesota. The diversity is reflected in twelve languages/dialects of its immigrants. While the Lower Landing focused on wealth accumulation, Upper Landing residents were more interested in building lives. Their institutions transcended division. Neighborhoods were built by language groups as were their churches, taverns and benevolent societies. Cross cultural venues included public schools, playgrounds, grocers, and beer gardens, employment at breweries and rail yards, and factories on the river.The population melded culturally into the Twentieth Century ignored by city powers. The first decades witnessed the O’Connor’s layover policy that sponsored organized crime. The Mississippi River stagnated through the 1930s. Three miles on the river side of West Seventh Street lost all its buildings and 16 feet of property for realignment. After World War II, official policy encouraged while flight to the suburbs; freeways (Shepard Road and 35E) eliminated whole neighborhoods.The neighborhoods had enough in the 1970s. Downtown interests were perceived as adversaries rather than advocates. “Urban renewal” fostered proposals to clear whole neighborhoods in favor of strip malls. Volunteers took action. Through their unique neighborhood council, the West Seventh/Fort Road Federation, they saved Irvine Park, Irvine Hill, Kips Glen, and Little Bohemia. Raised cultural institutions of the CSPS Hall and Schmidt Brewery to historic site status. They successfully fought slum lords and porn shops, rebuilt playgrounds, parks and community and health centers. A commercial ghetto was fought, its neighborhood transformed into affordable housing. A development corporation preserved housing and commercial strip, with some success but some losses. Garden tours drew attention to its river valley. It wasn’t radical as much as self-preservation.Historians ignored this seminal history. The locally sourced, locally promoted “Origin Story” met a ready audience. Its narrative was illustrated by 1069 vintage and commissioned images documented with 246 endnotes. The first edition sold out in two months. Six months later a second edition was revised to include a dozen stories from those who purchased the first; all proceeds benefited local non-profits. It is only sold through them and independent bookstores. Marketing costs were not necessary. The book has become an educational program of lectures, courses and newsprint serialization.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Origin Story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street, the Township/City of Saint Paul, the Territory/State. To get started finding Origin Story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street, the Township/City of Saint Paul, the Territory/State, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 420

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: self-published

Release: 2025

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Description: This history documents the Upper and Lower Landings as foundational to Saint Paul and Minnesota. It begins with the Ordovician Period 460 million years ago responsible for its geology. Two million years ago the glaciers, the glacial melt, formed the Great Morain and its geography. For eight thousand years the Dakota adapted to this environment and made Minnesota its home.In the 1600s the French and Ojibwe set in motion the transition to a “built” environment in the 1800s. In Saint Paul, a diverse immigrant tale of development emerged at two landings, breaks in its bluffs. John Irvine literally cleared and developed the Upper Landing. Prominent figures built their homes along West Seventh but fled to Summit Avenue when human and industrial waste polluted the river.What they left behind was a diverse working-class neighborhood that built vernacular housing and the oldest commercial strip in Minnesota. The diversity is reflected in twelve languages/dialects of its immigrants. While the Lower Landing focused on wealth accumulation, Upper Landing residents were more interested in building lives. Their institutions transcended division. Neighborhoods were built by language groups as were their churches, taverns and benevolent societies. Cross cultural venues included public schools, playgrounds, grocers, and beer gardens, employment at breweries and rail yards, and factories on the river.The population melded culturally into the Twentieth Century ignored by city powers. The first decades witnessed the O’Connor’s layover policy that sponsored organized crime. The Mississippi River stagnated through the 1930s. Three miles on the river side of West Seventh Street lost all its buildings and 16 feet of property for realignment. After World War II, official policy encouraged while flight to the suburbs; freeways (Shepard Road and 35E) eliminated whole neighborhoods.The neighborhoods had enough in the 1970s. Downtown interests were perceived as adversaries rather than advocates. “Urban renewal” fostered proposals to clear whole neighborhoods in favor of strip malls. Volunteers took action. Through their unique neighborhood council, the West Seventh/Fort Road Federation, they saved Irvine Park, Irvine Hill, Kips Glen, and Little Bohemia. Raised cultural institutions of the CSPS Hall and Schmidt Brewery to historic site status. They successfully fought slum lords and porn shops, rebuilt playgrounds, parks and community and health centers. A commercial ghetto was fought, its neighborhood transformed into affordable housing. A development corporation preserved housing and commercial strip, with some success but some losses. Garden tours drew attention to its river valley. It wasn’t radical as much as self-preservation.Historians ignored this seminal history. The locally sourced, locally promoted “Origin Story” met a ready audience. Its narrative was illustrated by 1069 vintage and commissioned images documented with 246 endnotes. The first edition sold out in two months. Six months later a second edition was revised to include a dozen stories from those who purchased the first; all proceeds benefited local non-profits. It is only sold through them and independent bookstores. Marketing costs were not necessary. The book has become an educational program of lectures, courses and newsprint serialization.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Origin Story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street, the Township/City of Saint Paul, the Territory/State. To get started finding Origin Story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street, the Township/City of Saint Paul, the Territory/State, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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