Secrets of the City

Nice pick up, Max. I love that part of town, and I’m glad to hear artists are moving in and shaking things up a bit. Plus, the Pilney Building is a lovely architectural relic. Close by is the Shamrock Bar, a cheap place to get a gin drink. I’m definitely going to be at this opening.
Here’s the organizing artists’ blog, for anyone seeking more info.

Here’s a picture of the Pilney’s iconic deco front spire-signage. God, I love St. Paul.

I didn’t realize it was called Historic West 7th. When we lived in Highland we simply called it Lowland.

The article has the wrong location. The deal is at the corner of Randolph and West Seventh, not Randolph and Snelling.

I’m headed to the lowland myself after work today!

If you guys see the Sad-Eyed Lady (of the Lowlands), with her eyes like smoke and her prayers like rhymes, can you tell her hello for me?

Does she go by the name Rooster’s BBQ?

Mmmm. Roosterrrssss.
(Now yor making me hungry…)

Oh, she once was a true love of mine.

No, wait, that was the girl from the North Country. Well, say hello to her, too. Whichever; they’re all pretty out of my league anyway.

andyst, don’t you go selling yourself short. Don’t you do it!

Wait… so Merriam Park isn’t the West End?

…Maybe Jesse Ventura had a point….

no, this is St. Paul. It’s a difficult city for the directionally challenged. (And that includes me.)
West is south and northwest of the river, as in West Side and West End. The West Side gets its name from river navigational terms; the West End was the western end of the city more than 100 years ago.
The West Side was also the original location of West St. Paul, which is another story for another day. If there is ever a thread about gerrymandering, I’ll explain the West Side, West St. Paul and the 40 Acres.
Merriam Park is west of downtown, along with a lot of other neighborhoods, but you don’t hear west used in neighborhood identity.
Thank goodness the North End is indeed north or we would all be in serious trouble.

Having a home in Saint Paul (proper) and being west of West Saint Paul, and south of South Saint Paul I have know idea what you’re talking about.

well, DouglasG, you’re always welcome on a neighborhood history tour. . . wait, those got wiped out by rising fuel prices
I miss telling the Highland folk that part of their neighborhood was Old Rum Town (sigh)