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Arts Flourishing on St. Paul’s West End

submitted by Max Sparber

Jul 8 2008 — 2:00am

Organizers are letting the world know that the arts are flourishing on St. Paul’s West End with an inaugural exhibit featuring work from the people who live and work there.

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14 Reader Comments

arthappy Jul 8 2008
2:39 pm

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.

arthappy Jul 8 2008
2:43 pm

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

g rote Jul 8 2008
2:46 pm

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

MNObserv Jul 8 2008
3:26 pm

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

wayne Jul 8 2008
3:29 pm

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

arthappy Jul 8 2008
3:46 pm

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?

g rote Jul 8 2008
4:02 pm

Does she go by the name Rooster’s BBQ?

arthappy Jul 8 2008
4:06 pm

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

andyst Jul 8 2008
4:40 pm

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.

arthappy Jul 8 2008
5:01 pm

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

acalhoun Jul 9 2008
7:57 am

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

…Maybe Jesse Ventura had a point….

jmc Jul 9 2008
8:34 am

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.

DouglasG Jul 9 2008
8:45 am

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.

jmc Jul 9 2008
11:23 am

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)