Comments on: Arts Flourishing on St. Paul’s West End http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745 Minneapolis + St. Paul Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:41:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jmc http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-178000 jmc Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:23:17 +0000 #comment-178000 well, DouglasG, you're always welcome on a neighborhood history tour. . . wait, those got wiped out by rising fuel prices<br /> I miss telling the Highland folk that part of their neighborhood was Old Rum Town (sigh) 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)

]]> By: DouglasG http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177861 DouglasG Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:45:38 +0000 #comment-177861 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. 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.

]]> By: jmc http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177858 jmc Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:34:23 +0000 #comment-177858 no, this is St. Paul. It's a difficult city for the directionally challenged. (And that includes me.)<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> Merriam Park is west of downtown, along with a lot of other neighborhoods, but you don't hear west used in neighborhood identity. <br /> Thank goodness the North End is indeed north or we would all be in serious trouble. 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.

]]> By: acalhoun http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177844 acalhoun Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:57:51 +0000 #comment-177844 Wait... so Merriam Park isn't the West End? <br /> <br /> ...Maybe Jesse Ventura had a point.... Wait… so Merriam Park isn’t the West End?

…Maybe Jesse Ventura had a point….

]]> By: arthappy http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177786 arthappy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:01:57 +0000 #comment-177786 andyst, don't you go selling yourself short. Don't you do it! andyst, don’t you go selling yourself short. Don’t you do it!

]]> By: andyst http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177782 andyst Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:40:59 +0000 #comment-177782 Oh, she once was a true love of mine.<br /> <br /> 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. 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.

]]> By: arthappy http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177772 arthappy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:06:29 +0000 #comment-177772 Mmmm. Roosterrrssss. <br /> (Now yor making me hungry...) Mmmm. Roosterrrssss.
(Now yor making me hungry…)

]]> By: g rote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177771 g rote Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:02:02 +0000 #comment-177771 Does she go by the name Rooster's BBQ? Does she go by the name Rooster’s BBQ?

]]> By: arthappy http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177768 arthappy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:46:07 +0000 #comment-177768 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? 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?

]]> By: wayne http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12745#comment-177765 wayne Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:29:45 +0000 #comment-177765 I'm headed to the lowland myself after work today! I’m headed to the lowland myself after work today!

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