Noted Historian Don Empson to Present Local History Workshop
Saturday, March 22, at 10 a.m. and repeated at 7 p.m, Thursday March 27
U-PLAN Community Planning Studio, 1956 University Avenue, St. Paul
Donald Empson, the author of The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul, published by the University Of Minnesota Press, will be conducting a workshop on how to research local history, using the University Avenue corridor as a case study. Empson will present a variety of research sources readily available to the public on the Internet or at local libraries, including photographs, newspaper indexes, building permits, and oral histories.
This class is intended to encourage residents to join in a grassroots effort to write the history of this fascinating corridor. Stories and pictures will be posted on this website and will hopefully be incorporated into a published book. It is expected that the website will become a repository of information about buildings no longer standing, such as Montgomery Wards and the Prom Center, and other local landmarks, such as Porkys, and the disappearing automobile dealerships. With over one billion dollars being invested in a new light rail line, and related redevelopment activity along the Avenue, the History Group felt it was a particularly opportune time to document the history of this storied corridor. |
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