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MINNEAPOLIS 



her of natural lakes and the banks of the 

 Mississippi. All of the parks, with a total area 

 of 3,800 acres, are connected and intersected by 

 boulevards fifty miles in extent. From Loring 

 Park, near the center of population, Kenwood 

 Parkway extends to a group of lakes, Cedar 

 Lake, Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun and 

 Lake Harriet, in the southwestern part of the 

 city. Waterways for small craft, canoes, 

 launches and sail boats connect these lakes, 

 whose surrounding grounds (with the exception 

 of Cedar Lake) form one large, continuous 

 park. From Lake Harriet, the southmost of 

 the group, the parkway extends southeast along 

 Minnehaha Creek to Minnehaha Falls, a veil of 

 water fifty feet high. The name Minnehaha 

 has been immortalized in Longfellow's poem, 

 Hiawatha. Here is a park of 142 acres, adjoin- 

 ing the grounds of the Minnesota State Sol- 

 diers' Home. Fort Snelling, a military reserva- 

 tion, the refuge of settlers in Indian war days, 

 is south of Minnehaha Park. From this point 

 a parkway extends north along ea'ch side of the 

 river, on the west side to Riverside Park, one 

 mile south of Saint Anthony's Falls, and on 

 the east side to the state university campus. 

 Throughout the city are a number of small 

 parks. A short distance west of Minneapolis, 

 reached by three railway lines, is an irregularly- 

 outlined body of water, Lake Minnetonka, a 

 delightful summer resort. 



Public Buildings. One of the most conspicu- 

 ous of the many handsome public buildings in 



METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 



(1) Saint Louis Park, (3) West Saint Paul, 



village city 



(2) Edina, village (4) South Saint Paul, 



city 



Minneapolis is the county courthouse and city 

 hall, a large granite structure covering an en- 

 tire block. It was erected by the county and 

 city together, at a cost of $3,500 ; 000. From 

 its main tower, 345 feet high, may be had an 

 excellent view of the city. Among other note- 

 worthy structures are the new Federal building, 

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which also covers an entire block, the Audi- 

 torium armory, the public library and branch 

 buildings, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. build- 

 ings, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Corn 

 Exchange, Lumber Exchange, the Great North- 

 ern depot and the Central high school. The 

 prominent bank buildings include those of the 

 Andrus, McKnight, Plymouth, Palace, Security 

 and Soo First National banks; among the 

 leading hotel buildings are the Radisson, Nicol- 

 let, Dyckman, Plaza and West; the Auditorium 

 and Metropolitan are prominent theaters. 

 Noteworthy churches are the Cathedral of 

 Saint Mary, the First Baptist, the Wesley and 

 the Fowler Methodist Episcopal, the West- 

 minster Presbyterian, Plymouth Congrega- 

 tional and First Unitarian. 



Institutions. The University of Minnesota 

 (which see) occupies a beautiful campus on 

 the east river bank. Institutions of collegiate 

 rank in the city and vicinity are Augsburg 

 Seminary (Lutheran), Minnesota College 

 (Swedish), Hamline .University (Methodist 

 Episcopal) at Hamline, between Saint Paul 

 and Minneapolis, and Macalister College 

 (Presbyterian), at Macalister, a suburb between 

 the two cities. Private schools include Stanley 

 Hall, Graham Hall and Saint Margaret's 

 Academy, girls' schools; and Blake School and 

 De La Salle Institute, schools for boys. Dun- 

 woody Institute, an institution maintained in 

 part by the city, is a vocational school for 

 boys. 



Minneapolis has become widely known as an 

 art center. The Minneapolis Symphony Or- 

 chestra, an organization including nearly 100 

 artists, is considered one of the leading institu- 

 tions of its kind. In addition to the regular 

 winter concerts in the city, given upon occa- 

 sion in conjunction with the Philharmonic Club, 

 a large choral society, the orchestra makes 

 concert tours in the United States and Canada. 

 The Art Institute building is one of the city's 

 most distinguished structures. In it are per- 

 manent galleries and space for traveling ex- 

 hibitions and the schoolrooms of the Minne- 

 apolis School of Arts. There are many private 

 music and art schools, among them the John- 

 son School of Music, the Northwestern Con- 

 servatory of Music and the Handicraft Guild. 



Among the leading hospitals are the Minne- 

 apolis City Hospital, Asbury Methodist, North- 

 western, Saint Mary's and Saint Barnabas hos- 

 pitals. In the city are a number of sanatoriums. 

 The charities include the Catholic Orphans' 

 Home; Washburn Home; Pillsbury House and 



