Art & Architecture

Stonebridge Back Waterfall Wall

Stonebridge Estate remnants… waterfall on hillside deemed too difficult to build on

This year’s Docomomo fall MCM tour included one of my favorite parts of Saint Paul… the steep, wooded slope between Mt. Curve Boulevard and Stonebridge Boulevard on the east end...
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Docomomo Minn Mod Fall Home Tour 9/13/25… Modernism on the Mississippi

The Minn Mod Fall Home Tour is set for Saturday, September 13, 2025. Join Docomomo US/MN for a day celebrating Modernism along the Mississippi River! Twelve properties will be open...
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Forepaugh’s fine dining… don’t miss their Sweet Pea Agnolotti

When Joseph Forepaugh built this grand mansion as a family home in 1870 it occupied 3 lots on a hill on the edge of Irvine Park, with 5 more lots...
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Irvine Park… one of Saint Paul’s first residential neighborhoods

When John Irvine arrived in Saint Paul in 1843 he purchased the Mississippi River’s Upper Landing boat docks and 300 acres of recently ceded Dakota lands and operated a ferry...
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Docomomo 2025b

What is do.co,mo.mo? Why you should know, if you love modern architecture

1. “Before there was Mad Men, Design Within Reach, or Dwell there was Docomomo“… an international non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the...
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Giant LOTI No. 2 Pencil… the next “Spoonbridge and Cherry”?

Where but in Minneapolis would about 2,000 people attend the annual sharpening festivities of a giant pencil?! After a giant wind storm blew off the top of a giant 180-year-old...
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Art-A-Whirl, the largest open studio event in the country, is this weekend… plus a list of over 20 more Twin Cities Art Fairs this season

Minnesota is known for its thriving arts community, and nowhere is it more in evidence than in our numerous summer art fairs. They seem to start earlier every year, with...
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Vibrant Traditions… Scandinavian weaving on display at Norway House

A giant warp-weighted loom sits on display in the middle of the Mondale gallery at Norway House where 48 pieces of modern weaving are on display. I am in awe...
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