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Welcome to Uncovering
Rondo
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Tools Historians Use
Census Records
Fire Insurance
Maps
Books
City Maps
Meeting Transcripts Oral
Histories
Government Documents
Newspapers
Photographs
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What is Rondo?
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Mississippi River
Joseph Rondeau
1835
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Mississippi River
1840
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Lake Como
State Capitol1905
1874
Mississippi River
Rondo Neighborhood
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Capitol Hill Magnet School560 Concordia Avenue
University Ave.
Lexington Ave. Marshall Ave.
Rice St.
Rondo Ave.
Dale St.
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Why “uncover” Rondo?
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Rondo Ave. at Arundel St. - 1940Concordia Ave. at Arundel St. - 2009
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CHANGE
CHA NGE
En H ance it
Notice it or N otFight a G ainst it
L E earn from it
C ause it
A dapt and Compromise
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Prosperity1880s – 1920s1800 Today1920s – 1950s
1880s – 1920s
1950s – 1960s
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Reading The Appeal
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Reading The Appeal
• 100 years ago, St. Paul’s African American community read about . . .
• Back then, the jobs that African Americans held were . . .
• What Rondo neighborhood landmarks can you find?
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“Tough Times”1930s – 1950s1800 Today1880s – 1920s 1950s – 1960s
1930s – 1950s
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Oral Histories & Photographs
Well, they chopped up the piano … [for the] wood to heat the house…. So those are the tough times in the winter time that we had….
I remember my grandpa was playing the piano one day, and my grandma [said]…, “We got to have wood…. We’re gonna have to do what we don’t want to do, but we’re gonna have to do it anyway.”
I lived at 222 Rondo Avenue …
Children of Rondo, published in 2006
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Evelyn Fairbanks
Author of Days of Rondo, published in 1990
532 St. Anthony Avenue
Photographs
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but very, very rich
Rondo was really run down
very, very poorvery rich
run down
very run-down neighborhood
Quonset huts at St. Anthony Avenue and Louis Street
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What Makes a Place Important?
• What Rondo neighborhood landmarks can you find?
• Oral histories show that Rondo was an important place 70 years ago because . . .
• What stories do the photographs tell?
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The Highway1950s – 1960s1800 Today1880s – 1920s 1950s – 1960s
1950s – 1960s
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
… There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for … 1957, $125,000,000…; the sum of $850,000,000 for … 1958; and the sum of $875,000,000 for … 1959…. The sums authorized by this section shall be apportioned among the several States….
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Why build highways?
National Defense
Traffic Jams
Safety
Economy
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Public Hearing at City Hall ― December 13, 1956
Everett J. McCubreyDistrict EngineerDepartment of
Highways
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern RouteLake Como
State Capitol
Mississippi River
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Mississippi River
State Capitol
Lake Como
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route
TRAFFIC JAMS!
Frank D. MarzitelliCommissioner of Public Works
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern RouteCosts
More!
George ShepardChief EngineerDepartment of Public Works
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route
Timothy J. Howard
Barber 767 Rondo Avenue
LOSS OF HOMES!
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route
1036 W. Central Avenue Floyd Massey Minister
BUILD BELOW
GROUND LEVEL!
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route
Henry J. LundExecutive Secretary Midway Civic Club
Midway Business
Area
Build a Bridge?BAD for BUSINESS!
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route
Mississippi River
1. BRIDGE CAN
BE BUILT!
2. SWITCH PLANS!
Highway
Parkway
Frank ClaybourneLawyer
3. PEOPLE OVER
MONEY!
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route WAIT ANOTHER
TEN YEARS?
I DON’T THINK YOU CAN!
Albert R. ShielyFormer President,Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce
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Rondo/St. Anthony Route
Northern Route
Which Route Would You Choose?
Frank D. Marzitelli
George Shepard
Albert R. ShielyHenry J.
Lund
Timothy J.Howard
Floyd Massey
Frank Claybourne
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1968
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Stop Sound
363 St. AlbansAvenue
Maxfield School
Cornelius Benner
532 St. Anthony Avenue
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Marvin Roger Anderson
Interviewed for Voices of Rondo,
published in 2005
989-995 RondoAvenue
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Nathaniel Abdul Khaliq
“Your grandfather was a man!
He stood up.”
304 RondoAvenue
George Davis
Interviewed for Voices of Rondo
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“Every time I drive down I-94 … I think I must be driving over my bedroom.”
― Barbara Vassar Gray
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Why RememberRondo?
1800 1880s – 1920s 1950s – 1960s 1950s – 1960s
Today
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How Can We Remember?
Looking South on Arundel Street ― 1940
Looking South on Arundel Street ― 2009
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How can YOU carry on the culture of Rondo?
“The values, the character, the integrity, the close-knitconnection, the extendedfamily…. It was part of our culture.”
― Yusef Mgeni519 Carroll Avenue
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C ause itEn H ance it
A dapt and compromise Notice it or N ot
Fight a G ainst itL E arn from it
CHANGE
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Uncovering Rondo