Uncovering Rondo [Capitol Hill] Power Point Presentation

Welcome to Uncovering Rondo

Tools Historians Use Fire Insurance Maps Census Records Books Meeting Transcripts Oral Histories City Maps Newspapers Government Documents Photographs

What is Rondo?

Joseph Rondeau 1835 Mississippi River

1840 Mississippi River

Lake Como State Capitol 1905 Rondo Neighborhood Mississippi River 1874

Capitol Hill Magnet School 560 Concordia Avenue University Ave. Rice St. Lexington Ave. Dale St. Rondo Ave. Marshall Ave.

Why “uncover” Rondo?

Concordia Ave. at Arundel St. 1940 Rondo Ave. at Arundel St. - - 2009

CHANGE C ause it En H ance it A dapt and Compromise Notice it or N ot Fight a G ainst it L E earn from it

Prosperity 1880s – 1920s 1880s – 1920s 1800 1920s – 1950s 1950s – 1960s Today

Reading The Appeal

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?

“Tough Times” 1930s – 1950s 1930s – 1950s 1800 1880s – 1920s 1950s – 1960s Today

Oral Histories & Photographs I lived at 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.” 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…. Children of Rondo, published in 2006

Photographs Evelyn Fairbanks Author of Days of Rondo, published in 1990

Rondo was really run down very, very poor very rich run down very run-down neighborhood but very, very rich

What Makes a Place Important? • Oral histories show that Rondo was an important place 70 years ago because . . . • What stories do the photographs tell? • What Rondo neighborhood landmarks can you find?

The Highway 1950s – 1960s 1950s – 1960s 1800 1880s – 1920s 1950s – 1960s Today

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….

Why build highways? National Defense Safety Traffic Jams Economy

Public Hearing at City Hall ― December 13, 1956 Everett J. McCubrey District Engineer Department of Highways

Lake Como Northern Route State Capitol Rondo/St. Anthony Route Mississippi River

Lake Como State Capitol Mississippi River

Northern Route Rondo/St. Anthony Route Frank D. Marzitelli Commissioner of Public Works

Northern Route Rondo/St. Anthony Route George Shepard Chief Engineer Department of Public Works

Timothy J. Howard Barber Northern Route Rondo/St. Anthony Route

Floyd Massey Minister Northern Route Rondo/St. Anthony Route

Northern Route Build a Bridge? Midway Business Area Rondo/St. Anthony Route Henry J. Lund Executive Secretary Midway Civic Club

Frank Claybourne Lawyer Northern Route Highway Rondo/St. Anthony Parkway Route Mississippi River

Northern Route Rondo/St. Anthony Route Albert R. Shiely Former President, Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce

Which Route Would You Choose? Floyd Timothy J. Massey Howard Northern Route Frank Claybourne Frank D. Marzitelli Rondo/St. Anthony Route Albert R. George Henry J. Shiely Shepard Lund

1968

Cornelius Benner Maxfield School Stop Sound

Marvin Roger Anderson Interviewed for Voices of Rondo, published in 2005

Nathaniel George Davis Abdul Khaliq “Your grandfather was a man! He stood up.” Interviewed for Voices of Rondo

“Every time I drive down I-94 … I think I must be driving over my bedroom.” ― Barbara Vassar Gray

Why Remember Rondo? Today 1800 1880s – 1920s 1950s – 1960s 1950s – 1960s

How Can We Remember? Looking South on Arundel Street ― 1940 Looking South on Arundel Street ― 2009

How can YOU carry on the culture of Rondo? “The values, the character, the integrity, the close-knit connection, the extended family…. It was part of our culture.” ― Yusef Mgeni 519 Carroll Avenue

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Uncovering Rondo

Uncovering Rondo [Capitol Hill] Power Point Presentation

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