This page traces buildings that are or were on either side of Highway 100.  Before the Highway became a full-fledged freeway, it was also often the same as a city street.  Starting at the southern end, the Highway was the…

The history of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church goes back to preliminary meetings held at the home of Brookside resident Albert Kruse. The group was an offshoot of Zion Lutheran Church in Hopkins. The first services were held on September 19,…

Brothers Bobby and David Rivkin (now Bobby and David Z) are two St. Louis Park-bred musicians, each distinguished in their own right. Their brother Stephen E. Rivkin is a film editor and producer with a long list of films to…

Although St. Louis Park wasn’t exactly known for its criminal activity (other than extensive moonshining), here are some interesting accounts of the occasional transgression in days past. These incidents show us just how low key the Village was about crime.…

Brookside Custodian Axel Peterson was as much a clown, father figure, and protector as custodian, and was famous for holding naughty kids by the feet with their heads in the wastebasket. He worked at Brookside School from 1948 to 1973.…

St. Louis Park was the home of several nurseries, especially along Excelsior Blvd., which was dubbed “nursery and greenhouse row” by the Dispatch. Morton Arneson started operating his three acres at 4951 Excelsior Blvd. in 1929. This land became the…

St. Louis Park has had many people who have gone on to become rich and famous – or at least famous. This is by no means a complete list; contact us for more names.  Here are some of them (in…

Before this commercial building was built in 1949, it may have been the site of Century Products Co.  We have a report that the frame of a 1938 Ford dump truck has the name of the company and the address…

Was Highway 100 an old Indian path or oxcart route?  Did the pioneers carve it out of the wilderness in the 1850s?  Although the answer may not be as romantic, the history of Highway 100 is just as interesting.  …

Art Hager was certainly one of the most controversial figures in St. Louis Park’s civic history, working as a policeman during the rough-and-tumble days of the 1930s. See also Police and Crime. Arthur F. “Art” Hager was born in Minneapolis…