by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative January 29, 2009 Isn’t it nice to read that someone shares your opinion? And especially when that person articulates it more eloquently than you do? Rachel Hutton, restaurant critic for City Pages, recently lauded two historic bank buildings that have been wonderfully restored as restaurants (“Five Signs the Minneapolis [...]
by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative January 28, 2009 In my (limited) spare time, I have been reading The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History by David Charles Stone. I turned to this book several months ago, when I was preparing to give a presentation at a symposium on historic cemeteries that was held [...]
by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative January 8, 2009 In mid-December, I traveled to Dassel, a small town of around 1,200 people about an hour’s drive west of the Twin Cities. Dassel is home to the Universal Laboratories Building, which was built in 1937 and was recently rehabilitated by the city and the Dassel Area [...]
Welcome to Field Notes, the blog of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. As the Field Representative for the Alliance, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, I will be using this space to report on my travels and activities throughout the state. I hope to cover local issues, initiatives, opportunities, and ideas that [...]
