SPNN will broadcast three segments of Historic St. Paul’s Green Retrofit series several times from March 25 through April 3. All programs will air on Comcast Channel 19. Schedule details: Thu., 3/25 9:00 p.m. guest Jimmy Sparks of Neighborhood Energy Connection Fri, 3/26 9:00 p.m. guest Mike Williams, MN Greenstar – Green Building Standards Sat., [...]
By Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative March 16, 2010 How did preservation projects fare in the bonding bill that was trimmed, and then signed, by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Sunday? Some wins, some losses. Here’s the rundown, as far as my non-political mind can discern. Vetoed Projects: $2 million request for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden [...]
by Erin Hanafin Berg, Field Representative March 15, 2010 Over the weekend, I set up a booth for the Preservation Alliance at the Twin Cities Sustainable Communities Conference. Hosted by a non-profit organization called the Alliance for Sustainability, the two-day conference was held at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis (whose volunteers wore aprons that [...]
The Minnesota Historical Society’s Visual Resourse Database has a great collection of historic photographs from throughout the state. You can browse thumbnails very easily—great for researching or just whiling away the time. A new finding aid pulls together the historic images from Norton & Peel, a commercial photography studio that was based in Minneapolis from [...]
