St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22
MINNEAPOLIS.
IN LOCAL ARCHITECTURE.

R The Stroller has had more than a
vague idea for some time that Minneap-
oils was the most enterprising city in
the world, and after hearing a converse
ton yesterday between an arch;+.,r-r.1 and
anumber of the Eastern delegates to
the 1; =, &. convention his estimation
was not lessened III the least. This
group was on the avenue looking at the
perspective plan of the famous twenty
eight-Story building. The men had
just been looking at the Lumber eX-
change. and when the architect stated
that the building in question would
double discount the exchange in height,
the commercial men gave him look
that signified, "Do you think we have
just come in to spend the day?"
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1.-THE most noticeable feature that a
stranger will observe in the Flour City
is the fastidious architectural ideas"
remarked a visitor. ''The reason for this
is plain. The majority of the buildings
have been erected within the last six
years, and the architects have had so
much upon their imaginative minds
that doubtless their ideas of this man.
sion and that barn were put together.
However, the greater part of the resi-
denceS have all the modern conven-
fences, and are noted to be the latest
STYLE"
"In years gone by people in erecting
dwellings, were content with any de-
sign, as the rows of conventional bricks
in different localities attest, where the
builder had room to look for something
more artistic and pretentiOuS. We
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nowadays, when there is any COMPETE
ton. for it is now the most novel design,
whether combining the most ancient
style, such as Tuscan or Dorlc, OF the
most modern Queen Anne and EliZ-
abeth."
"If you go about the city you will
find numerous houses that have been
fashioned after queer if not frantic
ideas as to appearance and comfort.
The speculative and artistic comblna-
tons are now more in use. The old
square, massive house is no more, and
it seems that the more angles and cor
ners that can be inflicted Oh building
is the most desirable.
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For one, the Stroller is glad to note
this aspiring trend. and believes in pro-
noting all that will enhance its beauty,
and can best realize the influence that
the fashionable houses will have upon
visitors as they drive along the beauti-
full boulevards of Minneapolis.
II.
The Stroller believes that the ramp
ant fight among the architects in the
competition for the new court house
will result in vast difference in the
architectural styles for office buildings
in the center of the city hereafter.
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The new postoffice building is a
structure that is given no little COM
ment by disguised Minneapolitans, and
the universal cry is that it will not be
sufficiently large enough to transact the
business that the city will demand five
years hence.
The most cordial and easy life man in
Minneapolis can rightly be said to be
Albert Johnson, who without doubt is
worth $1,000, 600 at the least. He resides
In a little Shanty on Fourth street be-
tween Nicollet and First avenue south
and devotes his leisure hours to the
favorite old game of checkers. His
appearance would hardly give any one
the impression that he was milliOn-
aire, but nevertheless he is and gives
many thousand dollars every year for
charity. 1t is surprising to the majority
of people that he has never entered
wedlOck, as he is great favorite among
the feminine sex.