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Grand avenue : the renaissance of an urban street / by Biloine Whiting Young and David Lanegran.
- Title
- Grand avenue : the renaissance of an urban street / by Biloine Whiting Young and David Lanegran.
- Author
- Young, Biloine W., 1926-2020
- Publication
- St. Cloud, MN : North Star Press of St. Cloud, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F614.S4 Y6 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lanegran, David A.
- Description
- x, 212 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "... Tells the stories of Grand Avenue and identifies the factors that saved the street from urban blight, crime, and decay [to become] some of the most desirable residential and business locations in the Twin Cities ..."--Cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- ch. 1. Carving a city from the oak savannah -- ch. 2. Trolley technology and the growth of cities -- ch. 3. Having fun on Grand Avenue -- ch. 4. Glamorous gangsters on Grand -- ch. 5. What the Great War did to Grand -- ch. 6. I-94 ditch and its urban victims -- ch. 7. Urban renewal: government efforts to make amends -- ch. 8. Historic preservation to the rescue -- ch. 9. Grand Avenue organizes to fight blight -- ch. 10. New store opens and survives -- ch. 11. Victoria Crossing comes to Grand -- ch. 12. First Bank Grand: the uneasy partner -- ch. 13. Mary Rice and her grand old ideas -- ch. 14. Great battle over zoning -- ch. 15. Women business owners -- ch. 16. Business community develops -- ch. 17. Franchises find Grand Avenue -- ch. 18. Elements of Grand's success -- Grand Avenue Business Association presidents -- Grand Avenue Business Association executive directors.
- ISBN
- 0878391053 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^96014420^
- OCLC
- 34583886
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library