2015-08-04_PR Comm Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Tangletown Gardens and Wise Acre Eatery Yes, it’s a full-service restaurant on every “best-of” list, and a whimsical garden center remade in an old gas station, and the hottestCSA subscription in town. But to Tangletown neighbors it’s a collection of locally owned businesses fed by a 100-acre family farm and a lot of locavore love., tangletowngardens.comwiseacreeatery.com St.AnthonyPark-St.Paul Snug Civic Center Lovely Learning Muffuletta photo by Sarah Claire Ahlers The Beaux-Arts Saint Anthony Park Library serves as a community gathering spot for kids and grownups alike. Tucked into the northwest corner of St. Paul, between Highway 280, I-94, and the State Fairgrounds, is a hamlet of adorable proportions. It’s uniquely Minnesotan (the Lutheran seminary, the campus cornfields, the eclectic bookstore), with ahip, global perspective due to its U of M proximity. It’s young but by no means flyby—the ’hood is known for its civic-ness. Less than 8,000 make a community band, newspaper, charitable foundation, art festival, shared garden, and volunteer group for seniors. They’re more highly educated than average, and they use their cars less, too. HISTORY In 1873, famous urban planner Horace S. Cleveland designed this addition to St. Paul and Minneapolis, winding the streets to the topography.The St. Anthony Park Company divided the land into smaller lots, and when the St. Paul campus of the U was established in the late 1880s, the neighborhood took off. HOUSING STOCK Most homes were built before 1930 (bungalow, Craftsman, and Prairie styles, mostly), except for University Grove, which sits just outside St. Anthony Park. Built for faculty and administration at the U (and still sold first to them) it’s a stunning array of pricey midcentury gems, some Mondrian. As a whole, though, prices are mixed, meeting at a median of$195,000, and half of residents rent. SCHOOLS TO NOTE Como Park Senior High School A St. Paul public high school that’s “large enough to offer many paths” but small enough for exploration. And the state’s first school-based credit union offers great job and internship experience.comosr.spps.org/