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Rose Township's Second Boom <br />All the conditions that caused the boom in speculation in the 1840s and '50s were <br />present at an increased level in the 1940s and ' 50s. In anticipation of a post-war <br />boom> the Board of Ramsey County Commissioners and the Rosetown Board both <br />passed a zoning code that consisted of two classes. One section was called Farm <br />Residence District and the second was Residence District "A". As the names <br />indicate, this was an effort to legalize and divide the urban from the more rural <br />areas on the fringes of the city. The little communities of Falcon Heights and <br />Lauderdale were filling up and their residents talked frequently about <br />incorporating. <br />Commercial interest in Rosetown increased after the Second World War, and the <br />Town form of government was seen as too inefficient to deal with urban issues. <br />New suburbanites wanted utilities and the Town Board could not provide them. <br />In response to their view of an urban future the Town Board ordered a referendum <br />on incorporation. In 1948 the election was held and the result was a 7 to 1 landslide <br />for incorporation (1,225 yes and 160 no). <br />Residential growth was soon spilling over from the Lake Como and North End <br />districts of St. Paul. Between 1920 and 1950, 1,665 dwellings were built in the <br />township. That three-decade total was nearly matched by the 1582 building <br />permits granted between 1950 and 1954. Most of the new residents were families <br />escaping crowded conditions in the center city neighborhoods of Frogtown> Rice <br />Street and Summit-University. <br />Commercial space had to respond to the dramatic growth. Because most farmers <br />shopped for expensive and durable goods in St. Paul or Minneapolis, there was <br />little demand for a large retail district in the county. In fact the commercial <br />functions were generally found at scattered intersections across the county. Most <br />of these places began as farmers' produce stands and evolved toward stores, <br />nightclubs or filling stations in a rather random process. <br />Expanded car ownership was changing the rural fringe of large sites. A shopping <br />center was built at Lexington and Larpenteur in 1950> and Rose Vista Courts was <br />built at Larpenteur and Fernwood. A huge change began on the western edge. <br />The old center of trucking in St. Paul had been on University Avenue between the <br />western city limits and Prior Avenue. The expansion of that industry prompted <br />Glendenning and Bruce Transfer to move to a 400-acre parcel they bought from <br />R�������•;I�Q's mayor. In the same year> the Rose Drive-In with its gigantic neon rose <br />was built with parking for 650 cars. Clearly> change was coming and land prices <br />began their long-awaited boom. In 1952, building codes and zoning laws were <br />passed that restricted mobile homes to specially designated parks and outlawed <br />basement homes. A year later, natural gas lines were extended from St. Paul. <br />Roseville Comprehensive Plan — 2001 Update The Land and its People -Page 3 of 24 <br />
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