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Snapshots: From Spring to Summer in Lowertown, Saint Paul, MN
Nigel Parry, Friday, July 13th, 2007
A random collection of photos from over the spring-summer 2007 period in Lowertown, Saint Paul. All images taken with a Motorola Razr V3xx camera phone unless other photographer credited.
DIFFERENT SEASONS, COMING AND GOING, COMING AND GOING
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| Above: 2 March 2007. The transition from winter to summer was via a very jerky spring, with lots of snow, followed by sun, followed by snow.... Etc. |
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| Above: 13 March 2007. During spring, the weather's flip-flopping is between blizzards and sunny days; during summer, it's between massive thunderstorms and baking hot sunny days. |
EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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| Above: Bike race through Lowertown, 20 June 2007. Photo by Brian Struble. |
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Above: Amanda heads for the pinyata at her surprise party, 10 July 2007.
It was a well-planned event, including much bare-faced lying, a break-in, and at least one noise complaint, which is always the sign that someone's having too much fun in the Lutheran Police State that is Minnesota. Good job Jennifer, Daniella, and Elana. :-)
See the video from the Spring 2007 Saint Paul Art Crawl featuring Amanda and other Tilsner Artists' Cooperative residents. |
THE EVER-CHANGING LOWERTOWN SKY
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| Above: Clouds over Highway 52, Lowertown, Saint Paul, 10 July 2007. |
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| Above: Sky over Lowertown, 9:07PM, 20 June 2007. |
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| Above: Dark clouds over Lowertown, 9:30PM, 20 June 2007. |
DOGS & DJS
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| Above: God is a DJ: Del6 outside the Black Dog Coffee Bar during a Friday set, 8 June 2007. |
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| Above: Roo dog meets speckled Chihuahua, Fausto, 14 June 2007. |
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| Above: Roo's visual similarity to Santa's Little Helper from The Simpsons has been noted on more than one occasion, 29 June 2007. |
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| Above: Roo goes Deco under the DJ table, 29 June 2007. |
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| Above: DJ Del6 at a gig in Boom Island Park, Minneapolis, 12 July 2007. In the background, the skyline of Minneapolis is visible. |
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| Above: Bobbi with her Chihuahua, Alice, 28 June 2007. |
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| Above: The Rooster, to be a 3-year-old in August, and his roommate, The Sphinx, a 17-year-old grandmother Basenji mix, 18 March 2007. |
VARIOUS ODDITIES
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| Above: The Midwest has some oddly-named gas stations. As well as the Kum & Go chain, you may be lucky enough to drive by a Pump & Munch. The latter chain sounds like a slightly more considerate lover. 11 July 2007. |
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| Above: One of the most amazing views from the Tilsner, with boats, planes, trains, automobiles, and a variety of other movement 24/7. Still good after all these months. 14 April 2007. See a one hour timelapse movie of this view compressed into 2.5 minutes (25 X the speed of life). |
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| Above: Americana Alert! An Elvis bust made out of cardboard layers, 8 April 2007. |
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| Above: Evan with a guitar his dad built, in the shape of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 30 May 2007. |
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| Above: The brown sign on the street light heralds the "Lowertown Historical District". The white building that served as the icon for the District on the sign was bulldozed to make room for the car park on the left, for the convenience of the new yuppie condo project in the rennovated Great Northern Warehouse on the right of frame. Shout out to Rob for pointing this out a few years ago. 13 July 2007. |
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