Hamline Midway

Cats of St. Paul get second chance at feline rescue

By Daniel Surman, TC Daily Planet

"It's the people power here, I think, that makes a difference," says Kelley Leaf, Community Relations Director of Feline Rescue, Inc.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Ginkgo for Everyone

By Harry Kent, Neighborhood Notes
Photos By: 
Harry Kent

For twenty years, Kathy Sundberg has been the owner of one of the most interesting storefronts in St.

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Neighborhood Notes

Buffalo Wild Wings on Snelling: Facebook fight, full house for Land Use Committee meeting

By Chris Curtis, TC Daily Planet

UPDATED 6/13/2013 (at bottom of article) | Will a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant on Snelling cause problems of traffic, noise, and "student bacchanalia?" More than 30 opponents who packed

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ReNewell Project aims to restore historic Saint Paul oak grove

By Daniel Surman, TC Daily Planet

A screencap of a map of landmark trees identified by the forestry unit of the City of Saint Paul, taken from the city's website. The Newell oak grove was nominated to the landmark trees list in 2010 by Anna McCulloch.

As planning begins for this year's Heartwood Festival, an unusual partnership between the city of Saint Paul, the University of Minnesota and the Hamline Midway Coalition has planted the seeds for

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Port Authority development on Pelham leaves lingering questions

By Chris Curtis, TC Daily Planet

Construction site at Pelham and Wabash.

After a lawsuit with the City of Saint Paul and vigorous community objections, construction is underway at Industrial Equities’ new 68,000 square fo

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Ax-Man Surplus: In spite of light rail, a family affair

By Daniel Surman, TC Daily Planet

One of the managers of Ax-Man, Ben, helps a pair of customers at the register. Photo by Daniel Surman.

Packed into an old building at the corner of University and Fry, Ax-Man Surplus does not seem particularly noteworthy from the outside.

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Far from gone: Graffiti in Hamline-Midway

By Erin Newton, TC Daily Planet

Tagged mailbox at Hamline and Thomas. (Photos by Erin Newton) 

Spraying graffiti on your own garage is not how most people would respond to tagging, but that’s just what Becky Johnson of Hamline-Midway did. 

On “the wall of illiteracy,” as she and her sons named it, they sprayed over previous vandals' graffiti with a message that she recalls as something like, “’Please don’t tag us unless you want to be shamed."

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Ten tips for creative placemaking emerge from Get Connected! meeting in St. Paul

By Bruce Johansen, TC Daily Planet

Lars Christensen and Erin Pavlica

Have you ever wondered what creative placemaking is? A top-ten how-to list from Jill Mazullo, Envision Minnesota’s director of communications and development, reveals what it is by describing how to do it: 

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Minnesota Karen community celebrates warm St. Paul welcome

By Michelle Tran, TC Daily Planet

October 11, 2012 - Karen Organization of Minnesota's 2nd Annual Gala at Hamline University. (Video by Michelle Tran)

“Minnesota may be cold, but the hearts are warm,” said Priscilla Aung, one of the first Karen refugees to arrive in Minnesota more than ten years ago. Now, approximately 6,500 Karen live in the state, making St. Paul home to the fastest growing Karen population in the United States.

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