Dayton's Bluff Neighborhood News and Events

Please visit the Dayton's Bluff Community Council to learn more about the neighborhood.

Just 5 minutes from downtown Saint Paul, Dayton’s Bluff is a historic neighborhood with outstanding views of the skyline, the Mississippi River and even downtown Minneapolis. Dayton’s Bluff is Saint Paul’s largest Historic District and includes homes that range from large Victorians to small worker cottages. The Mounds Theatre, the main campus of Metropolitan State University, wonderful coffee shops and restaurants, as well as three large parks: Indian Mounds (with ancient burial mounds and caves), Swede Hollow, and Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary(all of which are connected by the Bruce Vento Regional Trail) are located in the neighborhood. Dayton’s Bluff residents are actively involved in many community projects and groups—documenting neighborhood history, developing walking tours, and beautifying and planning for the future of the neighborhood.

(Description from livemsp.org)

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass.

MUSIC REVIEW | Brother Ali records the second episode of MN Original and TPT’s " The Lowertown Line"

Photo credit Ann Treacy

Last night I attended the taping of MN Original and TPT’s new series The Lowertown Line, a program that features in-studio concerts and interviews with local musicians. Dessa is the host, although her portion of the program had been recorded earlier, so we didn’t see her last night. Last night’s featured artist was Brother Ali. Apparently tickets for the event were gone within half an hour. (Tickets were free and announced via MN Original’s Facebook page.)

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Immigrant, labor marches on May 1 in St. Paul, Minneapolis

Photo from 2009 May Day march on Lake Street

Looks like there are two marches planned for International Workers Day (aka May Day) on May 1 in the Twin Cities.

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | Memories of the Red Cap Porters at the St. Paul Union Depot

Above: James Melvin Young Sr. riding a camel in Egypt; photo courtesy Patricia Anita Young. Below: Patricia Anita Young; photo by Diego Vazquez Jr.

My dad James Melvin Young Sr. became a second generation “Red Cap Porter” when his uncle William A. Young retired circa 1949. Melvin was 23 years old when the St. Paul Union Depot at 214 Fourth Street in Lowertown was the gateway to the world. Working there was the spark that ignited a love for world travel for my dad.

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Nuevo Mestizos: Leo Lara at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar

On January 23, the theme of the Lowertown Reading Jam series at the Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar in Lowertown St. Paul was "Nuevo Mestizos." Here, Leo Lara shares his work.

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