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The Renaissance Box Building: The building, completed in 1904, was designed by Reed and Stem, the architectural firm that designed Grand Central Terminal in New York and the St. Paul Hotel in downtown St. Paul. It had been vacant for 30 years prior to Aeon, a non-profit developer of affordable housing, restoring it in 2006.
The Hamm Building is a limestone, terra cotta, and brick commercial building located at 408 St. Peter Street in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. [2] Its architecture is considered to be an "excellent example" of the Commercial Style. [3]
Selby Avenue is a street in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that runs east–west from Summit Avenue near downtown toward the Mississippi River. The street runs through the Summit-University and Union Park neighborhoods. The street, especially between Dale Street and Snelling Avenue, has been associated with Saint Paul's black community. [1]
A number of corporations and institutions are located in downtown Saint Paul. Since 1933, Ecolab has maintained its headquarters in downtown. [3] In 1989 Twin Cities PBS relocated to its current location in downtown [4] In 1997 the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System moved its headquartered in the Wells Fargo Place. [5]
West Seventh in St. Paul is also known as Fort Road, [16] owing to its location on historic Native American and fur trader paths along the northern bank of the Mississippi River from downtown Saint Paul to Fort Snelling. This area is colloquially known as the "West End", and is different from the area across the river known as the "West Side".
The neighborhood is part of the larger area known as the East Side of Saint Paul. Major streets in the neighborhood include E. 7th St, Phalen Boulevard, Arcade Street, which hosts U.S. Route 61 and Payne Avenue. [3] Payne Avenue has been a major commercial corridor for the east side of Saint Paul since the 1930s. [1]
Snelling Avenue, Minnesota Highway 51, is a major north-south street in the community. There are transit stops on the Metro A Line in the neighborhood at Grand Ave, St. Clair Ave, and Randolph Ave. [4] The city of Saint Paul has been encouraging high-density housing along transit corridors and Snelling Avenue in particular. [5] [6]
The Commerce Building is a 12-story office building in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, built in 1912.It served as headquarters for two commerce associations from 1912 to 1921.