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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 St. Paul Art Crawl is held twice a year and exemplifies the cultural atmosphere that local residents have worked so hard to maintain. [6] In 2013, USA Today named Lowertown one of "10 up-and-coming neighborhoods around the USA" [ 7 ] after it was announced RealtyTrac named Lowertown at the top of its "hipster zip codes" list. [ 8 ]
The Legislative Assembly of the Minnesota Territory established the Town of Saint Paul as its capital near existing Dakota Sioux settlements in November 1849. [14] It remained a town until 1854. The Dakota name for where Saint Paul is situated is "Imnizaska" for the "white rock" bluffs along the river. [15]
The Catholic parish of St. Agnes also serves the area of Frogtown with its comprehensive elementary and high school (Saint Agnes School), classes of kindergarten through senior high school. [12] Saint Paul Public Library operates the Rondo Community Library adjacent to Frogtown. [13] The newly renovated Rondo Library opened in late August 2006.
The St. Paul Echo was published by Earl Wilkins, brother of Roy Wilkins. The St. Paul chapter of the Urban League, the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, [15] the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center and many other community resources took form in Rondo. [16] [note 2] Black baseball remains an enduring part of the Rondo legacy.
The Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN–WI Combined Statistical Area is made up of 19 counties in Minnesota and two counties in Wisconsin. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and four micropolitan areas. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 3,682,928 (though a July 1, 2012 estimate placed it at 3,691,918).
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]
Swede Hollow was a neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was one of a large group of neighborhoods collectively known as the East Side, lying just to the east of the near-downtown Railroad Island neighborhood, and at the northwestern base of Dayton's Bluff .