Twin Cities Then and Now - Hardcover

Millett, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873513266 ISBN 13: 9780873513265

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1996

Synopsis

From Larry Millett, author of the award-winning Lost Twin Cities, comes this fascinating book that explores the history of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the vantage point of their streets. "Because of their relative stability, streets offer an incomparable framework for looking at the urban past and comparing it to the present," writes Millett in his introduction to Twin Cities Then and Now, which consists of seventy-two historic street scenes matched with new photographs taken from the same locations. Accompanying each scene is an informative essay that examines the often astonishing changes wrought by time and circumstance.

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From the Publisher:

Photography by Jerry Mathiason

From the Back Cover:

This book is an engaging, startling, and at times heartbreaking look at the dramatic evolution of landscapes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Larry Millett, author of Lost Twin Cities, explores the changing appearances of Minneapolis and St. Paul from the vantage point of their relatively static streets. Seventy-two historic photographs, taken from the 1880s to the late 1950s, are paired with Jerry Mathiason's elegant new black-and-white photographs to provide superb visual comparisons between then and now. Millett's lively, informative essays examine the often astonishing changes wrought by time and circumstance. Maps and detailed informational graphics provide orientation and identify hundreds of significant buildings and places in the photographs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0873513266
• ISBN 13: 9780873513265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 213