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Welcome to Robbinsdale Revisited, a new podcast connecting you with local history all the way back to the 1850s. Here you’ll find the stories that tell the tale of our city.
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Along the Lilac Way (opens the original)
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Episode 47: Take a Sunday drive through the history of Highway 100, originally constructed in the late 1930s as "Lilac Way," Minnesota’s first regional beltway bypass. It details how WPA workers, under the direction of engineer Carl F. Graeser and landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols, built thousands of lilac plantings, custom stone features, and seven distinct roadside parks to serve Depression-era commuters. The hosts discuss how postwar freeway expansion destroyed or neglected much of the or
A Victory Lap on the Drive (opens the original)
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Episode 46: Buckle up for a ride down Victory Memorial Drive, a striking piece of Twin Cities history parked along our border with the big city! Born after WWI as Theodore Wirth’s grand vision for a "living memorial," the parkway originally featured 568 regimental elms—funded by park patriarch Charles Loring—to honor fallen local service members. Over the decades, this storied corridor became a backdrop for everything from Civil War monuments and suburban real estate booms shadowed by restrictiv
Triple Twin Lake (opens the original)
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Episode 45:The Tale of Twin Lake! On this episode of Robbinsdale Revisited, we dive into the colorful history of one of the community’s most iconic landmarks—from Andrew B. Robbins’s magnificent lakeside mansion to the Trump family (No! They are not related!), who became a fixture of Robbinsdale for nearly sixty years. We’ll visit Trump’s Landing, hear the astonishing story of the Trumps defending the Robbinsdale bank from safe-crackers, and explore tales of a giant fish, a would-be island “disc
Robbinsdale High School Revisited (opens the original)
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Episode 44: We dive into the rich history of 3730 Toledo Avenue North and explore how the former Robbinsdale High School weathered the post-war baby boom and produced an incredible roster of pop-culture legends. They recount famous alumni, from garage rock pioneers, The Trashmen to an unprecedented roll call of 1980s professional wrestling icons. Finally, the episode charts the school's dramatic 1982 closure, its subsequent reinventions, and its lasting legacy in the community.
The Age of Adelaide (opens the original)
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Episode 43: Let's look into the life of Adelaide Robbins Gillette—daughter of Robbinsdale founder Andrew B. Robbins—and her family's prominent standing in Minnesota's Gilded Age society. The show traces her life from an elite high school romance and academic achievements at the University of Minnesota to the tragic 1912 death of her young husband, Ralph Perkins Gillette, who was struck by lightning on a golf course. The hosts explore how she spent her 53 years of widowhood as an accomplished sch
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