St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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mofc ►Construction looms over Highway 12 as the Park Place Hotel Is eroded. ▼The old Zayre Shoppers City Is transformed Into a Kmart and Country Store. JC mart ►Helping to celebrate Miracle Mile’s 30th anniversary are: P. McQuaid. mayor; L. Honks, councilman; N. Olkon. county commissioner; I Storn, state senator; K. Meland. councilman; V. Velasco, Miracle Mile Merchant’s Association president; and E. Rothenberg, state representative. SHERATON park, place hotel 8 Productions

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ter summdjr. center stage. The te was set for the summer stock L Althougifdays slipped away too fast, no matter what we did. underclassmen were determined to take full advantage of the brilliant sun and added free time. Between our household chores and the hours spent at jobs, underclassmen managed to squeeze in a multitude of activities. Many people became travelers. A few of us went out of the country and others out of state. Some escaped to the B.W.C.A. and others ventured only as far as the sunny beaches of Lake Calhoun. The baseball strike left fans with vacant afternoons, but we soon ' found others things to do. The fairs 1 (Valley. State and Renaissance) and )the many Aquatennial events were popular. Sooner than we would have liked, the summer stock season came to an end and our cast went back to a more regular existence. The sun went down as the houselights were dimmed. Props of the season were stored for another year. Exit summer. Curtain. Summer Stock 7

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ARandl Hop© visits with her grandmother, Lena Hope, outside of Menoroh Plaza. Tom Levy cruises through a newfy-opened Intersection on Louisiana Avenue. ▼A last look at the landmark which stood at the corner ol Minnetonka Boulevard and Louisiana Avenue — the old Park Tavern. St. Louis Park Undergoes Face-Lift Just as actresses must undergo operations to mask their wrinkles, so was St. Louis Park forced to undergo a ',face-lift', of its own. Construction began In many areas throughout the aging suburb. Two visible projects were the construction of a new apartment building and hotel. Menorah Plaza, an apartment building for senior citizens, became home for many elderly Individuals. On the other side of town, the Park Place Hotel, of the Sheraton chain, would house people of all ages for more temporary stays. Two other sites also underwent major changes. Louisiana Avenue was opened so that traffic could stream through from Highway 12 to Excelsior Boulevard. While driving down Louisiana, another change could be noticed: the old Park Tavern had been demolished, the site repaved and made into a parking lot. Despite continuous changes, distinctive features remained. Business at Miracle Mile, the state’s orglnial shopping center, remained good. The center — retaining it’s youthfulness not unlike Johnny Carson — celebrated it’s 30th anniversary. Beneath the city’s surface, however, lurked a blemish on its beauty. The deteriorating quality of our water forced the closing of two additional wells, bringing the total closings to seven. Like a determined actor, the city continued to progress, using its maturity and wisdom to face new challenges and to continue to build for the future. SLP F»c -tlft 9