Art In The Park

The Art Institute is experimenting with Art In The Park--in this case, painting benches.  This is another kind of rainbow (the front of the MIA is lit up with rainbow colors at night).

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Ghost Mansion

 Fair Oaks, the W. D. Washburn residence, as it looked in 1886 in the location that is now Fair Oaks Park.  The house was donated to the Minneapolis Park Board in 1912, after W.D. died;  It bacame too expensive to maintain and was razed in 1924.  It seems so sad that such a magnificent building wasn't saved.  Fortunately, other residences around the park from that era are still in use and preserve the grandeur of the young city of Minneapolis.

Photo of the W.D. Washburn residence, courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Photo compositie: Jo Ann Musumeci

Day After the 4th of July

Did they see stars at Fair Oaks?

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci