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January 2010

Volume 16

Number 1

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City has plans to fill ‘hole in the ground’ in Lowertown

Bill KnightContributing Writer

A new year brings many new things,

and 2010 will likely see a development that will fill a huge hole in the ground at the corner of 5th and Wall streets in Lowertown. The hole is the result of a mixed-use project began in 2007 to build an indoor farmers’ market, parking ramp and housing. It stalled following a legal dispute over financing. Since the ground-breaking, then-developer Sweeney Development and con-tractor Flannery Con-struction slashed away at their differences with dueling lawsuits. The city of St. Paul stepped in to help make peace and ended up taking on a new role as project developer.

Al Carlson, director of housing in St. Paul’s of-fice of Planning and Eco-nomic Development, said the city is planning al-most the same project as was proposed in 2007. It will be a six-story, $12.5 million structure located at 298-5th St., just across the street from the out-door Farmers’ Market.

The ground level com-mercial and retail space will be sandwiched be-tween an underground 40-car parking ramp and above four floors of hous-ing, with 48 market-rate rental units. The earlier

plans included only con-dos.

The announcement that the project is mov-ing forward again is be-ing met with enthusiasm.

“It’s all positive,” said John Mannillo, a real es-tate developer in talking about reactions he hears to the proposed indoor market.

“Businesses are wel-coming (the project) and thinking that more is better,” said Kim Hyres, chair of the Capitol River Council, the dis-trict planning council for downtown St. Paul. “I hope eventually that there will be a good mix of owned and rented homes, but a downtown, by its very nature, will always have a higher per-centage of rental units.”

Farmers’ Market in question

A potentially larger question is the role of the Farmers’ Market. Uncer-tain right now is whether the 150-year-old mar-ket will make the short, kitty-corner trip to be an indoor, year around op-eration.

“At this time we cannot make any representations that the first floor com-mercial (space) would be designated for an indoor market,” said Carlson. “We’d love to see that possibility, but we’re not counting on it.”

Key to this project is financing, which city of-ficials hope will come from some relatively new federal Build American Bonds. These bonds offer a lower interest rate than the city can get in the

private market and have a 35 percent tax credit on the interest paid each year. That money comes back to the city as a cash payment from the federal government.

“You can take that (money), which is a sub-stantial amount, to basi-cally fill the gaps,” Carl-son said.

Some of it will likely go to Flannery Construc-tion, which did not get paid for the work it did in 2007.

“They will be recog-nized for the work that they have completed,” said Carlson.

Unlike the financing for the earlier project, which included money from a variety of sources,

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New plans have emerged for the property at 5th and Wall streets.

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the bonds will be St. Paul’s only funding source.“In order to meet (the requirements of the bonds)

we, from the city’s perspective, are not going to so-licit any other additional funds or any additional city funds,” he added.

Defining developments in LowertownMannillo calls Lowertown “the hottest part of the

city” in terms of development, due, in part, to the at-traction of Mears Park and the Farmers’ Market. Sev-eral new restaurant owners have told Mannillo they came to Lowertown because of the park.

“They (the park and market) are ‘people places’ where people want to live and where they want to work, and so they have become successful,” he said. “The only piece missing is that hole in the ground.”

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Home Tour nominations

The nomination and application deadline for the 2010 Minneapolis & St. Paul Home Tour is Jan. 21. Homeowners and home improvement professionals are encour-aged to nominate homes for the Tour, held April 24-25. Energy efficient and historically-sensitive remodels and expansions get special notice. Min-neapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) and the city of St. Paul Planning and Economic Development Department manage the tour, which is now in its 23rd year. For more infor-mation, contact Natalie Fedie at 651-266-6549, [email protected], or Margo Ash-more at 612-673-5103, [email protected]. The appli-cation form is available at www.MSPHomeTour.com under “nominate.”

Ramsey County HHW waste site

Ramsey County’s household hazardous waste collection site at Bay West is open year-round. The site, located near the State Capitol at 5 Empire Drive in St. Paul, is open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, through March. Drop-off is free for residents of Ramsey, Washington, Dakota, Hennepin, Anoka and Carver counties. Must have a photo I.D. If you drop off an old mercury thermometer you can re-ceive a new digital ther-mometer for free. You may also receive a free, reusable 2.5-gallon con-

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Ordway hostsopen house

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Ordway center for Per-forming Arts is hosting an open house 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., Jan. 17. This free event will feature live performances by The Minnesota Opera, The St. Paul Chamber Or-chestra and The Schubert Club, and artifacts from Ordway founders, artists and staff. Participants may also take a backstage tour and enjoy free re-freshments. The Ordway Center is located at 345 Washington St., St. Paul.

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weekly performances at 11:15 a.m. in Janu-ary at the St. Paul Pub-lic Central Library, 90 W. Fourth St., St. Paul. These free literacy-based programs are geared to-ward children and care-givers to promote the joy of reading. January per-formances include:

• Sat., Jan. 2 - Schiffel-ly Puppets play “Willie Wonka and the Mystery of the Neverlasting Slob-snaucer”

• Jan. 9 - Wendy’s Wig-gle, Jiggle and Jam music program

• Jan.16 - Sea animals from the Underwater Ad-ventures Aquarium

• Jan. 23 - Bill the Jug-gler

• Jan. 30 - The Magic of Brian Richards

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New liquor store planned

Mike Lokowich, owner of the Bulldog restaurant at Sixth and Wacouta, plans to open Vines and Steins off-sale liquor store at 266 E. Seventh St. The store will feature high-end wines and im-ported beers and an ad-joining cheese shop. The store has met the approv-al of CapitolRiver Coun-cil/District 17.

CCP organizes holiday lights

Capitol City Partner-ship (CCP) has taken over the Christmas sea-son lighting in down-town parks. Sarah Fossen of CCP said the organi-zation has contributed to the project in past years but decided to take it over this season because a non-profit organiza-tion can negotiate better terms for labor and pur-chases than the city.

The lighting includes trees along downtown streets and in Mears Park, Rice Park, Landmark Pla-za and Kellogg Park. The lit figures of reindeer and other animals in Mears Park are provided by the Friends of Mears Park.

First Friday event bumped back

The First Friday social for January will be held 4-6 p.m., Fri., Jan. 8, at Loto restaurant in Gal-tier Plaza. This event is always held the first Fri-day of the month but was moved back one week due to the New Year’s Day holiday. First Fridays are sponsored by Capi-tolRiverCouncil/District 17 to provide a way for downtown residents to get acquainted.

CRC supports banners

CapitolRiverCouncil/District 17 voted to sup-port the use of temporary banners on the parking ramp of St. Joseph’s Hos-pital. Kimberly Morgan of St. Joseph’s said the banners have a life span of 90 days and either ad-vertise a service provided by the hospital or an award received.

Bike Walk planThe Bike Walk Cen-

tral Corridor Action Plan has a framework for cy-clists and pedestrians in the downtown area and along the LRT route. The downtown priori-ties include expanding the western sidewalk on Kellogg, creating shared bus and bike lanes and increasing bike capacity on Jackson. Bike parking at LRT stations is also in-cluded in the plan.

A & T relocatesThe A & T conve-

nience store has moved from the ground level of the US Bank building to the ground level of the Endicott building at 142 E. Fifth St. The store moved because the land-lord had another use for the space. A & T, which has been in business for about six years, has more product space at its new location.

New wine bar coming soon

The Bin Wine Bar, owned by Lowertown resident Rebecca Illing-worth, is scheduled to open soon on the ground level of the Park Square Court building, 400 Sib-ley. It will occupy space that formerly housed In-sty Print shop, The bar will also serve sandwiches and light fare but will not have a full kitchen.

Zeitgeist hosts CD release concert

Zeitgeist will perform a concert at 8 p.m., Jan. 14-16, to celebrate its new CD called “In Bone Colored Light.” The concert will be held at the Zeitgeist studio at 275 E. Fourth St. and will feature a decade of work written for group members Heather Bar-ringer, Patti Cudd, Shan-non Wettstein and Pat O’Keefe.

New deli to open in January

D. Brian’s deli is sched-uled to open a new loca-tion in January on the first floor at 180 E. Fifth St. building (formerly the First Trust building).

It will replace the Great Northern Bistro, which closed in October. The food will be prepared on site. D. Brian’s also oper-ates a deli on the skyway level of Town Square.

City Passport events

The January schedule of events for the City Passport senior citizen center, located on the mezzanine level of the Al-liance Bank building, in-cludes an accordion sing-along at 10:30 a.m., Fri., Jan. 8, an ice cream float social at 1:30 p.m., Fri., Jan. 8, a current affairs discussion at 11 a.m., Fri., Jan. 15, a Scrabble tournament at noon, Tues., Jan. 19, a ladies tea at 2:30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 25, a quilting group at 9 a.m. each Monday, and a yarn, loom and crochet group at 2 p.m. each Tuesday. The movie schedule for Thursdays at 1 p.m. includes “The Fifth Element” on Jan. 7, “Frequency” on Jan. 14, “Lara Croft Tomb Raider” on Jan. 21, and “Proof ” on Jan. 28.

New park name discussed

The Pedro Luggage site at Tenth and Robert may become Pedro Park, named in honor of the Pedro family, which do-nated its land to the St. Paul Parks and Recre-ation Department. The company closed in 2008 after being in business for nearly a century.

Central Library events

The Central Library will present a concert by the Rose Ensemble at noon, Wed., Jan. 27, in the third floor magazine room.

• The Central Library book club will discuss “The Pleasure of My Company,” a novella by Steve Martin, at 10:30 a.m., Thurs., Jan. 14.

• A program on the Winter Carnival Treasure Hunt will be presented at 2 p.m., Sun., Jan. 17.

• The History Book Club will present a pro-gram on “Theodore

Roosevelt, the Wilder-ness Warrior” at noon, Thurs., Jan. 21.

• A photo exhibit, “America the Beautiful: The Monumental Land-scape,” by Clyde Butch-er, will open at 7 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 28 and run through April 15. Ex-hibits will be at both the Central Library and the James J. Hill Library.

Bakery opens in Alliance Bank Food Court

Jerabek’s Bakery has opened a new location in the Alliance Bank Food Court. Russell Spangler, co-owner, said selections include pastries, cook-

ies, cakes, pot pies, sau-sage rolls and quiche. Jerabek’s also accept ca-tering orders, which are prepared at the bakery’s main location on the West Side and picked up at the downtown store. Spangler eventually plans to have a cake decorator at the downtown loca-tion.

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Get ready for the ‘Coolest Celebration on Earth’Mary Diedrick Hansen

Staff Writer

So what’s a little snow? What’s a little below

zero temperature? It just means ponds freeze up faster for skating and the snow is deeper for snow-mobiling and skiing. We love it! In St. Paul we have the “Coolest Celebration on Earth” — our Win-ter Carnival — where we bask in festivities associ-ated with this frosty time of year.

The 124th St. Paul Winter Carnival will take place Jan. 21-31 at loca-tions throughout down-town St. Paul and sur-rounding areas. For more detailed information on the following events, vis-it www.winter-carnival.com. All events are free, open to the public and held in the city of St. Paul, unless noted.

Pre-Carnival events:

• The Klondike Kate Contest, 6:30 p.m., Jan. 6 , Prom Center, 484 In-wood Ave N., Oakdale. Tickets required.

• “The Hunt is On: Winter Carnival Trea-sure Hunt History and Tips,” 2-3 p.m., Jan. 17, St. Paul Public Library. Improve your chance of locating the Winter Car-nival medallion by at-tending this free lecture by librarian James Mori-arity.

Highlights of this year’s 11-day event in-clude:

• Ice Carving - Multi Block Competition, Rice Park. The ever-popular carving begins at 9 a.m. Thurs., Jan. 21, and ends at 9 a.m., Sat., Jan. 23. Viewing through Jan. 31.

• Snow Sculpture Competition at the State Fairgrounds. Begins at 9 a.m., Jan. 21, and ends at 9 a.m., Sat., Jan. 23. Viewing through Jan. 31.

• Royal Coronation and Reception, St. Paul RiverCentre, 6 p.m., Jan. 21. Visit www.winter-carnival.com for tickets, which are required for the social and dinner. The coronation and re-ception are open to the public, space permitting.

• Ice Carving - Single Block Competition, Rice Park, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun., Jan. 24. Viewing through Jan. 31.

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onation 3 p.m., Well-stone Center, 179 E. Ro-bie St.

• NEW: Moon Glow Pedestrian Parade, 5:30 p.m. – the public kick-

Photo by Peter WorthThe popular ice carving begins in Rice Park at 9 a.m. Thurs., Jan. 21 and ends at 9 a.m., Sat., Jan. 23. Viewing through Jan. 31.

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semblage of tethered hot air balloons.

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Your community news and information sourceA rts & Culturenesota St. Visit www.winter-carnival.com to purchase required tickets.

Sat., Jan. 23• NEW: Hot Air Bal-

loon lift-offs will take place a half-hour before sunrise and sunset. Visit www.winter-carnival.com for location.

• Securian Frozen 5K and Half Marathon, 7:30 a.m., downtown at 6th and Jackson

• Vulcan Coming Out Party, 10 a.m., State Fairgrounds, near snow sculptures.

• Sleigh & Cutter Fes-tival, 11 a.m., Phalen Golf Course. View some of the most ornate and antique sleighs from the Midwest.

• “Bear-ly” Open Golf Tournament, 11 a.m. on White Bear Lake. Regis-ter at www.winter-carni-val.com.

• NEW: Rugby and LaCrosse exhibition, 11 a.m., McMurray Fields.

• The King Boreas Grande Day Parade, 2 p.m., downtown, starting at 5th and Wacouta.

• NEW: St. Paul Win-ter Carnival Beer Dab-bler, 3:30-7:30 p.m., Mears Park. There will be 40 different beers to sample at this inaugural event. Embrace winter by enjoying a cold one out-side. Visit www.winter-carnival.com for required tickets. Must be age 21 or older to participate.

Sun., Jan. 24• Hot Time in the Park

with the Vulcans, noon-2 p.m., State Fairgrounds, near snow sculptures.

• NEW: St. Paul Win-ter Carnival Kids’ Day and Parade, 2-4 p.m., Rice Park and Landmark Center Cortile. Activities for kids. Kids may deco-rate their own sleds and join a parade around Rice Park.

Fri., Jan. 29• Hot Time in the Park

with the Vulcans, 11 a.m., State Fairgrounds, featuring fire truck rides, a snow maze and more.

• NEW: Minnesota Kite Association Frosty Fingers Fly. 11 a.m., Lake Phalen.

• NEW: “History on

Ice: Winter Carnival Ice Palaces,” a lecture by historian Bob Olson, 2 p.m., Landmark Center, Room 430.

• NEW: St. Paul Win-ter Carnival Has Talent Finals, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 11 E. Kellogg Ave. Time to be determined.

• Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, 5:30 p.m., downtown starting at 5th and Wacouta.

• Overthrow of Boreas. See the Vulcans overtake the Royal Fam-ily on the steps of the St. Paul Public Library, im-mediately following the parade.

• NEW: Carnival Fire-works off the banks of the Mississippi, right af-ter the overthrow event.

• Vulcan Victory Dance, 8 p.m., Crowne Plaza Hotel. Visit www.winter-carnival.com for required tickets.

• NEW: St. Paul Win-ter Carnival ice fishing contest, noon, on White Bear Lake. Visit www.winter-carnival.com for registration form.

Multi-day events• Historical Society

celebrates Winter Car-nival, Ramsey County Historical Society (Land-mark Center), showcase of Winter Carnival cos-tumes, buttons, photos, programs and more; runs through Feb. 12.

• NEW: Inaugural St. Paul Winter Carnival juried art show at the Black Dog Café, 308 E. Prince St. in Lowertown. Artists have been asked to envision the Winter Carnival and all of its fun and frivolity, from royalty to parades to ice carvings. Opens Jan. 4. Opening reception at 6 p.m., Jan. 8; closing re-ception at 6 p.m., Jan. 29. Show open through Jan. 30.

• Jan. 8-9, 15-16: NEW: St. Paul Winter Carnival Has Talent Pre-liminaries. Visit www.winter-carnival.com for registration form.

• Jan. 16-17: Snow block building for the snow sculpture competi-tion, State Fairgrounds.

• Jan. 16-31: Winter Carnival memorabilia display presented by the

Ramsey County Histori-cal Society and the St. Paul Public Library.

• Jan. 21- 31: Public ice skating at the Land-mark Ice Rink, 5th and Washington.

• Jan. 21-31: The Great Winter Carnival Scavenger Hunt.

• Jan. 25-28: 3M St. Paul Education Day, Science Museum, school activity.

• Jan. 22-29: NEW: Broomball Challeng-es - Corporate Broom-ball Challenge begins at noon daily; Happy Hour Broomball Challenge starts daily at 5 p.m., both at Landmark Ice Rink. Watch your favor-ite team compete for the St. Paul Winter Carnival Cup.

• Jan. 22-30: St. Paul Elementary Art Display, A-Z Gallery in Lower-town, 308 E. Prince St.

• Jan. 22-24: Mixed Curling Bonspiel, St. Paul Curling Club, 470 Selby Ave.

• Jan. 30-31: Fire and Ice Sailboat Racing, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Phalen Lake.

• Jan. 22-24: Fire and Ice Boys Hockey – Pee Wee Tournament, Fair-grounds Coliseum.

• Jan. 23-24: Saintly City Cat Show, St. Paul RiverCentre.

• Jan. 23-24: Gotta Go Gotta Throw disc golf tournament, Como Park.

• Jan. 23-24: Orchid Show at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park.

• Jan. 23-24: An “au-tonomous” bus pre-sented by the Institute of Navigation, University of Minnesota. Located near Rice Park on 5th Street.

• Jan. 23 and 30: NEW: Memorial Blood Drive in Rice Park, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily.

• Jan. 29-30: Family Days, Landmark Center and Rice Park. Variety of entertainment, includ-ing a giant saber-toothed tiger slide. Friday, 4-8 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Jan. 29-30: Winter Carnival Memorabilia Display and Sale, Land-mark Center Cortile. Fri., 4-8 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Jan. 29-31: Fire & Ice Girls Hockey Tour-nament, State Fair-grounds Coliseum.

• Jan. 30-31: Family Day “Green” events, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lake Phalen. Variety of events, includ-ing Minnesota Kite As-sociation members flying the largest kites in the state, on Lake Phalen.

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“The World’s Toughest Rodeo” is presented Jan.

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“Rock ’n’ Roll” is pre-sented Jan. 15-Feb. 7, at Park Square Theatre, 20 W. 7th Place, St. Paul. Span-ning two countries and three generations, the music of revolution, protest, lib-eration and emotional sur-vival proves that love, and rock ’n’ roll, remain. Tick-ets are $36-$40 for adults, $31-$35 for seniors, and $15 for age 30 and under. For more information, call 651-291-7005.

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“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” is presented at the Science Museum through Jan. 3. This compel-ling exhibition takes visitors

back in time to 1912 and tells a story of tremendous human drama. It brings to life the heroism and hu-manity of the passengers and crew through passenger stories, amazingly detailed room re-creations, and au-thentic artifacts recovered from the RMS Titanic, all in one of the largest exhibi-tions the Science Museum has ever hosted. Featured in the Omnitheater is “Titan-ica.” This giant screen film allows you to take a journey to the bottom of the North Atlantic to explore the fa-mous shipwreck. See stun-ning images of the Titanic as she now lies on the ocean floor contrasted with ex-quisitely-preserved archival photographs of the ship in all her splendor. Hear mov-ing commentary from Eva Hart who, as a seven-year-old girl, survived the tragic night but lost her father.

Omnifest 2010, a giant screen film festival, is pre-sented Jan. 29-Mar. 11, at the Omnitheater. The fea-tured films are “Africa’s Ele-phant Kingdom,” “Into the Deep,” “Van Gogh: Brush

Photo by Scott Pakudaitis“Sister Kenny’s Children” is presented Jan. 23-Feb. 14, at the History Theatre, 30 E. 10th St., St. Paul.

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Your community news and information sourceS ample St. Paulwith Genius,” “The Great-est Places,” and “Ski to the Max.” Tickets are $8 for adults and $7 for children.

Museum tickets are $23 for adults and $18 for se-niors ages 60 and older and children ages 4-12, or $29 and $24 respectively with admission to “Titanica.” The Science Museum is located at 120 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. For more information, visit www.smm.org, or call 651-221-9444.

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“Benjamin Frank-lin: In Search of a Bet-ter World” is presented through July 4, at the Minnesota History Cen-ter, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. You know about Benjamin Frank-lin’s famous experiment with a kite, a key and some lightning, but did you also know about his rebellious youth? That he pioneered wind surfing and invented swim fins? That he helped found the

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“Minnesota’s Great-est Generation: The Depression, The War, The Boom” - This ex-hibit features more than 6,000-square-feet of arti-facts, interactive displays and innovative multime-dia experiences that re-veal the lives and stories of the men and women who came of age dur-ing the Depression and World War II, and who went on to create the phe-nomenal postwar boom. The exhibition features first-person narratives in recorded interviews, im-ages, film and audio.

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Lowry Theatre“Hockey Mom, Hock-

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Artists’ QuarterThe Artists’ Quarter,

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January 1959: exhibition basketball and teen idolsDon Morgan

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The music tastes of young people often

change quickly. What’s hot and hip one day can become stale the next. It has always been hard for adults to appreciate what appeals to teen-age audi-ences. In January 1959, Winter Carnival organiz-ers made a play for the teen audience but failed to see what else was hap-pening right in their own town. St. Paulites also worried over some Cold War trends, saw the be-ginning of a classic trend in American autos, and turned out for a great basketball exhibition.

A couple of things were new that year, including a government in Cuba. Fidel Castro’s forces took Havana just after New Year’s and specula-tion was high as to how the successful revolution would play out. For the

moment, Castro enjoyed a lot of Middle American support and “Castro cos-tumes” (fatigues, beard and cigar) were popular at a lot of New Year’s par-ties in St. Paul. It didn’t take long for that percep-tion to change.

A development closer to home was the new Chevrolet. Auto styles for the early ’60s were long and low, and 1959 was the first year the Chev-rolet Impala was a truly separate product line. At nearly 18 feet long and with classic gull-wing fins, tear-drop taillights and a big V-8 engine, the Impala was distinctive enough that the papers began running notices of prominent locals who were spotted in one. Not everyone went along with the trend, though. That month also saw the open-ing of a new Volkswa-gen dealership on Uni-versity Avenue. Anyone who wanted to turn up

his nose at the Detroit automakers could get a French-made Simca. However, it was difficult to navigate January snow drifts in that car, not to mention get spare parts.

Wilt comes to townIn town that month

was a classic show with a new look. The Harlem Globetrotters, which had been around since the late 1920s, was formed as a refuge for African-American basketball players who were banned from most organized leagues, but evolved into an entertainment show of on-court comedy and basketball skills. The team had played in St. Paul before but in 1959 had a new feature attrac-tion — 22-year-old bas-ketball star Wilt Cham-berlain.

Wilt was the LaBron James of his day. He could have moved easily into the top professional

ranks after graduating from his Philadelphia high school, but in those days the NBA would not sign a player whose col-lege class had not yet graduated, so Chamber-lain set off to play college basketball.

An excellent student whom every coach want-ed, he chose the Univer-sity of Kansas. He led the Jayhawks to the NCAA finals his first year of varsity play and was also a top track and field ath-lete. By the end of his junior year he was tired of facing stall tactics and sagging defenses so he left school and looked for something else to occupy his time while he awaited the next year’s NBA draft. He quickly signed to play a year for the Globetrot-ters. His marketability gave him leverage in ne-gotiations, and manage-ment was forced to pay $50,000 for his services, which turned out to be a bargain.

The St. Paul Auditori-um on Fifth Street (where the Ordway is today) seated about 9,000. It was sold out for the Glo-betrotters’ game against their house “stooge team,” that year called the Hawaii 50th Staters in honor of the newest

state in the union. Wilt scored 28 points, many on thunderous dunks, and proved an able hand at the team’s on-court gags. His team added an-other victory to its long string. Interest was so high that over 2,000 were turned away at the door.

Teen idolsWith basketball over,

folks in St. Paul turned their attention to the Winter Carnival. That year’s program includ-ed an American Idol-like “Search for Talent,” sponsored by the Pio-neer Press. Included in the program was a dance party for teenagers at the St. Paul Hotel, featur-ing ballroom dancing, a few cha-chas and music by the Ray Komischke quintet. The host was TV actor Ronnie Burns. He was billed as “Idol of the Teenagers,” but probably would have disagreed with that description. The 23-year-old son of long-time performers George Burns and Gracie Allen mostly appeared in his father’s productions. He was neither a singer nor a musician and did not like rock and roll mu-sic, but he was a smooth host and the dance was a success, with about 500

young people turning out on a frigidly cold night.

Other young people who did like rock and roll had their own party two nights earlier at the Winter Dance Party tour at the Prom Ballroom on University Avenue. This event was not connected to the Winter Carni-val. About 2,000 people showed up for one of the city’s all-time entertain-ment bargains. For $1.25 they saw and danced to a 3-hour show headlined by future rock ’n’ roll Hall of Famers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and Dion DiMucci. Probably none of those fans wished he or she was listening to Ray Komischke instead. The show with these real teen idols went com-pletely unnoticed by the local press.

Fidel Castro and the Chevy Impala are still around, and both are showing their age a little. Wilt Chamberlain left the Globetrotters after one year, signed with the Philadelphia Warriors of the NBA, and turned out to be even better than anticipated. In his first season, he won the NBA scoring, rebound-ing, Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards. He played for 14 seasons and anchored two championship teams.

Ronnie Burns contin-ued as an actor into the early ’60s and then re-tired to a long and suc-cessful career as a devel-oper. He died in 2007. Buddy Holly was not so lucky. He, Valens and others died just five days after their gig at the Prom when their plane crashed in an Iowa cornfield. Ev-eryone at that show prob-ably remembers the night the real teen idols played St. Paul.

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