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The [[St. Paul Saints]] is the city's semi-professional baseball team. Originally founded in 1884, they were shut down in 1961 after the Minnesota Twins moved to Minneapolis. The St. Paul Saints were brought back in 1993 as an independent baseball team in the [[Northern League (baseball)|Northern League]] of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]]. Their home games are played at open-air [[Midway Stadium]] in Energy Park in the northwest section of the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = St. Paul Baseball History| publisher = [[St. Paul Saints]] | url = http://www.saintsbaseball.com/team/history/ | accessdate = 2008-08-13}}</ref> Four noted Major League All Star baseball players are natives of Saint Paul: Hall of Fame outfielder [[Dave Winfield]], Hall of Fame infielder [[Paul Molitor]], pitcher [[Jack Morris]] and catcher [[Joe Mauer]]. The all black [[St. Paul Colored Gophers]] played four seasons in Saint Paul from 1907 to 1911.<ref>{{cite web | last =Sheldon | first =Mark | title =Colored Gophers made history| publisher =MLB.com| date =2003-02-07 | url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20030207&content_id=198142&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null | accessdate =2007-10-30}}</ref>
The [[St. Paul Saints]] is the city's semi-professional baseball team. Originally founded in 1884, they were shut down in 1961 after the Minnesota Twins moved to Minneapolis. The St. Paul Saints were brought back in 1993 as an independent baseball team in the [[Northern League (baseball)|Northern League]] of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]]. Their home games are played at open-air [[Midway Stadium]] in Energy Park in the northwest section of the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = St. Paul Baseball History| publisher = [[St. Paul Saints]] | url = http://www.saintsbaseball.com/team/history/ | accessdate = 2008-08-13}}</ref> Four noted Major League All Star baseball players are natives of Saint Paul: Hall of Fame outfielder [[Dave Winfield]], Hall of Fame infielder [[Paul Molitor]], pitcher [[Jack Morris]] and catcher [[Joe Mauer]]. The all black [[St. Paul Colored Gophers]] played four seasons in Saint Paul from 1907 to 1911.<ref>{{cite web | last =Sheldon | first =Mark | title =Colored Gophers made history| publisher =MLB.com| date =2003-02-07 | url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20030207&content_id=198142&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null | accessdate =2007-10-30}}</ref>

Hometown of [[Junior Flyweight]] one time world titlist [[Giovanni Arlexis Vilomar Renteria]]. Arlexis is the only boxer to reach national prominence that hails from Saint Paul, MN. Born and raised to the lower downtown streets of Saint Paul, he made an early name form himself making the decision to leave school during his freshman year of prep school. He chased his dream of being a [[Olympian]] & a [[world champion]]. In the year 1990 on March 8, he was recognized as the best [[boxer]] in the state of [[Minnesota]], he later went on to capture many feats as an amateur & then the ultimate accolade of a young up and coming boxer, American by nationality but Dominican Republican by blood, he wore the flag of his [[Dominican Republic]] country as he fought to an congressional purse in the [[summer Olympics]] of 1992' in [[Barcelona]]. Renteria would later discontinue to fight for the city of Saint Paul but instead a more boxing savvy town [[Detroit, MI]]. In the ''Motor City'', where he trained in the [[Kronk gym]] of Downtown Detroit. He fought and won a world title against top Junior Flyweight [[Yo Sam Choi]] in [[Atlantic City, NJ]]. He's now retired to another [[Minnesota]] residence in [[Minneapolis]].


The [[St. Paul Twin Stars]] of the [[National Premier Soccer League]] play their home games at [[James Griffin Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web | title = St. Paul Twin Stars | publisher = [[National Premier Soccer League]] | url = http://npsl.myeliteclub.com/loadPage.aspx?iPage=301-48 | accessdate = 2008-08-13}}</ref> The first [[curling]] club in Saint Paul was founded in 1888. The current club, the [[St. Paul Curling Club]], was founded in 1912 and is the largest curling club in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title =About the St. Paul Curling Club | publisher =Saint Paul Curling Club | url =http://www.stpaulcurlingclub.org/about/history.html}}</ref> The [[Minnesota RollerGirls]] are a flat-track [[roller derby]] league that is based in the [[Roy Wilkins Auditorium]]. Minnesota's oldest athletic organization, the Minnesota Boat Club resides in the Mississippi River on [[Minnesota Boat Club Boathouse on Raspberry Island|Raspberry Island]]. The club has produced world-class rowers for over a century.<ref>{{cite web| title = Minnesota Boat Club| url = http://www.boatclub.org/| accessdate = 2008-08-28}}</ref>
The [[St. Paul Twin Stars]] of the [[National Premier Soccer League]] play their home games at [[James Griffin Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web | title = St. Paul Twin Stars | publisher = [[National Premier Soccer League]] | url = http://npsl.myeliteclub.com/loadPage.aspx?iPage=301-48 | accessdate = 2008-08-13}}</ref> The first [[curling]] club in Saint Paul was founded in 1888. The current club, the [[St. Paul Curling Club]], was founded in 1912 and is the largest curling club in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title =About the St. Paul Curling Club | publisher =Saint Paul Curling Club | url =http://www.stpaulcurlingclub.org/about/history.html}}</ref> The [[Minnesota RollerGirls]] are a flat-track [[roller derby]] league that is based in the [[Roy Wilkins Auditorium]]. Minnesota's oldest athletic organization, the Minnesota Boat Club resides in the Mississippi River on [[Minnesota Boat Club Boathouse on Raspberry Island|Raspberry Island]]. The club has produced world-class rowers for over a century.<ref>{{cite web| title = Minnesota Boat Club| url = http://www.boatclub.org/| accessdate = 2008-08-28}}</ref>

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For an overview of the Twin Cities suburban area, see Minneapolis-Saint Paul.
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City of Saint Paul
City
Flag of File:Stpaul-logo.svg City of Saint Paul
Flag
Official seal of File:Stpaul-logo.svg City of Saint Paul
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Nickname(s): 
"The Capital City", "The Saintly City", "Pig's Eye", "The Silver City"
Motto: 
The most livable city in America.1
Location in Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota.
Location in Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota.
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyRamsey
Government
 • MayorChris Coleman (DFL)
Area
 • City56.2 sq mi (145.5 km2)
 • Land52.8 sq mi (136.7 km2)
 • Water3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2)
Elevation
702 ft (214 m)
Population
 (2000)Template:GR
 • City287,151
 • Density5,438/sq mi (2,100.6/km2)
 • Metro
3,502,891
 • Demonym
Saint Paulite
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
55101–55175
Area code651
Websitewww.stpaul.gov
1Current as of July 30, 2008.[1]

Saint Paul (Template:Pron-en, abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the north bank of the Mississippi River, downstream of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city. Known as the "Twin Cities", these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the 13th largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.5 million residents.[2] The city's population at the 2000 census was 287,151.Template:GR Saint Paul serves as the county seat of Ramsey County, the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota.[3]

Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849. Though Minneapolis is more nationally recognized, Saint Paul contains important institutions and the state's political activity.[4] Regionally, the city is popular for the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild,[5] and for the Science Museum of Minnesota.[6][7] As a business hub of the Upper Midwest, it is headquarters for companies such as Ecolab and Lawson Software.[8] St. Paul, along with its Twin City, Minneapolis, is known for its high literacy rate. It is the only city in the US, with a population of 250,000 or more, to increase the circulation number of Sunday newspapers in 2007.

The settlement originally began at present-day Lambert's Landing but was referred to as Pig's Eye, when Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant established a popular tavern there. When Fr. Lucien Galtier, the first Catholic pastor of the region, established the Log Chapel of St. Paul (shortly thereafter to become the first location of the Cathedral of St. Paul), he made it known that the settlement was now to be called by that name, as "St. Paul as applied to a town or city was well appropriated, this monosyllable is short, sounds good, it is understood by all Christian denominations...".[9]

History

Main article: History of Saint Paul, Minnesota

Burial mounds in present-day Indian Mounds Park suggest the area was originally inhabited by the Hopewell Native Americans about two thousand years ago.[10][11] From the early 17th century until 1837 the Mdewakanton Dakota, a tribe of the Sioux, lived near the mounds after fleeing their ancestral home of Mille Lacs Lake from advancing Ojibwe.[10][12] They called the area I-mni-za ska dan ("little white rock") from the exposed white sandstone cliffs.[13][14]

Steamboats docked in 1858, likely at Lambert's Landing.

Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, a U.S. Army officer named Zebulon Pike negotiated for approximately 100,000 acres (400 km2; 160 sq mi) of land from the local Dakota tribes in 1805 for the establishment of a fort. The territory was located on both banks of the Mississippi River starting from Saint Anthony Falls in present-day Minneapolis to the confluence with the Saint Croix River.[15] Fort Snelling was built on the territory in 1819 at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, which formed a natural barrier to both Native American nations. The 1837 Treaty with the Sioux ceded all local tribal land east of the Mississippi to the U.S. Government.[16] Taoyateduta (Chief Little Crow V) moved his band at Kaposia across the river to the south.[17][18] Fur traders, explorers, and missionaries came to the area for the fort's protection. Many of the settlers were French-Canadians and lived nearby. However, as a whiskey trade flourished, military officers banned settlers from the fort-controlled lands. Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, a retired fur trader-turned-bootlegger who particularly irritated officials,[19] set up his tavern, the Pig's Eye, near present-day Lambert's Landing.[14] By the early 1840s, the community had become important as a trading center and a destination for settlers heading west. Locals called the area Pig's Eye (French: L'Oeil du Cochon) or Pig's Eye Landing after Parrant's popular tavern.[19]

In 1841, Father Lucien Galtier was sent to minister to the Catholic French-Canadians and established a chapel on the bluffs above Lambert's Landing named for his favorite saint, Paul the Apostle.[20][21] Galtier intended for the settlement to adopt the name Saint Paul in honor of the new chapel.[19] In 1847 a New York educator named Harriet Bishop moved to the area and opened the city's first school.[22] The Minnesota Territory was formalized in 1849 and Saint Paul named as capital. In 1857, the territorial legislature voted to move the capital to Saint Peter. However, Joe Rolette, a territorial legislator, stole the physical text of the approved bill and went into hiding, thus preventing the move.[23] On May 11, 1858, Minnesota was admitted to the union as the thirty-second state with Saint Paul as the capital.

File:Mound1.jpg
Indian Mounds at Indian Mounds Park on Dayton's Bluff overlook downtown Saint Paul.

That year, more than 1,000 steamboats were in service at Saint Paul,[22] making the city a gateway for settlers to the Minnesota frontier or Dakota Territory. Natural geography was a primary reason the city became a landing. The area was the last accessible point to unload boats coming upriver due to the Mississippi River valley's stone bluffs. During this period, Saint Paul was called "The Last City of the East."[24] James J. Hill constructed and expanded his network of railways into the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, which were headquartered in Saint Paul. Today they are the BNSF Railway.[24]

On August 20, 1904, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes damaged hundreds of downtown buildings causing USD $1.78 million (1904) in damages in the city and ripping spans from the High Bridge.[25] In the 1960s during urban renewal, Saint Paul razed western neighborhoods close to downtown.[26] The city also contended with creation of the interstate freeway system in a fully built landscape.[27] From 1959 to 1961, the western Rondo neighborhood was obliterated by the construction of Interstate 94 and brought attention to racial segregation and unequal housing in northern cities.[28][29] The Rondo Days celebration annually commemorates the African American community.[30]

Downtown had short skyscraper booms beginning in the 1970s. The tallest buildings were constructed in the late 1980s such as Galtier Plaza (Jackson and Sibley Towers), The Pointe of Saint Paul condominiums, and the city's tallest building Wells Fargo Place (formerly Minnesota World Trade Center).[31] The 1990s to 2000s continued the tradition of ushering in new immigrant groups. As of 2004, nearly 10% of the city's population were recent Hmong immigrants from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar.[32]

Geography

The Meeker Island Lock and Dam was the first lock and dam on the Mississippi River in 1902.

Saint Paul history and the city's growth as a landing port are tied to water. The city's defining physical characteristic, the Mississippi and connecting Minnesota Rivers were carved into the region during the last ice age. Fed by receding glaciers and Lake Agassiz ten thousand years ago, torrents of water from a glacial river undercut the river valleys.[33] The city is situated in east-central Minnesota.

The Mississippi River forms a municipal boundary on part of the city's west, southwest and southeast sides. Minneapolis, the state's largest city lies to the west; Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Roseville, and Maplewood are north; Maplewood is also to the east; the cities of West Saint Paul and South Saint Paul are to the south; and Lilydale, Mendota and Mendota Heights lie across the river from the city to the south. The city's largest lakes are Pig's Eye Lake, in the river, Lake Phalen, and Lake Como. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.2 square miles (145.5 km²). 52.8 square miles (136.7 km²) of it is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) of it (6.07%) is water.[34]

Neighborhoods

Main article: Neighborhoods of Saint Paul

Saint Paul's Department of Planning and Economic Development divides Saint Paul into 17 Planning Districts, created in 1979 to allow neighborhoods to participate in governance and utilize Community Development Block Grants. With a funding agreement directly from the city, the councils share a pool of funds.[35] The councils have significant land-use control, a voice in guiding development, and they organize residents.[36] The boundaries are adjusted depending on population changes, as such, they sometimes overlap established neighborhoods.[37] Though these neighborhoods changed overtime, many of their historically-significant structures have been saved by preservationists.

The city's seventeen Planning Districts are:

  • 1. Sunray-Battle Creek-Highwood
  • 2. Greater East Side
  • 3. West Side
  • 4. Dayton's Bluff
  • 5. Payne-Phalen
  • 6. North End
  • 7. Thomas Dale (Frogtown)
  • 8. Summit-University
  • 9. West End
  • 10. Como (Como Park)
  • 11. Hamline-Midway
  • 12. Saint Anthony Park
  • 13. Union Park
  • 14. Macalester-Groveland
  • 15. Highland (Highland Park)
  • 16. Summit Hill
  • 17. Downtown
  • 18. Hillcrest (White Bear and Iowa)

Climate

See also: Climate of the Twin Cities and Climate of Minnesota
The city skyline from the northwest in the winter.

Saint Paul has a continental climate typical of the Upper Midwestern United States. Winters are frigid and snowy, while summer is hot and humid. As a consequence of St. Paul's continental climate it experiences one of the greatest ranges of temperatures on earth for any major city. On the Köppen climate classification, Saint Paul falls in the warm summer humid continental climate zone (Dfa). The city experiences a full range of precipitation and related weather events, including snow, sleet, ice, rain, thunderstorms, tornadoes and fog.

Due to its northerly location in the United States and lack of large bodies of water to moderate the air, Saint Paul is sometimes subjected to cold Arctic air masses, especially during late December, January and February. The average annual temperature of 45.4 °F (7 °C) gives the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area the coldest annual mean temperature of any major metropolitan area in the continental U.S.[38]

Climate data for Saint Paul, Minnesota
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 57
(14) 		59
(15) 		83
(28) 		93
(34) 		93
(34) 		100
(38) 		105
(41) 		103
(39) 		95
(35) 		88
(31) 		75
(24) 		66
(19) 		105
(41)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 23
(−5) 		30
(−1) 		42
(6) 		58
(14) 		71
(22) 		79
(26) 		83
(28) 		81
(27) 		72
(22) 		59
(15) 		41
(5) 		27
(−3) 		56
(13)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 6
(−14) 		13
(−11) 		24
(−4) 		36
(2) 		48
(9) 		58
(14) 		63
(17) 		61
(16) 		52
(11) 		40
(4) 		26
(−3) 		12
(−11) 		37
(3)
Record low °F (°C) −29
(−34) 		−32
(−36) 		−25
(−32) 		3
(−16) 		21
(−6) 		36
(2) 		45
(7) 		42
(6) 		26
(−3) 		15
(−9) 		−14
(−26) 		−29
(−34) 		−32
(−36)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.02
(26) 		0.78
(20) 		1.92
(49) 		2.54
(65) 		3.73
(95) 		4.98
(126) 		4.41
(112) 		4.37
(111) 		3.20
(81) 		2.51
(64) 		2.09
(53) 		1.04
(26) 		32.59
(828)
Source: The Weather Channel [39]

Demographics

U.S. Census
YearPop.
1860 10,401
1870 20,030
1880 41,473
1890 133,156
1900 163,065
1910 214,744
1920 234,698
1930 271,606
1940 287,736
1950 311,349
1960 313,411
1970 309,980
1980 270,230
1990 272,235
2000 287,151
Est. 2009 287,501
Cinco De Mayo festival in 2007. The Latin and Hispanic communities (though primarily Mexican) have focused on Saint Paul's West Side
See also: History of the Irish in Saint Paul
Main article: Demographics of Saint Paul

The earliest known inhabitants from about 400 A.D. were members of the Hopewell tradition who buried their dead in mounds (now Indian Mounds Park) on the bluffs above the river. The next known inhabitants were the Mdewakanton Dakota in the 17th century who fled their ancestral home of Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota in response to westward expansion of the Ojibwe nation.[12] The Ojibwe would later occupy the north (east) bank of the Mississippi River.

By 1800, French Canadian explorers came through the region and attracted fur traders to the area. Fort Snelling and nearby Pig's Eye Tavern also brought the first Yankees from New England and English, Irish, and Scottish immigrants who had enlisted in the army and settled nearby after discharge. These early settlers and entrepreneurs built houses on the heights north of the river. The first wave of immigration came with the Irish who settled at Connemara Patch along the Mississippi, named for their home in Connemara Ireland. The Irish would become prolific in politics, city governance, and public safety much to the chagrin of the Germans and French who had grown into the majority. In 1850, the first of many waves of Swedish immigrants passed through Saint Paul on their way to farming communities in northern and western regions of the territory. A large group settled in Swede Hollow which would later become home to Poles, Italians and Mexicans. The last Swedish presence had moved up Saint Paul's East Side along Payne Avenue in the 1950s.[40]

In terms of people who specified European ancestry in the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, the city was 26.4% German, 13.8% Irish, 8.4% Norwegian, 7.0% Swedish, and 6.2% English. There is also a visible community of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, representing 4.2% of St. Paul's population.[41] By the 1980s, the Thomas Dale area, once a Austro-Hungarian enclave known as Frogtown (German: Froschburg), became home to Vietnamese people who left their war-torn country. Soon after a settlement program for the Hmong diaspora came and by 2000, the Saint Paul Hmong were the largest urban contingent in the United States.[42][43][44] Mexican immigrants have settled in Saint Paul's West Side since the 1930s, and have grown enough that Mexico opened a foreign consulate in the 2005.[45][46]

The majority of residents claiming religious affiliation are Christian, split between the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant denominations. The Roman Catholic presence comes from Irish, German, Scottish, and French Canadian settlers who in time would be bolstered by Hispanic immigrants. There are Jewish synagogues such as Mount Zion Temple and relatively small populations of Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Pagans.[citation needed]

As of the 2005-2007 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, White Americans made up 66.5% of Saint Paul's population; of which 62.1% were non-Hispanic whites. Blacks or African Americans made up 13.9% of Saint Paul's population; of which 13.5% were non-Hispanic blacks. American Indians made up 0.8% of Saint Paul's population; of which 0.6% were non-Hispanic. Asian Americans made up 12.3% of Saint Paul's population; of which 12.2% were non-Hispanic. Pacific Islander Americans made up less than 0.1% of Saint Paul's population. Individuals from some other race made up 3.4% of Saint Paul's population; of which 0.2% were non-Hispanic. Individuals from two or more races made up 3.1% of Saint Paul's population; of which 2.6% were non-Hispanic. In addition, Hispanics and Latinos made up 8.7% of Saint Paul's population.[47][48]

As of the 2000 U.S. Census,Template:GR there were 287,151 people, 112,109 households, and 60,999 families residing in the city.[49] The racial makeup of the city was 67.0% White, 11.7% African American, 1.1% Native American, 12.4% Asian (mostly Hmong and Vietnamese), 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.8% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.9% of the population.[50]

There were 112,109 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.6% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9,4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,774, and the median income for a family was $48,925. Males had a median income of $35,111 versus $29,432 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,216. About 11.7% of families and 15.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 23.2% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul-Bloomington area employs 1,570,700 people in the private sector as of July 2008, 82.43 percent of which work in private service providing-related jobs.[51]

Major corporations headquartered in Saint Paul include Ecolab, a chemical and cleaning product company[52] which was named in 2008 by the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal as the eighth best place to work in the Twin Cites for companies with 1,000 full-time Minnesota employees,[53] Securian Financial Group Inc.,[54] Lawson Software, a business software and support company,[55] and Gander Mountain, a retailer of sporting goods which operates 115 stores in 23 states.[56]

The 3M Company is often cited as one of Saint Paul's companies though it is located in adjacent Maplewood, Minnesota. 3M employs 16,000 people throughout Minnesota.[57] St. Jude Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices, is directly across the municipal border of Saint Paul in Little Canada[58] though the company's address is listed in Saint Paul.[59]

The city is home to the Ford Motor Company's Twin Cities Assembly Plant, which it opened in 1924. Recently slated for closing, Ford now expects the plant to remain open through at least 2011 despite massive corporate losses.[60] The site is located in Highland Park on the Mississippi River adjacent to a company-owned dam, which generates hydroelectric power.[61]

Culture

Como Park, Zoo, and Conservatory is a free public greenhouse and urban zoo open year round.

In winter months, Saint Paul is active with the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, a tradition originating from 1886 when a New York reporter called Saint Paul "another Siberia." Attended by 350,000 visitors annually, the event showcases ice sculpting, an annual treasure hunt, winter food, activities, and an ice palace.[62] Year round the Como Zoo and Conservatory and adjoining zoo and Japanese Garden are popular. The historic Landmark Center located in downtown Saint Paul hosts cultural and arts organizations. The city's notable recreation locations include Indian Mounds Park, Battle Creek Regional Park, Harriet Island Regional Park, Highland Park, the Wabasha Street Caves, Lake Como, Lake Phalen, and Rice Park, as well as several areas abutting the Mississippi River.

The city is associated with the Minnesota State Fair located in nearby Falcon Heights as the fair grounds are just north of the Midway neighborhood and southeast of the University of Minnesota Saint Paul Campus. Though Fort Snelling is on the Minneapolis side of the Mississippi River bluff, the area including Fort Snelling State Park and Pike Island is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources headquartered in the city.[63]

Saint Paul is the birthplace of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) who lived in Merriam Park from infancy until early 1960.[64] Schulz' Snoopy cartoon inspired decorated giant Peanuts sculptures around the city, a chamber of commerce promotion in the late 1990s.[65] Other notables include playwright August Wilson who lived in the city from 1978 until 1990. He wrote much of his decalogue of plays about the African-American experience in the 20th century during this time, premiering at the Penumbra Theatre. Other 20th century notables include renowned painter LeRoy Neiman and photographer John Vachon.[66]

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts hosts theater productions and the Minnesota Opera is a founding tenant.[67] RiverCentre, attached to Xcel Energy Center, serves as the city's convention center. The city has contributed to the music of Minnesota and the Twin Cities music scene through various venues. Great jazz musicians have passed through the influential Artists' Quarter, first established in the 1970s in Whittier, Minneapolis until it moved to downtown Saint Paul in 1994.[68] Artists' Quarter also hosts the Soapboxing Poetry Slam, home of the 2009 National Poetry Slam Champions. The Turf Club in Midway has been a music scene landmark since the 1940s.[69] St. Paul is also the home base for the internationally acclaimed Rose Ensemble.[70] As an Irish stronghold, the city boasts popular Irish pubs with live music such as Shamrocks, The Dubliner and O'Gara's. The internationally acclaimed Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is the nation's only full-time professional chamber orchestra.[71] The Minnesota Centennial Showboat on the Mississippi River began in 1958 with Minnesota's first centennial celebration.[72]

Saint Paul hosts a number of museums including the University of Minnesota's Goldstein Museum of Design;[73] The Minnesota Children's Museum;[74] The Schubert Club Museum of Musical Instruments;[75][76] The Minnesota Museum of American Art;[77][78] The Traces Center for History and Culture;[79] The Minnesota History Center; The Alexander Ramsey House; The James J. Hill House; The Minnesota Transportation Museum; The Science Museum of Minnesota; and The Twin City Model Railroad Museum.

Media

Main article: Media in the Twin Cities
Minnesota Public Radio headquarters in downtown Saint Paul

Residents of Saint Paul can receive 10 broadcast television stations, five of which broadcast from within Saint Paul. One daily newspaper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, two weekly neighborhood newspapers, the East Side Review and City Pages (Village Voice Media), and several monthly or bi-monthly neighborhood papers serve the city. Several media outlets based in neighboring Minneapolis also serve the Saint Paul community, including the Star Tribune. And the magazine, Saint Paul Illustrated is published in Bloomington.

Saint Paul is home to Minnesota Public Radio, a three-format system that broadcasts on nearly 40 stations[80] around the Midwest. MPR locally delivers news and information, classical, and The Current (which plays a wide variety of music). The station regionally has 94,000 members and more than 800,000 listeners each week throughout the Upper Midwest, the largest audience of any regional public radio network.[81] Also operating as part of American Public Media, MPR's programming reaches 5 million listeners, most notably through A Prairie Home Companion hosted by Garrison Keillor, who also lives in the city.[81] The Fitzgerald Theater, renamed in 1994 for Irish native and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is home to the show.[82]

Sports

Main article: Sports in Minnesota
The Xcel Energy Center, configured for professional hockey. The arena also supports other professional sports, concerts and other events. The Center hosted the 2008 Republican National Convention in September 2008.

The Saint Paul division of Parks and Recreation runs over 1,500 organized sports teams.[83] In addition the Parks and Recreation department is responsible for 160 parks and 41 recreation centers.[84]

Saint Paul hosts a number of professional, semi-professional and amateur sports teams. The Minnesota Wild[5] and the Minnesota Swarm both play their home game in downtown Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center, which was built for the Wild in 2000. The Wild brought the NHL back to Minnesota for the first time since 1993, when the Minnesota North Stars left the city for Dallas, Texas.[5] Citing the history of hockey in the Twin Cities and teams at all levels, Sports Illustrated affectionately called Saint Paul the new Hockeytown U.S.A. in 2007.[85]

The Xcel Energy Center, a multi-purpose entertainment and sports venue, can be converted to host concerts and accommodate nearly all sporting events. The Xcel Energy Center is located on the site of the demolished Saint Paul Civic Center. The Xcel Energy Center hosts the Minnesota high school boys hockey Tournament, Minnesota High School Girl's Volleyball Tournament and concerts though out the year. In 2004, it was named the best overall sports venue in the U.S. by ESPN.[86] Previously, the Minnesota Fighting Saints had played in Saint Paul from 1972 to 1977.

The St. Paul Saints is the city's semi-professional baseball team. Originally founded in 1884, they were shut down in 1961 after the Minnesota Twins moved to Minneapolis. The St. Paul Saints were brought back in 1993 as an independent baseball team in the Northern League of the American Association. Their home games are played at open-air Midway Stadium in Energy Park in the northwest section of the city.[87] Four noted Major League All Star baseball players are natives of Saint Paul: Hall of Fame outfielder Dave Winfield, Hall of Fame infielder Paul Molitor, pitcher Jack Morris and catcher Joe Mauer. The all black St. Paul Colored Gophers played four seasons in Saint Paul from 1907 to 1911.[88]

Hometown of Junior Flyweight one time world titlist Giovanni Arlexis Vilomar Renteria. Arlexis is the only boxer to reach national prominence that hails from Saint Paul, MN. Born and raised to the lower downtown streets of Saint Paul, he made an early name form himself making the decision to leave school during his freshman year of prep school. He chased his dream of being a Olympian & a world champion. In the year 1990 on March 8, he was recognized as the best boxer in the state of Minnesota, he later went on to capture many feats as an amateur & then the ultimate accolade of a young up and coming boxer, American by nationality but Dominican Republican by blood, he wore the flag of his Dominican Republic country as he fought to an congressional purse in the summer Olympics of 1992' in Barcelona. Renteria would later discontinue to fight for the city of Saint Paul but instead a more boxing savvy town Detroit, MI. In the Motor City, where he trained in the Kronk gym of Downtown Detroit. He fought and won a world title against top Junior Flyweight Yo Sam Choi in Atlantic City, NJ. He's now retired to another Minnesota residence in Minneapolis.

The St. Paul Twin Stars of the National Premier Soccer League play their home games at James Griffin Stadium.[89] The first curling club in Saint Paul was founded in 1888. The current club, the St. Paul Curling Club, was founded in 1912 and is the largest curling club in the United States.[90] The Minnesota RollerGirls are a flat-track roller derby league that is based in the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Minnesota's oldest athletic organization, the Minnesota Boat Club resides in the Mississippi River on Raspberry Island. The club has produced world-class rowers for over a century.[91]

The Minnesota Timberwolves, Twins, and Vikings all play in Minneapolis.

Professional Sports in Saint Paul
Club Sport League Venue Championships
Minnesota Ripknees Basketball Premier Basketball League Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Minnesota Swarm Indoor lacrosse National Lacrosse League Eastern Division Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild Ice hockey National Hockey League Western Conference Xcel Energy Center
Saint Paul Saints Baseball American Association North League Midway Stadium Northern League Championship: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2004
St. Paul Twin Stars Soccer National Premier Soccer League Midwest Conference James Griffin Stadium

Government and politics

Main articles: Government and politics in Saint Paul, Minnesota and List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota State Capitol

Saint Paul is governed via a variation of the strong mayor-council form of government.[92] The mayor is the chief executive and chief administrative officer for the city and the seven member city council is the legislative body.[93][94] The mayor is elected by the entire city, while members of the city council are elected from seven different geographic wards, which have approximately equal populations.[95][96] Both the mayor and council members serve four-year terms.[97] The current mayor is Chris Coleman (DFL), who is unrelated to former mayor Norm Coleman. Coleman follows a long line of Irish mayors and he is the ninth since 1900. Aside from Norm Coleman (1994–2002) who became a Republican during his second term, Saint Paul has not elected a Republican mayor since 1952.[98]

Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse

The city is also the county seat for Ramsey County, named for Alexander Ramsey the first state governor. The county once spanned much of the present-day metropolitan area and was originally to be named Saint Paul County after the city. Today it is geographically the smallest county and is the most densely populated.[3] As the only home rule county in Minnesota, the seven-member Board of Commissioners appoints a county manager whose office is in the combination city hall/county courthouse along with the Minnesota Second Judicial Courts.[99][100] The nearby Law Enforcement Center houses the Ramsey County Sheriff's office.

State and federal

See also: Minnesota Legislature and Politics of Minnesota § Federal representation

Saint Paul is the capital of the state of Minnesota. The city hosts the capitol building, designed by Saint Paul resident Cass Gilbert, and the House and Senate office buildings. The Minnesota Governor's Residence, which is used for some state functions, is on Summit Avenue. Minnesota's two major political parties are headquartered in Saint Paul: The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (affiliated with the Democratic Party), and the Republican Party of Minnesota. Many state departments and services are headquartered throughout Saint Paul such as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The city is represented by 12 people in the Minnesota Legislature.[101][102] The latest biannual election was in 2008. At the Federal level, the city is in Minnesota's 4th congressional district, represented by Betty McCollum, a Democrat. In the Senate, Minnesota is represented by Amy Klobuchar, a former Hennepin County Attorney, a Democrat, and Al Franken, a former comedian and satirist, a Democrat.

Minnesota House and Senate districts
Senate House
Name Took office Party Name Took office Party
64 Dick Cohen 1986 DFL 64A Erin Murphy 2006 DFL
64B Michael Paymar 1996 DFL
65 Sandy Pappas 1990 DFL 65A Cy Thao 2002 DFL
65B Carlos Mariani 1990 DFL
66 Ellen Anderson 1992 DFL 66A John Lesch 2002 DFL
66B Alice Hausman 1989 DFL
67 Mee Moua 2002 DFL 67A Tim Mahoney 1998 DFL
67B Sheldon Johnson 2000 DFL

Note: Ellen Anderson and Alice Hausman also represent Falcon Heights.

Education

Main article: Education in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is second in the United States in the number of higher education institutions per capita.[103] Higher education institutions that call Saint Paul home include three public and eight private colleges and universities, and five post-secondary institutions. Well-known colleges and universities include: the College of Saint Catherine, Concordia University, Hamline University, Macalester College, and the University of St. Thomas. Metropolitan State University and Saint Paul College, which focus on non-traditional students, are based in Saint Paul, as well as two law schools, William Mitchell College of Law and Hamline University School of Law.[104]

The Saint Paul Public Schools district is the state's second largest school district and serves approximately 42,000 students. The district is extremely diverse with students from families speaking 70 different languages, although only four languages are used for most school communication. Those languages are English, Spanish, Hmong and Somali. The district runs 82 different schools including 52 elementary schools, twelve middle schools, seven high schools, ten alternative schools and one special education school, employing over 6,500 teachers and staff. The school district also oversees community education programs for pre-K and adult learners, including Early Childhood Family Education, GED Diploma, language programs and various learning opportunities for community members of all ages. In 2006, Saint Paul Public Schools celebrated its 150th anniversary.[105]

A variety of K-12 private, parochial and public charter schools are also represented in the city. In 1992, Saint Paul became the first city in the U.S. to sponsor and open a charter school, now found in most states across the nation.[106] Saint Paul is currently home to 21 charter schools as well as 38 private schools.[107] The Saint Paul Public Library system includes a Central Library and twelve branch locations.

Transportation

See also: St. Paul Downtown Airport
I-94 as it enters downtown Saint Paul from the west.

Residents utilize Interstate 35E running north-south, and Interstate 94 running east-west. Trunk highways include U.S. Highway 52, Minnesota State Highway 280, and Minnesota State Highway 5. Saint Paul has several unique roads such as Ayd Mill Road and Shepard Road/Warner Road, which diagonally follow particular geographic features in the city. Metro Transit provides bus service and connects the city to the existing Hiawatha Line light rail via dedicated bus routes but will not have its own line, the Central Line along University Avenue until 2014.[108] Downtown Saint Paul has a five mile (8 km) enclosed skyway system over twenty-five city blocks.[109] Biking is also gaining popularity due to paved bike lanes which connect to other bike routes throughout the metropolitan area.[110]

The layout of city streets and roads has often drawn complaints. Jesse Ventura brought up the city's roadways during an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman while Governor of Minnesota.[111] Ventura later apologized for his remark that the streets had been designed by "drunken Irishmen", although people had already been complaining about the fractured grid system for more than a century by that point.[112] Some of the city road design is the result of the curve of the Mississippi River, hilly topography, conflicts between developers of different neighborhoods in the early city, and grand plans only half-realized. Outside of downtown, the roads are less confusing, but most roads are named, rather than numbered, increasing the difficulty for non-natives to navigate.[113] Due to neighborhood autonomy, some roads suddenly change names without warning.

Amtrak's Empire Builder between Chicago and Seattle stops once daily in each direction at nearby Midway Station.[114] Ridership on the train is increasing, about 6% from 2005 to over 505,000 in fiscal year 2007.[115] Increased ridership has prompted southern Minnesota leaders to plan for an expansion of Amtrak's service in the area, including an overhaul of Saint Paul's Union Depot.[115] Saint Paul is the site of the Pig's Eye Yard, a major freight Classification yard for Canadian Pacific Railway.[116] As of 2003, the yard handled over 1,000 freight cars per day.[116] Both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe run trains through yard, though they are not classified at Pig's Eye.[116] Burlington Northern Santa Fe operates the large Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, which handles about 600 cars per day.[117] There are several other small yards located around the city.

Saint Paul Downtown Airport (Holman Field)

Saint Paul is served by the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), which sits on 3,400 acres (14 km²)[118] southwest of the city on the west side of the Mississippi River between Minnesota State Highway 5, Interstate 494, Minnesota State Highway 77, and Minnesota State Highway 62. The airport serves three international, twelve domestic, seven charter and four regional carriers[119] and is a hub and home base for Delta Air Lines, Mesaba Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.[120] Saint Paul is also served by the St. Paul Downtown Airport located just south of downtown, across the Mississippi River. The airport, also known as Holman Field, is a reliever airport, run by the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The airport houses Minnesota's Air National Guard and is tailored to local corporate aviation.[121] There are three runways that serve about 100 resident aircraft and a flight training school. The Holman Field Administration Building and Riverside Hangar are on the National Register of Historic Places.[121]

Sister cities

Saint Paul has sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:

See also

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