Como Park Zoo and Conservatory

Como Zoo was the first zoo established in Minnesota. Founded in 1897, the zoo is located within Como Park, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Como Zoo is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Bridges No. L-5853 and 92247 are two side-by-side bridges in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. They were built in 1904 over the Como-Harriet streetcar line, connecting the nearby Twin City Rapid Transit Company station to the line running west to Minneapolis; Bridge No. 92247 carries traffic on Lexington Avenue over the tracks and Bridge No. L-5853 carried pedestrians; the latter is an example of an early reinforced concrete arch bridge, using the Melan reinforcing system by the William S. Hewett & Company of Minneapolis.The bridges were evaluated as part of the Reinforced-Concrete Highway Bridges in Minnesota MPS and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Como Regional Park Pool or just Como Pool is a public swimming pool located in the Como Park neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Como Park is a neighborhood and city planning district in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. It is Planning District 10. The main features of the neighborhood are Como Lake and Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. The approximate boundaries of the neighborhood are Snelling Avenue to the west, Larpenteur Avenue to the north, Dale Street to the east, and the Pierce Butler Route to the south.

Metro Deaf School (MDS) is a K–12 charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bandana Square, formerly the Como Shops of the Northern Pacific Railway, is currently an office center. However, it was originally designed to be an enclosed shopping center in the Energy Park neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The site is in the National Register of Historic Places.

Como Lake is a 70.5-acre (285,000 m2) lake up to 15.5 feet (4.7 m) deep in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It, along with the neighboring Como Park, has been a recreation area for residents of the Twin Cities for more than a century. It was named in 1848 by local farmer Charles Perry. A pavilion sits on the west side of the lake, and plays host to theatrical performances and concerts during the warmer months. The park features a variety of attractions, including the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory and the Como Regional Park Pool.

Larpenteur Avenue (Ramsey County Road 30) is a main thoroughfare in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. Originally named Minneapolis Avenue, it was renamed by the Saint Paul City Council in 1904 in honor of Auguste Louis Larpenteur, a fur trader and one of the original 12 citizens in the city of Saint Paul. The west end of Larpenteur Avenue is at the border with Hennepin County in Lauderdale, immediately west of Minnesota State Highway 280. Larpenteur continues east from Lauderdale through the cities of Falcon Heights, Roseville, and Saint Paul, where it is an exit off of Interstate 35E and bisected by Lake Phalen to the east. It ends at Minnesota State Highway 120 (Century Avenue North) in Maplewood at the border of Washington County.Larpenteur Avenue forms the boundary between the city of Saint Paul and its northern suburbs. Larpenteur Avenue runs along the south side of the Les Bolstad Golf Course at the University of Minnesota and passes through the agricultural research fields on the north side of the University's Saint Paul Campus in Falcon Heights. Larpenteur Avenue continues west from Lauderdale into Minneapolis as Hennepin Avenue. Positionally, Larpenteur Avenue serves as "County Road A" and Roselawn Avenue as "County Road A2" in the Ramsey County's "Lettered County Roads".

Energy Park is a large mixed-use project in Saint Paul, Minnesota's Midway district that began in 1982. The area is bounded by Lexington Parkway on the East, BNSF (former Great Northern) railroad tracks on the south, Snelling Avenue on the West, and BNSF (former Northern Pacific) tracks on the North. It has industrial, commercial, and residential uses. Though not typical of any projects in the Twin Cities, Energy Park is a quintessential 1980s development activity.Saint Paul planners were determined to turn a liability - more than 200 acres of largely disused railroad land in the heart of the city - into an asset. Energy Park was intended as a model urban environment, a product of the mid 1970s' energy crisis, with the theme of energy conservation. People would live and work within the area, most jobs would be energy related, and all buildings would be energy efficient. Little of this actually came to pass, and some critics would consider Energy Park a failure. In 1980 the project received $12.1 million from the federal government as an Urban Development Action Grants.The first few years were certainly not encouraging. Planning and start-up took much longer than municipal officials anticipated. The energy crisis appeared to have ended thus undermining the whole premise behind the "model urban environment". At the beginning Bandana Square, the project's retail centre, seemed to be a bust. The condominiums didn't sell well. Job growth, industrial tenants, housing construction - nothing went according to plan.By 1985, Energy Park's future began to look brighter and in 1989 was described as "plainly a success". The first two phases of housing construction were completed and largely occupied. The industrial space was filling in, although not all employment was energy related. Bandana Square seemed prosperous. The centre would later be turned over to the Saint Paul Port Authority after it lost the Wilder Foundation $9 million. Energy Park was not what city officials envisioned, but it is certainly far better than an abandoned railroad yard.Factors that contribute to the success of Energy Park include the Saint Paul Port Authority's economic strength and industrial marketing skills; the Planning Economic Development's staff creativity in packaging the deal and obtaining substantial and extraordinary federal aid; the involvements of the non-profit Wilder Foundation in the housing and retail development, in cooperation with the Department of Planning Economic Development; the inclusion of representatives from several district councils in the project's planning; the various agencies' flexibility - including their ability to adapt to the loss of the project's original theme; and finally, George Latimer's leadership as mayor. The Wilder Foundation invested $35 million in Energy Park retail, housing and office developments.The Minnesota Children's Museum was located in the neighbourhood from 1985 to 1995.

Great River School (GRS) is a Montessori charter school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It functions as a primary, junior high, and high school.Great River serves 1st through 12th grade and offers the International Baccalaureate program in its 11th and 12th grades.

The Salvation Army Women's Home and Hospital, now The Salvation Army's Booth Brown House, is a 1912 brick Tudor Revival style building designed by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Salvation Army originally used it to provide housing and hospital care for unwed mothers and their children. In 1971 its focus changed to helping young women with behavioral or emotional issues. The facility now serves homeless and transitional youth. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983 for its architecture and its significance in religion, humanitarianism, and women's history.

Hmong College Prep Academy (HCPA) is a charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota that has grades K-12. HCPA is open to all students. It has a large population of Hmong American and Karen American students.