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Lexington Park was the name of a former minor league baseball park in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was the home of the St. Paul Saints from 1897 through 1956, when it was replaced by the first version of Midway Stadium. Lexington Park was commissioned by baseball owner Charlie Comiskey to serve as home for his St. Paul Saints Western League baseball franchise. In late 1899 the league changed its name to the American League in an ultimately successful bid to gain major league status. While the Saints were initially a member of that league, Comiskey moved his team to Chicago prior to Opening Day 1900 (where they still exist today as the Chicago White Sox). As such, the ballpark holds at least the technical distinction of being the original home to a current American League franchise—even if, admittedly, the league wasn't major at the time, and not a single major league game was ever played there. Comiskey continued to own the ballpark for another decade or so (leasing it out to a replacement American Association club), until finally selling it to local interests in 1909. It was on the block bounded by Lexington Parkway, University Avenue, Fuller and Dunlap. Home plate was originally in the southwest corner of the block. Following a fire in November, 1915, a steel and concrete grandstand was built with the plate repositioned to the northwest corner. Lights were installed in 1937. The first night game was played on July 15, with the Saints hosting the arch-rival Minneapolis Millers. The teams played again the next night, at Nicollet Park's first night game. The 6-decades-old ballpark did not quite go out in a wave of euphoria the way its Twin Cities cousin Nicollet Park did, but the Saints did manage to defeat the Minneapolis Millers in the final game. Although demolished in the 1950s, elements of the park remain in existence to this day. A significant segment of the southwestern foundation can still be seen by the knowledgeable observer, and as late as the 1990s a grocery store on the site (since demolished) preserved the location of Lexington's home plate with a distinctively-shaped commemorative floor tile. The area is currently being redeveloped. An Aldi grocery store is one of the most recent additions to the site. According to Stew Thornley's 2006 book, a plaque that had once been affixed to the grocery store is now reinstated, at the TCF Bank branch building.

High School for Recording Arts (HSRA) is a public charter high school located in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The school pioneered the concept of connecting with at-risk students through a hip-hop music program, hence the nickname "Hip-Hop High." There are no tuition fees.

The Prom Ballroom was a dance hall in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, which opened in 1941 with a performance by Glenn Miller. The club played a diverse array of acts, ranging from rock to polka and jazz, and included acts like Count Basie and Lawrence Welk. The house orchestra was called the Jules Herman Orchestra. The infamous and ill-fated "Winter Dance Party" was the attraction on January 28, 1959.The Prom Ballroom was located at 1190 University Avenue West. It was torn down in 1987.

Rondo Days is an annual festival held the 3rd Saturday in July in Saint Paul, Minnesota that commemorates the Rondo Neighborhood, an African-American community that was split in two by the construction of Interstate 94 in the mid-1960s. The festival has grown since its inception in 1983, by co-founders Floyd G. Smaller and Marvin R. Anderson, to become the largest African American sponsored festival in Minnesota.

The St. Paul Casket Company Building was the location of the most important casket manufacturer in St. Paul, Minnesota and one of the most important casket manufacturers in Minnesota. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 for its significance in local history, as well as for its architecture. The firm was established in 1887 in North St. Paul, Minnesota as the North St. Paul Casket Company. The factory was located along the Wisconsin Central railroad (later Soo Line Railroad). Under the leadership of Ernest C. Reiff and Uriah Meeker Stone, the company quickly became one of the leading manufacturers of coffins and caskets in Minnesota. This was occurring during a time when coffin manufacturing was shifting from local carpenters and cabinetmakers to factories, and when their distribution was shifting to professional undertakers and funeral directors. Advances in embalming, communication, and transportation also made it possible to order a casket from a catalog and have it delivered in time for a funeral. Casket manufacturers marketed to funeral directors, and funeral directors were encouraged to buy products and seek guidance from casket manufacturers, in a symbiotic relationship. Funeral directors could specify trimmings such as handles, name plates, linings, and burial garments, and the manufacturer would add those features before shipping the casket. In 1913, a guide entitled Wood Using Industries of Minnesota was published, and it named seven manufacturers as major users of wood. The North St. Paul Casket Company was among them, along with their nearest competitor, the Northwestern Casket Company of Minneapolis. The guide noted that large factories in certain cities were supplying surrounding states. Around 1918, the North St. Paul factory had become insufficient for the volume of business the firm was doing, which included the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. The company looked at several possible sites for the new factory, settling on 1222 University Avenue in St. Paul. The new location was easily accessible by rail, streetcar, bus, and road, and the company felt this was key to the company's growth and success. Rail access was furnished by the Milwaukee Road and the Minnesota Transfer Railway. Some of the company's neighbors included the Montgomery Ward store and warehouse, a Minnesota Highway Department warehouse, and the printing plant and warehouse of Brown and Bigelow. Plans for the new factory were announced in August 1922, with four stories of brick, tile, and concrete, measuring 95 feet (29 m) by 150 feet (46 m). Construction began in September 1922, and the building was opened for business in June of 1923. The North St. Paul Casket Company changed its name to the St. Paul Casket Company and advertised that it sold "wholesale funeral supplies." The building contained at least twice the floor space of its old North St. Paul factory. The plan was similar to other vertical urban factory designs that were built at the time, where production flowed from the top floors to the bottom, the construction was fireproof, and there were large steel-sash windows and skylights. Fire protection was developed with an automatic sprinkler system fed by a rooftop water tank, concealed in a dramatic tower. The St. Paul Casket Company operated out of this building until 1951. Later tenants included the Snyder Drug Store corporation, who used it as their general office and warehouse from 1952 through 1962; Dimensional Display and Design in the 1970s; and Landfill Music and Books at the time of the National Register nomination. It was then acquired by JB Vang, which used federal and state historic tax credits, low income housing tax credits, and tax exempt bonds to convert the building into affordable housing. Fifty-five units were planned, and not much major restoration was required due to the solid reinforced concrete construction. The large factory windows allowed plenty of light in apartments, and the building has proximity to the Lexington station of the Metro Green Line (Minnesota) and Allianz Field. Fifteen units are considered affordable for people earning 30% of the area's median income, with rents from $665 to $785 per month. Forty units are affordable for people earning 60% of the area median income, with rents from $1365 to $1624 per month.

Gordon Parks High School is a public alternative learning center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The school, founded in 1991, was originally the Saint Paul Area Learning Center. It was then called Unidale Alternative Learning Center for several years, after the local strip mall it operated in; this was often shortened to ALC Unidale. In 2007, a permanent building was built for the school and it was again renamed. The school serves high-school-age students categorized as "at risk" or far behind in grade level. It is the largest of seven alternative day school programs in the Saint Paul Public Schools district.

James Griffin Stadium is a 4,367-capacity stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Saint Paul Central High School is the oldest high school in the state of Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1866 in downtown Saint Paul, Central has educated many leaders in business, government, literature, arts, sciences, and education throughout the state of Minnesota and the United States. It is also one of the biggest high schools in the state and, as of 2011, the second-largest in the city of Saint Paul, after Harding Senior High School on the east side of the city. It is also a national Blue Ribbon School.

Skyline Tower is a large low-income high rise apartment complex in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The building is also often called St. Anthony Tower, or 1247 St. Anthony. At 240 feet (73 m) it is the largest single HUD-subsidized building in Minnesota, and the 22nd-tallest building in Saint Paul. With over 500 units it is the largest single-building subsidized housing complex in the U.S. west of Chicago. The building is run by CommonBond Communities, the largest developer or owner of affordable rental housing in Minnesota. The nonprofit bought the building in 2000 with the help of U.S. Bank. The building was previously owned by Skyline Towers Co and managed by Sentinel Management Co.

The S. Edward Hall House in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, was the home of S. Edward Hall (1878-1975), an African American businessman and founder of the Saint Paul chapter of the NAACP. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places from 1991 to 2016.The house was listed on the National Register for its association with its owner, Stephen Edward Hall, who moved from Springfield, Illinois to St. Paul in 1900 to join his brother, Orrie C. Hall, as a barber. By 1906, S. Edward Hall had married and bought the house, and the two brothers established a barber shop in the Germania Bank Building (then known as the Pittsburgh Building). African Americans found good employment as barbers, because it was one of the few occupations where Blacks had been able to enter and dominate. During that time, one-fourth of barbers in St. Paul were Black men, and it ranked as the third-largest occupation for Blacks behind porters and waiters. In addition, Black barbers who catered to a White clientele could make economic gains, job connections, and influence for fellow Blacks.S. Edward Hall put these connections to work to aid fellow African Americans. When other African Americans were looking for work, Hall would inquire with his patrons about job openings. A weekly bulletin entitled The Helper referenced his shop, and this scheme became somewhat of a system, where other "tipsters" would inform "helpers" of job vacancies. The local African Methodist Episcopal church organized the Helper Movement and Hall served as its vice president. This employment referral system did not fully satisfy the job shortage among African Americans, though, and it wasn't effective for jobs outside the service sector. In 1923, Ed Hall became one of the founding members of the St. Paul branch of the National Urban League, which promised more support for job seekers and would be assisted by donations from the Community Chest. Hall remained active with the organization for many years, and at the time of his death in 1975, he was an honorary board member and President Emeritus. Hall also continued to provide employment connections through his barber shop, such as assisting with the Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant's agreement to hire a fair quota of Black employees in 1925.Although S. Edward Hall was first interested in expanding employment opportunities for African Americans, he was also interested in dealing with the need for adjustment and for social networking. In 1908, Hall joined with the Mars Lodge of the Oddfellows to organize Union Hall, which opened in 1914. Later, around 1928, the Colored branch of the YWCA on Central Avenue was closed after a series of events, and the Urban League identified the need for a community facility for educational, social welfare, and recreational activities. The Great Depression also was eroding the fragile economy for the African American population. Ed Hall arranged the transfer of the Central Avenue YMCA location to the Hallie Q. Brown Center, which became its own entity separate from the Urban League in 1930. By 1934, one-third of the residents of Ramsey County, Minnesota were on relief, and in the neighborhood around the center, at Kent Street and Aurora Avenue, nine out of ten people were on relief. Jobs for African Americans were sparse because railroads and packing plants had been laying off many employees. The Hallie Q. Brown Center provided nursery services for children whose mothers were seeking service jobs. S. Edward Hall was a lifelong member of the Center and was a President Emeritus at his death.The house was demolished by the City of Saint Paul in June 2011; an error at the Minnesota Historical Preservation Office failed to identify the house as a listed property on the National Register of Historic Places before its demolition. The property was de-listed in May 2016."National Register of Historic Places Evaluation/Return Sheet: Hall, S. Edward, House" (PDF). 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2017-12-29.

The Franciscan Brothers of Peace is a Roman Catholic, Franciscan association for men. It was founded in 1982 by Michael Gaworski. It was recognized as a public association of the faithful in 1994 by Archbishop Roach. The mother house of the order is in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. As of January 2020 they were 11 brothers. In keeping with their pro-life charism, the Brothers advocate for the unborn, the handicapped, the elderly and the poor.

Selby Avenue is a street in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that runs east–west from Summit Avenue near downtown toward the Mississippi River. The street runs through the Summit-University and Union Park neighborhoods. The street, especially between Dale Street and Snelling Avenue, has been associated with Saint Paul's black community. The far eastern end of the street has historically been more densely developed and architecturally significant.