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Title: Hudson's dictionary of Minneapolis and vicinity; a handbook for strangers and residents
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Hudson, Horace B. (Horace Bushnell), 1861-1920
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Publisher: Minneapolis, The Hudson publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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es and consequentlyhaving due east and west lines.From Grant St. to the south limitsNicollet Av. becomes the dividingline and intersecting streets aredesignated as east and west.Thus East 14th St. is the firstsouth of East Grant, and WestFourteenth, its continuation westof Nicollet. First Av. S. contin-ues as the first street east of andparallel with Nicollet south ofGrant and with the other avenuesretains its appellation of south. Parallel with Nicollet on thewest is a series of avenues desig-nated by names. The seventh isLyndale which runs exactly northand south from the north to thesouth boundary lines of the city.It is an avenue and as such wouldbe expected to be at right angleswith the river. But in the northsem part of the city it is, by achange of the rivers course, ex- 107 t index. S. C. M. 8c St.T £ 1. Exposition and *• J?8*0®*;*fc Convention «• Nicollet Hjjall 6. West Hotel. 2. Union Depot. J- fc0fin* ?«8. University. ?. Riverside P.Ot Farview FStreets.Street Rys>
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STREET DIVISIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS The black lines show the division points between streets called North South, Northeast, Southeast, etc, STR-STR 108 actly parallel with the stream andconsequently with North First St.,which has followed the bend ofthe river. From Plymouth Av.(same as 13th Av. N.) LyndaleAv. is the seventh street west ofthe river. West of and parallelWith Lyndale and extending northand south from Kenwood Park-way and Superior Av. is a seriesof avenues whose names arealphabetically arranged as Aldrich(first west of Lyndale), Bryant,Colfax, Dupont, etc. This seriesextends to the western city limits. In the East Division the samesystem prevails with Central Av.and Division St. as the dividingline as Hennepin Av. is on thewest side. To prevent confusionwith the west side, avenues northof and parallel with Central Av.are called First Av. Northeast,Second Av. Northeast, etc., andsouth of Central Av., First Av.Southeast, etc. The streets arecalled Southeast Fourth St., orNorthe

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