That system changed several times in the 1970s, ending in an August primary/November general system that was finally abolished by ranked choice.

So safe to say it was the shortest successful campaign effort since the 19th century.

Before the introduction of primary elections after 1900, the campaign schedule was 1-2 months: conventions/nominations in March/April, election in early May. Primaries stretched it to a five-month process: nominations in January, primary in March, general in late May.

Barbara Gelb's book on their relationship (So Short a Time, 1973) is a rewarding read too.

They're all in this 1940 WPA writer's project book: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc...

That was still the story when I was at Bard 2009-13.

And by the time Rice Street wraps up in a few years, every major road in the North End (except Maryland) will have bike lanes or a bike path... Dale, Front, Western, Como, Rice, Jackson, Arlington, Wheelock, even Larpenteur. It's becoming the most bikeable neighborhood in the city.

Really excited for the two-way cycletrack planned for Robert (Kellogg to Chavez) in the MnDOT project 2028-29.

Getting close on the north end of Rice Street.

Deep fried olives. Shockingly good.

I look forward to the Strib asking us to define the exact boundary between "Summit Hill" and "Cathedral Hill"

Shared use path paving starting soon on Rice Street phase 1. The second photo shows the width of the new asphalt path; third photo from Google Street View circa 2019 for comparison.

The other thing to understand is that the municipal Farmer's Market was partly in response to the 1934 Teamsters strike. The anti-union folks owned the commercial produce markets in the Warehouse District and the municipal market gave pro-union farmers/truckers an alternative.

Interesting use of a light industrial building that was not too long ago attached to a house(?)

Hard to square this with the number of vacant and underused commercial buildings everywhere in St. Paul. Maybe the lesson is that these old buildings aren't suitable for business needs anymore, but then the limits on building new are probably the biggest thing encouraging creative adaptive reuses.

It truly is remarkable, and many years in the making! Lots of new pedestrian medians too.

Como/Front (ish) to Highway 36

The problem is that they did a half job, removing the antennas but not the platform underneath. You can see how it subtly changes the profile of the building against the sky even without the crown.