Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: st paul

Como Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Photo taken 6/1/2007.

Posting this photo because I read Jonathan Franzen's Freedom last week. One of Franzen's scenes takes place in "a senior dorm" at Mac; had the author done just a bit more homework, he'd likely have mentioned Kirk. Well, Kirk was a senior dorm when I was a senior, anyway. In 1982. In 1967, when I was a freshman (long story, not today), Dupre & Doty were new and all the seniors wanted to live there. So I lived in Kirk, in a single. Life was different in the old days. Didn't much like the book, for whatever that's worth.

Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota. If there's a standard Macalester photo, this is it. I once took a class in this building where I (temporarily) learned what to call all those architectural features. I've mostly forgot them, but I'm safe in describing the style as Richardsonian Romanesque. Ernie Sandeen taught that Architectural History class. Jim Stewart , who also taught in Old Main, just called it "That Victorian Pile," which works just fine.

Pretty, but bizarre. Como Park Zoo, Saint Paul. (I recommend pressing "L" to see this on black.)

Como Park Zoo, Saint Paul. Funny looking critters, but undeniably pretty.

A flower a day for January .... Well, an entire garden today. This is the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Saint Paul's Como Park. This photo's quite nice in the larger sizes .... In January of my freshman year--incredibly, forty years ago--I took a course called "Philosophy in English Poetry" from David White (the link's worth a look-see). The class met in the morning; in the afternoon I'd retreat to this room, and read Dylan Thomas.

A flower a day for January ....

Since the Twin Cities seem to have several seminaries, let's be specific: This is the Catholic Seminary, adjacent to and part of the University of Saint Thomas, at the end of Summit Avenue. The grounds and the exterior of the chapel are attractive. The interior is spectacular .