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Minnesota Macaroni factory, 114 West Fairfield

Minnesota Macaroni factory, 114 West Fairfield c.1917. Image from Aronovici, Carol. Housing Conditions in the City of Saint Paul. St. Paul: Amherst H. Wilder Charity, 1917, 46.

1916 plat map of that portion of the Flats not included in the previous map

1916 plat map of that portion of the Flats not included in the previous map. Historian Lorraine Esterly Pierce calls the area east of the Robert Street Bridge the Lower East Side. Plat Book of Saint Paul Minn. and Suburbs. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1916.

1916 plat map of the Flats, except the northeast portion

1916 plat map of the Flats, except the northeast portion. The main north-south streets were, left to right, Wabasha, Robert, and State. Plat Book of Saint Paul Minn. and Suburbs. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1916.

Postcard view of the Flats

Postcard view of the Flats, 1910.

Looking north along Wabasha, the Flats

Looking north along Wabasha, the Flats, 1904.

West Side Flats and Wabasha Bridge

West Side Flats and Wabasha Bridge, 1904.

Lower West Side and Wabasha Bridge

Lower West Side and Wabasha Bridge, c.1885.

Looking north across the Flats during high water

Looking north across the Flats during a flood, 1881. The raised street is Wabasha.

Downtown St. Paul and West Side Flats

Downtown St. Paul and West Side Flats, 1867. Lithograph by Albert Ruger.

West Side Flats, St. Paul

From the 1850s to the 1960s, St. Paul’s West Side Flats was a poor, immigrant neighborhood—frequently flooded but home to a diverse group of Irish, Jewish, and Mexican workers and their families. In the early 1960s all residents were moved out to make way for an industrial park.

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