It was a great kickoff to Whiz Bang Days!

Thanks to everyone who came to Graeser Park on Thursday, July 6, for the Preservation Celebration! Special thanks to the all-volunteer Robbinsdale City Band for a wonderful performance! Tracing its roots back to 1908, when … Read more

Graeser Park on TV

CCX NEWS: The Complete History Courtesy of CCX Media* Local cable TV outlet CCX News has covered Graeser Park’s progress since 2018. Here is the retrospective of those stories. 4/28/25: VOLUNTEERS WORK TO RESTORE GRAESER … Read more

Graeser Park Preservation Project Nears Completion

  3:45 PM | Friday, May 26, 2023 | Delane Cleveland, Reporter A major restoration project of Robbinsdale’s historic Graeser Park is nearly complete. “It’s thrilling. It’s beyond imagination,” said Kristi Gibson of the Graeser … Read more

Spring on the Farm

In May 1937, Minneapolis Tribune photographer Merle Bull was sent out on assignment to capture images depicting the return of spring. His photo essay focused on farm animals in rural areas, including Robbinsdale. Here are … Read more

Glenwood Manor

The Glenwood Manor subdivision in Robbinsdale was developed in the 1920s on the site of the Horatio Stillman farm. Stillman had arrived in Minnesota Territory in 1854 and homesteaded a tract of land for farming … Read more

Crystal Lake Heights

In 1913 several families worked with the Gluek Brewing Company to create the Crystal Heights sub-division just west of France Avenue North, on either side of 36th Avenue North. The group enlisted local Albert P. … Read more

Robbinsdale Home Gardens

In 1917, the Miller and Hurlbutt families worked with the Reidhead Company realtors to subdivide and create the Robbinsdale Home Gardens addition between 42nd and 46th Avenues North, east of Vera Cruz over to Toledo … Read more

Making of McNair Manor

McNair Manor was named for attorney and businessman William McNair. Born in 1836, McNair served as county attorney and mayor of St. Anthony from 1869 to 1871. He was highly regarded as a defense attorney … Read more

Sanborn Terrace and Victory View

Sarah Josephine Gates was born in 1851. She moved to what is now Minneapolis, from Hubbardston, Massachusetts, when she was four years old. Her family’s homestead was located at what is now 2426 West Broadway. … Read more