Robbinsdale Historical Society
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ROBBINSDALE’S HISTORIC CITY BAND PLAYS AT HISTORIC GRAESER PARK Robbinsdale’s City Band is one of the longest running municipal bands in the Upper Midwest. Next year it will be 120 years old. It all began … Read more
Robbinsdale Historical Society (RHS) and Golden Valley Historical Society (GVHS) recently cosponsored walking tour of the restored Graeser Park, 4200 Lakeland Ave., Robbinsdale. The collaboration brought out about 35 people, many of whom were unaware … Read more
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025: HISTORY WALK-AND-TALK AT GRAESER PARK The Amazing Restoration of Robbinsdale’s Historic Wayside Rest Cosponsors Golden Valley Historical Society and Robbinsdale Historical Society have arranged a guided tour of the restored Graeser … Read more
In the early 1900s, Robbinsdale was a small community on the northwestern edge of Minneapolis. Its citizens were eager for the city to grow, and decided to form a band as a force to promote … Read more
On 2/2/24 the StarTribune online edition published the news of Graeser Park’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park could be added to National Register of Historic Places The park, also … Read more
In 2007 graphic designer Karen Laukkonen started her website to advocate for the preservation of Highway 100’s remaining roadside parks, and to document the seven original parks. Since then, she has extensively photographed and reported … Read more
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
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
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