Other Media Coverage
People have been hearing about Graeser Park for years, thanks to CCX News and the Sun-Post community newspaper covering the progress. Watch CCX News reports here. Read Sun-Post news stories here.
Graeser Park
CCX News Reports
Courtesy of CCX Media (See more about CCX at the bottom of this post) Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park Eligible for National Register of Historic Places (1 min) /embed] 5/26/23: Graeser Park Restoration Nears Completion (1 min, … Read more
Sun-Post Newspaper Stories
The Robbinsdale Post newspaper has covered Robbinsdale for more than 60 years. Today the expanded paper, the Sun-Post, is the weekly news source for Robbinsdale and nearby suburbs Crystal, New Hope, and Golden Valley. … Read more
A Trip Back in Time Along the Jefferson Highway
If you grew up around these parts, you may have heard of the Jefferson Highway, an early north-south auto trail that extended all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. A portion of … Read more
A Trailblazing Highway and Its Roadside Parks
Minnesota’s Highway 100, built during the Great Depression, was a stunning achievement in early highway design and construction. The new highway, a mile west of the Minneapolis city limits, extended from Edina on the south … Read more
About Graeser Park
Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park was built in 1940-41 along the new Highway 100 where it crossed the Jefferson Highway (a popular tourist route established in the 1920s that ran right through Robbinsdale on its way from … Read more
After 80 years, Graeser Park Historic Preservation is Underway
Graeser Park History: 1940-2021 Robbinsdale’s Rock Garden Roadside Parking Area was the last and largest of seven parks built in 1939-1940 along Highway 100. It was renamed Graeser Park in honor of Minnesota highway engineer … Read more
Robbinsdale’s Historic Graeser Park Could be Closer to City Ownership, Restoration
Robbinsdale Historical Society strongly supports the restoration and preservation of Graeser Park, built by the WPA in 1939 as a roadside rest area on Highway 100. We appreciate the volunteers who have been instrumental in clearing … Read more
September Membership Meeting Minutes
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 President Diane Jacobson McGee opened the meeting and led with the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES of the last Membership meeting and Board meeting were accepted as printed. NEW BOARD MEMBERS were introduced: … Read more