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Free text == Related Links == *[http://oldhighland.org Old Highland Neighborhood Association] Old Highland Neighborhood Association Website *[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Highland-Neighborhood-Association/112482242104677] Old Highland Facebook page *[http://insidenorthside.org InsideNorthside] Inside Northside Website *[http://www.startribune.com/local/west/104620704.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBDia_nDaycUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr Feeling Safe At Home in Old Highland] Star Tribune Article: Feeling safe at home in Old Highland *[[http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Image:Tdlindberg--1980's_Old_Highland_Walking_Tour_Guide.pdf Old Highland Walking Tour Guide]] 1980's Old Highland Walking Tour Guide == Notes == The area known today as the Old Highland Neighborhood was opened for settlement in 1857. During the period of the 1860s much of Old Highland was platted. The major arterials, as they remain today, were Lyndale Avenue and West Broadway. The major residential neighborhoods were established within the street grid system during the decade of the 1870s. These residences were for the most part, simple frame dwellings. A major growth of the Old Highland Neighborhood occurred during the 1880s and 1890s. This period saw large architecturally designed and contractor-built residences of distinctive period styles. The population was generally merchants who operated businesses along Washington, Plymouth, and West Broadway. At this time the neighborhood first became known as Highland, so called because it was located on the first high land above Bassett Creek and Oak Lake to the South. Many fine residences from this era still survive. The period between World War I and II saw residential expansion beyond Highland westward to Theodore Wirth Park. The Old Highland Neighborhood saw revitalization begun in the early 1970s. Many of the distinctive residences were carefully renovated to preserve the historic character of the neighborhood. The potpourri of architecture and lifestyles which resulted has produced an exciting diversity which today makes the Old Highland Neighborhood unique and vital, respected for progressive thinking and reverence for a proud heritage. <div class="references-small"> <references/> </div> {{Query/neighborhood}} == Photo Galleries: A Small Town in a Big City == '''2010 Neighborhood Packard Riding Party''' <gallery> Image:Tdlindberg--DSC 0030.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--DSC 0058.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--DSC 0028.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--DSC 0065.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--DSC 0089.jpg </gallery> '''Old Highlander's installing and painting neighborhood litter containers ca. 2006''' <gallery> Image:Tdlindberg--Litter Containers 2006 -2.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--Litter Containers 2006 -3.jpg </gallery> '''K. Peterson's Memorial Garden planted by the neighborhood ca. 2003''' <gallery> Image:Tdlindberg--K. Peterson's Memorial - Spring 2003 -2.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--K. Peterson's Memorial - Spring 2003 -4.jpg </gallery> '''Blooming Boulevards ca. 2003''' <gallery> Image:Tdlindberg--Blooming Blvds - Spring 2003.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--Blooming Blvds Spring 2003.jpg </gallery> '''Halloween is a celebrated holiday in Old Highland!''' <gallery> Image:Tdlindberg--Charlie - Halloween.jpg </gallery> '''2002 Victorian Christmas Party''' <gallery> Image:Tdlindberg--2002 Victorian Christmas Party.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--Victorian Xmas 1.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--2002 Victorian Christmas Party -4.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--2002 Victorian Christmas Party -6.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--2002 Victorian Christmas Party -8.jpg Image:Tdlindberg--2002 Victorian Christmas Party -9.jpg </gallery>
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