It was the familiar under-construction desert: chewed pavement, a sleeping Caterpillar, dusty orange signs. “Whoa, how are you not a mannequin?” a lone skateboarder blurted, rolling past and breaking ...

Pedro Park in downtown St. Paul is reopening this week, following a multimillion-dollar expansion and after a saga that shows how the downtown revival has long been just around the corner and yet just ...

Everyone seems to be worried about downtown St. Paul. The sidewalks are empty, office buildings sit vacant and going-out-of-business signs are draped across storefront windows. The year is 1975. Or is ...

A local nonprofit has assumed ownership and control of the vacant Alliance Bank Center in downtown St. Paul. The St. Paul ...

There’s no magic bullet for revitalizing downtown St. Paul, but if there was it might look something like Detroit. At least, that’s the working theory from one local developer, Ari Parritz, mentioned ...

Hannah Neumann, Captain Server at Meritage. Photographer Katie Howie is partnering with St. Paul Parks and Recreation and the St. Paul Downtown Alliance during the summer of 2025 to create a living ...