Twin Cities Then and Now: Graeser Park (also known as Robbinsdale Rockgarden Roadside Parking Area), Highway 100 and Broadway Avenue, Robbinsdale (1940/2016) shown ca. 1940 and today. Photos by me and the Minnesota Historical Society
Crossposted at the Stuff About Minneapolis tumblr.
When we moved to the Twin Cities in 1958 we rented a house in Brooklyn Park for a year. My family would have picnics at Graeser Park.
Is this the last roadside standing park along Highway 100? I notice the chimney like fire pit in the pictures. I think it would be neat to restore it to it’s original character and make it a transportation history landmark. To think people used to have picnics on highway roundabouts along Highway 100.
I believe there are 2-3 still in existence. Lilac Park in the SE corner of Hwy 100 and Hwy 7/County Road 25 is in good shape. It’s accessible from the Cedar Lake RT or the frontage road that serves Nordic Ware.