Author: Cole Hanson

Cole Hanson

Cole Hanson

Cole is a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, working on his Masters of Public Health in Nutrition. A Rondo resident, he spends his time running the trails of St. Paul and connecting with neighbors around food and equity issues.

Map of Hogan's Alley, in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Map of Hogan's Alley: Chris Brackley/Canadian Geographic. Map data © Openstreetmap Contributors

Freeways and Freedmen: A Familiar Story from Canada’s Rondo

• March 9, 2020

Rondo was part of a roadmap which detailed the ways in which black folks across the United States could be removed from their homes and property in order to build the Eisenhower freeways. The Guardian has written about this process, alongside the Atlantic, ThinkProgress, the New York Times, and plenty of other outlets. But these […]

Indian Mounds Park
Indian burial mounds, St. Paul. Photo by Lorie Shaull, used under Creative Commons

Where the Sidewalk Ends: What Comes Next for Indian Mounds Park

• October 10, 2019

I’m proud to say I’m a second-generation St. Paul resident – not that I’ve known that for a long time. I was introduced to St. Paul when I started my bachelor’s degree at Hamline University, nestled comfortably in the Midway. It was only then my father first told me stories of his childhood growing up […]