1972

Showing 39 posts tagged 1972

North Seventh Street, Minneapolis, 1972 (by Mike Evangelist) A lot going on here… The businesses on the right—the Academy, the World, and the Coney Island—anchored the southwest end of what was known as Block E. In 1999 the Academy (originally called the Shubert Theater) was put on wheels and moved to a new location on Hennepin Avenue, where it was eventually reborn as the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts. The rest of Block E was torn down to make way for an unfortunate downtown retail and restaurant complex. The dark building on the left is the Depot, a live music club carved out of an old Greyhound bus terminal. This photo was taken during the club’s last few months of existence. The Depot soon took on a new identity as a disco called Uncle Sam’s. For the past three decades, it’s been known as First Avenue. Photo via Old Minneapolis High-res

North Seventh Street, Minneapolis, 1972 (by Mike Evangelist)

A lot going on here…

The businesses on the right—the Academy, the World, and the Coney Island—anchored the southwest end of what was known as Block E. In 1999 the Academy (originally called the Shubert Theater) was put on wheels and moved to a new location on Hennepin Avenue, where it was eventually reborn as the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts. The rest of Block E was torn down to make way for an unfortunate downtown retail and restaurant complex. The dark building on the left is the Depot, a live music club carved out of an old Greyhound bus terminal. This photo was taken during the club’s last few months of existence. The Depot soon took on a new identity as a disco called Uncle Sam’s. For the past three decades, it’s been known as First Avenue.

Photo via Old Minneapolis

Disrobed Customers at the Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, 1972 (above);
The Electric Fetus at Its Original Cedar Riverside Location, 1972 (below)

Facing eviction from their original location at 514 Cedar Avenue, and looking to unload excess inventory, the owners of the Electric Fetus record shop hit on an idea sure to appeal to early 1970s Cedar-Riverside “freakos”—a “Naked Sale.” The promotion, which took place on Saturday, March 25, 1972, attracted about 50 uninhibited customers who were more than happy to shed their clothes in exchange for a free album (regularly $3.99) and stash pipe. Legend has it that public outcry over the “Naked Sale” led to the Fetus’s eviction, but the decision to boot the store had come much earlier. The Fetus moved into its current location at the corner of 4th Avenue and Franklin later that year.

Photos via Minnesota Daily (above) and Minnesota Historical Society (below)

SkyeRise Terrace, Vadnais Heights, MN, 1972 SkyeRise, located a few minutes north of St. Paul, was the nation’s first multi-level mobile home park. It lasted only a couple years. The project failed, at least in part, because its water pumps were unable to supply the upper decks during winter. High-res

SkyeRise Terrace, Vadnais Heights, MN, 1972

SkyeRise, located a few minutes north of St. Paul, was the nation’s first multi-level mobile home park. It lasted only a couple years. The project failed, at least in part, because its water pumps were unable to supply the upper decks during winter.