Highland Park Water Tower
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- South Snelling Avenue at Ford Parkway -
Designed by the nation's first African American Municipal Architect, who also designed the Harriet Island Pavilion and the Roy Wilkins Auditorium.
Photographer: Donaldson Photo Company
Date: Approximately 1940
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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Roy Wilkins Auditorium
A block from Rice Park stands the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Renamed in 1984 for the executive director of the NAACP and longtime civil rights advocate, the auditorium has been an important venue for…