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I've never seen a St Paul thread here so I thought it was time to change that. This city tends to live in the shadow of it's larger twin Minneapolis which is a shame because it is a nice place in it's own right. It is the capital of Minnesota and the last big river port on the Mississippi. It became a city before Minneapolis but was eclipsed by Minneapolis at the beginning of the 20th century. It has slumbered in a quiet stagnant prosperity ever since. Where Minneapolis tends to be more vibrant and hip, St Paul is more elegant, rooted and traditional. In some ways it is a really big small town.
I plan on taking mostly St Paul photos for the next couple of months but I will start with some I took in April. Like in my Minneapolis photoblog I will do 4 photos per post so the thread doesn't become too overloaded for those with slower internet connections.
These are from downtown, while St Paul in general is a prosperous place the downtown has a bit of a rustbelt feel due to the real business center of the region being in downtown Minneapolis for the last 100 years:
I plan on taking mostly St Paul photos for the next couple of months but I will start with some I took in April. Like in my Minneapolis photoblog I will do 4 photos per post so the thread doesn't become too overloaded for those with slower internet connections.
These are from downtown, while St Paul in general is a prosperous place the downtown has a bit of a rustbelt feel due to the real business center of the region being in downtown Minneapolis for the last 100 years:



