37-840: The Twin Cities Jazz Fest , formerly Twin Cities Hot Summer Jazz Festival , is a jazz festival in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Founded in 1999 by Steve Heckler, the festival is centered in the Lowertown neighborhood in downtown St. Paul. The main stage is located in Mears Park with additional stages throughout the city. The festival closes several blocks and has used clubs such as the Bulldog, Hat Trick, St. Paul Hotel, Mancini's, Black Dog, Hygga, Vieux Carre, Union Depot , Amsterdam Bar and Gril and
74-560: A branch of the Crane Company in Minneapolis , uniting all the large interests in this line of business in the Northwest. Lucius Ordway became vice president and general manager of Crane & Ordway. Ordway came to Saint Paul from Providence, Rhode Island , in 1883 and worked for Wilson & Kogers until 1886, when he became a member of the firm of Rogers & Ordway. The company dealt in
111-412: A few other families. They established a settlement named Okaman on the shores of Lake Elysian. Their first son, John Buckhout Johnston, was born in 1858, and became a prominent manufacturer and businessman. Clarence Johnston was born August 26, 1859. The family then moved to Wilton, which was then the county seat of Waseca County, and Alexander Johnston took over the publication of a local newspaper. In 1861
148-465: A general line of pipe, fittings, boilers, pumps, pumping machinery, and plumbers' and steam-fitters' supplies. It did an extensive business in well-drilling machinery, windmills, and large irrigating plant outfits of all descriptions, furnishing estimates and designs and complete plans for water works. Crane later became part of American Standard . Ordway went on to help build the 3M company. The Renaissance Box Building: The building, completed in 1904,
185-440: A job as a clerk at the law firm of Rogers and Rogers. His mother died May 8, 1874, at the age of 42. That same year, Johnston quit his clerical job and began work at the firm of Abraham M. Radcliffe as a draughtsman . Radcliffe's firm was a local training ground for aspiring architects at the time. In September 1876, Cass Gilbert joined Radcliffe's firm as an apprentice, and Gilbert and Johnston soon became close friends. In
222-457: A large number of letters. In January 1880, Cass Gilbert departed to Europe for an architectural tour. Gilbert wrote back to Johnston urging him to make a similar trip, but Johnston was preoccupied with a job offer from Herter Brothers in New York. One of the projects on which he worked during his tenure at Herter Brothers was J.P. Morgan 's brownstone house on Madison Avenue at 36th Street. In
259-474: A partnership with William H. Willcox which lasted through 1890. In 1895 Johnston entered the competition to design the new Minnesota State Capitol , but lost to Cass Gilbert. On May 22, 1901, the Minnesota State Board of Control, a body responsible for the construction and operation of all state-funded institutions, appointed Johnston as State Architect. As State Architect, Johnston prepared plans for
296-505: A total of five children. Johnston's son, Clarence H. Johnston Jr, was also an architect. Taking charge of the Johnston firm upon his father's death, he went on to design Coffman Memorial Union and the old Bell Museum building at the University of Minnesota, among other projects. Johnston was also the father of Jimmy Johnston , a noted amateur golfer. The Minnesota State Board of Control
333-460: Is bounded by 5th, 6th, Sibley and Wacouta streets. The site was originally the home of the First Baptist congregation, who built their church on top of a hill in the middle of a city block. In 1849 the land was donated to the city by a man named Robert Smith after the church expanded to a new location a few blocks north. The hill was leveled and the square was formally created in 1888. For most of
370-1018: The Star Tribune , St. Paul Pioneer Press , Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder and Skyway News . Festival performers have included McCoy Tyner, Joey Alexander, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joshua Redman, The Bad Plus, Nayo Jones, Eric Alexander , Monty Alexander , Mose Allison , Dave Brubeck , Gary Burton , Joey DeFrancesco , Eumir Deodato , Bill Evans , Von Freeman , Benny Golson , Hiromi , Red Holloway , Kristin Korb , Bettye LaVette , Howard Levy , Joe Lovano , Branford Marsalis , Frank Morgan , Jack McDuff , Jimmy McGriff , David "Fathead" Newman , Tiger Okoshi , Danilo Pérez , Bernard Purdie , Phil Hey Quartet , Dewey Redman , Return to Forever , Melvin Rhyne , Bobby Sanabria , Esperanza Spalding , Spyro Gyra , Percy Strother , Ira Sullivan , Lew Tabackin , Clark Terry , Butch Thompson , Jon Weber , Jerry Weldon and
407-681: The Great Northern Railway , the Northern Pacific Railway , the First National Bank and Northwest Trust Company . It replaced 280 Kellogg Blvd, now known as Great Northern Lofts as the headquarters of the railroads. It was designed by Charles Sumner Frost . Architects who contributed to the neighborhood include Cass Gilbert , J. Walter Stevens , and Charles Sumner Frost . Clarence H. Johnston Sr. Clarence Howard Johnston Sr. (August 26, 1859 – December 29, 1936)
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#1732855045891444-581: The Minnesota State Prison , buildings at various state college campuses, hospitals , sanitoriums , and other public structures. Since state business was at the whims of the Minnesota Legislature and was not always consistent, he continued his private practice during this time. Retaining private commissions allowed him to operate his office continuously and receive a higher rate of return. Johnston continued as State Architect until 1931, when
481-615: The Yellowjackets . No Jazz Fest was held in 2020. Mears Park The Lowertown Historic District is a historic district in the Lowertown neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota , United States. This 16-block warehouse and wholesaling district comprises 37 contributing properties built 1870s–1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for the significance of its river and rail connections, economic impact, architecture, and urban planning. Lowertown
518-667: The Citizen Bar and Grill. In partnership with the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education and Walker West Music Academy], over 100 young musicians perform at the festival. In addition, master classes and clinics are held at schools hosted by the festival headliners. All events are free and open to all. Media partners have included Jazz 88 radio (broadcasting live locally and streaming live on the internet internationally), WCCO-TV , , City Pages , Jazz Police , La Prenza , and MPLS-St. Paul magazine. The festival has received coverage in
555-613: The Depression. The renovation of the Merchants National Bank Building (now McColl Building) in the late 1960s was the first project to focus attention on revitalization potential. The conversion of the Noyes Brothers and Cutler Building into a complex of offices, shops, and restaurants (now known as Park Square Court) soon followed. The city's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) became involved in 1973 when Mears Park
592-603: The Lowertown Future Fund to continue supporting Lowertown redevelopment. New residences have been built in the neighborhood, attracting new residents paying market rate for condominiums. Restaurants, festivals, weddings and other regional attractions, such as the restored Union Depot, have opened in Lowertown. The St. Paul Art Crawl is held twice a year and exemplifies the cultural atmosphere that local residents have worked so hard to maintain. In 2013, USA Today named Lowertown one of "10 up-and-coming neighborhoods around
629-479: The Lowertown neighborhood of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It serves light rail, intercity rail, intercity bus, and local bus services. The Railroad and Bank Building building at 176 E. 5th Street, now known as the Great Northern Building , was constructed from 1914 to 1916 at a cost of $ 4 million as the corporate headquarters of three separate companies controlled by James J. Hill ,
666-558: The McKnight Foundation, the LRC assumed the role and responsibility of driving the revitalization of Lowertown. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, artists moved to Lowertown, attracted by low rents, raw space and relative quiet. This new population began to bring life to the buildings and the streets of Lowertown. Initiated by the LRC and supported fully by the City of St. Paul, Lowertown was listed on
703-672: The National Register of Historic Places in 1983; the next year, the City of St. Paul designated the Lowertown Historic District as a Heritage Preservation Site. Aided by these designations and the associated tax credits, Artspace, the LRC, the city and others partnered to renovate three buildings dedicated to the arts. The Lowertown Artists Lofts Cooperative, the Tilsner and the Northern Warehouse were renovated and became
740-655: The State Division of Construction was dissolved. Johnston was also architect for the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and drew plans for all the new buildings constructed on campus during his tenure. Johnston never officially retired, but backed off on his practice after the State Architect position dissolved in 1931. He died December 29, 1936. Johnston married Mary "May" Thurston October 1, 1885. The couple had
777-497: The USA" after it was announced RealtyTrac named Lowertown at the top of its "hipster zip codes" list. The "hipster" designation implies the neighborhood's high proportion of "people between 25 and 34 years old who use public transportation and rent their housing." In 2015, the St. Paul Saints professional baseball team opened its season in the new CHS Field . The stadium stands in the space of
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#1732855045891814-424: The anchors for the arts community. Throughout the years, there has been a steady commitment to incrementally reinvest in the assets of Lowertown. Instead of demolishing and building new, Lowertown remained committed to a slow, deliberate and steady approach to redevelopment. This approach allowed Lowertown to remain a relatively quiet neighborhood on the edge of downtown. Such an approach was particularly supportive of
851-475: The artist community, as it respected the financial and environmental needs of working artists. In 1982, the St. Paul Farmers’ Market moved to Lowertown. An institution since the late 1800s, the Farmers’ Market was an anomaly of sorts for Lowertown - it was a destination in the middle of a relatively quiet neighborhood. The market now draws 20,000 people each weekend in the summer. In 2006 the LRC transformed into
888-528: The fall of 1878, Gilbert and Johnston enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). There they met James Knox Taylor , who had also grown up in Saint Paul and joined MIT as an architectural student a year earlier. Gilbert and Johnston, along with Taylor, had opted to take the special two-year course in architecture, rather than the full four-year degree-granting program. However, Johnston
925-472: The family moved to Faribault . Their third child, Grace, was born March 2, 1862. They moved again, to Saint Paul , where their fourth child, Charles Albert, was born in 1864. After moving briefly to Hastings , the family returned to Saint Paul permanently in 1868. Alexander Johnston was then a reporter for the Daily Pioneer newspaper. Johnston started attending Saint Paul High School in 1872 and took on
962-607: The former Gilette/Diamond Products plant at 5th Street and Broadway. Designs for the stadium were presented to the public in December 2013. Art installations from local artists adorn the exterior of the ballpark. CHS Field sits outside the official 18 blocks that make up the Lowertown Heritage Preservation District, roughly bound by Kellogg Boulevard, Broadway, 7th Street and Jackson Street. Previously known as Smith Park, Park Square, and Baptist Hill, Mears Park
999-633: The founders of the club. After finally traveling to Europe and the Asia Minor in February 1883, Johnston returned to the United States and established his own practice in Minnesota in 1886. He quickly gained a reputation as a respected domestic architect, designing countless homes and churches in Saint Paul, especially in the vicinity of Summit Avenue and Saint Paul's Hill District . In 1886 Johnston formed
1036-485: The next century, the park was a traditional city square with a central fountain and sidewalks radiating about it. In the early 1970s, the park became known as the “Brickyard” after a renovation covered much of the square in bricks. After his death in 1974, the park was officially renamed after Norman Mears, a St. Paul inventor in the printing and etching field; his inventions were used to fight World War II and make color televisions. After retirement, Mears had set his sights on
1073-468: The revitalization of Lowertown. Modern-day Mears Park was opened in 1992 following a major reconstruction designed by landscape architect Don Ganje and artist Brad Goldberg. The new design received rave reviews for brilliantly mixing natural and manmade elements, from the rocky stream to the metal bandshell, and has proven popular year after year. Today the park sits in the middle of a re-energized Lowertown, hosting handfuls of fairs and festivals throughout
1110-603: The season including Music in Mears, the Twin Cities Jazz Festival , and Concrete and Grass Music Festival . Volunteers known as the Friends of Mears Park maintain the gardens. Crane and Ordway manufactured valves, fittings, and supplies for steam engines. Rogers and Ordway was the successor company to Wilson & Rogers, the oldest firm in the line of plumbing and steam fittings in the Northwest. At one time, The Crane Company
1147-545: The summer of 1880, Cass Gilbert returned from Europe and settled in New York, working for the firm of McKim, Mead & White . Gilbert and Johnston, along with their MIT classmate Francis Bacon, shared rooms at 40 Irving Place. That same year Johnston, Gilbert, Bacon, Taylor, and William A. Bates founded the Sketch Club, which later became the Architectural League of New York . Accounts vary on which members were actually
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1184-490: Was an American architect who practiced in the US state of Minnesota during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Specializing in domestic, religious, and public architecture, he served as Minnesota State Architect from 1901 to 1931. He is considered one of the most prolific architects in the state's history. Johnston's parents, Alexander Johnston and Louise Johnston ( née Buckhout), moved to Waseca County, Minnesota , in 1856, along with
1221-432: Was designed by Reed and Stem , the architectural firm that designed Grand Central Terminal in New York and the St. Paul Hotel in downtown St. Paul. It had been vacant for 30 years prior to Aeon, a non-profit developer of affordable housing, restoring it in 2006. The historic warehouse now offers 70 units of affordable rental apartments. Saint Paul's Union Depot is a historic railroad station and intermodal transit hub in
1258-454: Was forced to drop out after one term due to financial reasons. He moved back to Saint Paul and worked briefly at the firm of Edward Bassford , where the firm was more conscious of costs to the client in the design and construction process. This influenced Johnston to view economic constraints as a challenge to be solved by inventiveness, instead of being a restriction on his artistry. During these years, Gilbert and Johnston kept in touch through
1295-624: Was originally the lower landing on the Mississippi River ; the first port of access to the Twin Cities . Several warehouse, railroad, banking, and distribution buildings served the entire Upper Midwest from 1880 to 1920. A significant concentration of these buildings survive, unified by similar architectural styles and construction materials. Many were designed by the city's most prestigious architects, including Cass Gilbert and Clarence H. Johnston Sr. The Lowertown neighborhood declined after
1332-545: Was redesigned by William Sanders and renamed after Norman B. Mears, a Saint Paul businessman. In April 1978 the Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation (LRC) was organized with the goal of creating "a place for people, a highly livable urban village in the midst of the city, which will bring new jobs, housing, commercial development, and year round activities to Lowertown and infuse the city with renewed vitality." Enabled by an unprecedented $ 10 million grant by
1369-638: Was the largest manufacturer of valves, fittings, and steam supplies in the world, employing over 3,000 men at the factory in Chicago factory. In 1892 Crane bought out the Rugg-Fuller Company in Minneapolis. On January 1, 1893, Richard T. Crane of Chicago and Lucius Pond Ordway of Saint Paul incorporated the Crane & Ordway Company . It consolidated the firms of Rogers and Ordway of Saint Paul and Duluth with
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