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Chinese pavilion, gift from a sister city, unveiled at Phalen Regional Park

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DSC_1273-e1541281189361.webp, Visitors sipped hot tea and listened to a performer play the Qeej, a reed instrument, as they got their first look at the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion in , DSC_1347.webp, Women wearing traditional Hmong dresses pose Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in front of the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion, a gift from St. Paul's sister city Chan, DSC_1338.webp, Anna Look, 6, left, of Ramsey, and her friend Kailyn Jiang, 7, of Brooklyn Park, play Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in front of the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion,, DSC_1320.webp, A performer plays the Qeej, a free-reed musical instrument with a hollow body and six bamboo pipes, Saturday, Nov. 3, at the unveiling of the new Xian, DSC_1296.jpg, Organizers unveiled the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion in Phalen Regional Park on Nov. 3, 2018. The structure is a gift from St. Paul's sister city Changsha
By DEANNA WENIGER | Pioneer PressVisitors to the unveiling of the Xiang Jiang Pavilion in Phalen Regional Park on Saturday sipped hot tea and listened
Chinese Pavilion Rises in Saint Paul
 While Changsha gave St. Paul the pavilion, and even sent over Chinese engineers to construct it, the society had to come up with $1 million to build

Trees being cut down in Rice Park — but it’s not to make room for an ice palace

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20151117__151120wl-ricepark_lights1.webp, Rice Park, the crown jewel of downtown St. Paul, is slated for a $2.35 million overhaul beginning this spring.
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressPark Construction Company workers unload 650-pound blocks of ice two at a time off a flatbed

St. Paul Chinese garden getting pavilion gift from sister city

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pavalion-e1500587214408.webp, Rendering of how a replica of the Aiwan Pavilion in Changsha, China, would appear at a proposed China Friendship Garden in St. Paul. (Courtesy of city
By SELAM BERHEA | Pioneer PressThe Chinese Friendship Garden planned for Phalen Regional Park will feature a replica of the famed Aiwan Pavilion, than
friendship-garden.png, Rendering of the China Friendship Garden proposed for Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul. (Courtesy of city of St. Paul)
The Lake Phalen park is already home to the Meditation sculpture created by Changsha’s renown sculptor Master Lei Yixin.The Aiwan Pavilion is located
St. Paul - Changsha Sister-City China Friendship Garden - Phalen Park
 The Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society unveiled in 2016 plans for a Chinese garden at Phalen. The organization is working closely with St. Pau

After 23-year fight, North End finally gets its green space

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wpid-20150529__TroutBrookSanctuary.webp, Linda Jungwirth, a member of the Tri Area Block Club, walks on one of the paths in the Trout Brook nature sanctuary in the North End neighborhood of S, wpid-20150529__150530TroutBrookNatureSanctuary.webp, i-HzgHWLw-L.jpg, i-JvLBhs4-L.jpg, i-mxHqPwr-L.jpg, i-p3dwBCg-L.jpg, i-FcCV97t-L.jpg
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressFor more than two decades, a group of St. Paul’s most deeply rooted residents has argued again

St. Paul council votes to privatize Phalen, Como golf course management

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20131017__Comogolfcourse_skybox.webp, A photo of the 18th hole at Como Golf Course in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday September 23, 2009. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressA divided St. Paul City Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday to support privatizing the management

St. Paul Bruce Vento Sanctuary's could become outdoors activity hub

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20131025__131026ventodogjp.jpg, A man and his dog go for a walk in St. Paul's Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, just east of the downtown, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. (Pioneer Press: Sc
By LEAH SMITH / PIONEER PRESS | lsmith@pioneerpress.comA number of proposed projects soon could turn the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul from

St. Paul: Groundbreaking this week for 42-acre Trout Brook reserve

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20130611__TroutBrookTrail.webp, The existing railroad tracks through the future Trout Brook Nature Sanctuary west of Interstate 35E in St. Paul. (Courtesy of City of St. Paul), 20130611__TroutBrookCropped.webp, The Trout Brook Regional Trail will run under Maryland Avenue west of Interstate 35E in St. Paul. (Courtesy of the City of St. Paul), 20130611__130612TroutBrookNatureSanctuary.webp
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press A decade in the planning, the second-largest public reserve in St. Paul will move into the

Family Outings: Through letterboxing, we became treasure hunters in Como Park, St. Paul

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20080710__080713sl-lettera.webp, The Kniefel family of Rosemount, Mn. (front to back: Alex, 4, Danielle, 6, Denise and Mark) is active in letterboxing, a kind of family friendly treas, 20080710__080713sl-letterb.webp, The Kniefel family of Rosemount, Mn. is active in letterboxing, a kind of family friendly treasure hunt, this book includes about 200 stamps from all , 20080710__080713sl-letterc.webp, The Kniefel family of Rosemount, Mn. is active in letterboxing, a kind of family friendly treasure hunt,; this is the letterbox they have hidden in St
By PIONEER PRESS | ppress@pioneerpress.comMy two boys darted up the wooded path pretending to be Indiana Jones, running through the Amazon rain forest
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