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It’s the biggest park in St. Paul. And nobody knows about it.

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jmp-001-0237-pigs-eye-regional-park.webp, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative walk through Pig’s Eye Regional Park in St.
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe drive takes you past a line of massive industrial lots. Two sets of train tracks. A couple
jmp-002-0075-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative, left, and Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, walk the path through Pig's Eye Regio
“It’s been mowed twice in its lifetime,” Mary DeLaittre says of the path. She manages the city’s Great River Passage Initiative, which has included th
jmp-004-0487-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation director, right, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative in the parking lot of Pig's Eye Regio
ISOLATED PARK LIMITS ACCESSAnother reason for the inherent sense of solitude is the park’s isolation: there are no immediate residential neighbors. Ju
jmp-005-0522-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Just past Environmental Wood Supply at 2165 Pig's Eye Lake Road is the ummarked Pig's Eye Regional Park. These are the last signs you will see on Pig'
“People don’t think they’re supposed to be here,” said Angie Tillges, another Initiative staffer. “There’s no signs, lots of edges and barriers.” She’

Outstate ice palace moving forward — even though ‘St. Paul couldn’t get it done’

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160125palace2004.webp, The 2004 Winter Carnival Ice Palace was the first since 1941 that the public was able to walk through. The palace coincided with the 2004 National Hoc
By VICKI GERDES / FORUM NEWS SERVICEDETROIT LAKES, Minn. — When organizers behind the plans to build a “super-sized” ice palace for the 2018 St. Paul

Barbara Olson, 81

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Jill SmithOct. 4, 2017Barbara Ellen Olson, 81, of Litchfield passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2017, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud after a short

St. Paul Winter Carnival’s Super Bowl ice palace canceled

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160125palace2004.webp, The 2004 Winter Carnival Ice Palace was the first since 1941 that the public was able to walk through. The palace coincided with the 2004 National Hoc, 20140523__5-23IcePalace1992.webp, The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By OLIVIA JOHNSON | Pioneer Press and NICK WOLTMAN | nwoltman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe specter of the financially ruinous 1992 ice palace s

For Super Bowl, Winter Carnival planning supersized ice palace at state Capitol

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20140523__5-23IcePalace1992.webp, The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By BOB SHAW | Pioneer PressA supersized ice palace is being planned for the 2018 St. Paul Winter Carnival  — to coincide with the 2018 Super Bowl in M

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