Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project: Interview with Peter Nelson Hall

Titles: Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project: Interview with Peter Nelson Hall (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Peter Nelson Hall is a Minneapolis architect and riverfront visionary who developed the Pracna on Main restaurant. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Hall discusses his purchase of the Pracna building with the help of Louis Zelle, his experiences living there, exposing the plans to raze the Third Avenue Bridge, early plans for what became St. Anthony Main, working in the Washburn Crosby Utility Building and developing plans for lofts there, John and Sage Cowles's 25th wedding anniversary party, fire dangers, and moving out of the Utility Building.

Dates

• 02/28/2009 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Mack, Linda
• interviewee: Hall, Peter Nelson

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 117.10
• Accession Number: AV2009.52.10
• Link to Finding Aid

Notes

• There is no audio for this interview.

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minneapolis Riverfront Redevelopment Oral History Project' <OH 117>

Quantity: 20 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects