Preliminary plan of the central district of Saint Paul, 1911 / by John Nolen and Arthur C. Comey ; prepared under the direction of the City Planning Commission of the City of Saint Paul and the City Plan Committee of the Saint Paul City Club.

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Preliminary plan of the central district of Saint Paul, 1911 / by John Nolen and Arthur C. Comey ; prepared under the direction of the City Planning Commission of the City of Saint Paul and the City Plan Committee of the Saint Paul City Club.

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Photographs, maps, photocopies of galley proofs (May 1911), correspondence (Nov. 26, 1913) and miscellaneous papers related to a study conducted in developing a comprehensive city plan for St. Paul (Minn.). Nolen, a city planner of wide repute from Cambridge, Massachusetts, was hired by the Saint Paul City Club and was represented in St. Paul by Arthur Comey. The St. Paul City Council also took part in the planning process and copies of two city council resolutions (Oct. 17, 1910 and Jan. 25, 1911) appointing a planning commission and setting aside funds for its use are included.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Nolen, John, 1869-1937

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John Nolen (June 14, 1869 – February 18, 1937) was an American landscape architect, planning consultant, founding member of the American City Planning Institute and a writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nolen was orphaned as a child and placed in Girard College. After he graduated first in his class in 1884, he worked as a grocery clerk and secretary to the Girard Estate Trust Fund before enrolling in the Wharton School of Finance and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1891. ...

Saint Paul City Club. City Plan Committee.

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Comey, Arthur.

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Saint Paul (Minn.). Planning Commission

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